Case Study: Broome-Tioga BOCES achieves lower networking costs and reliable, scalable connectivity with Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HPE solution provides superb networking reliability for education cooperative

Broome-Tioga BOCES (supported by the South Central Regional Information Center) faced aging Avaya switches and cost‑prohibitive Cisco upgrades while needing to move from a 1 GB backbone toward 10 GB to support virtualization, wireless growth and testing. To reduce networking costs and avoid large refreshes, the district evaluated alternatives and selected Hewlett Packard Enterprise networking solutions as a lower‑cost, upgradeable option.

Working with HPE partner Synergy, Hewlett Packard Enterprise deployed HPE switches—Aruba 2920/2530/5400 zl/3800 series in schools and HPE 12500 and 10500 (FlexNetwork) in the NOC—delivering 10 GB readiness, simpler management and built‑in PoE. The move, now in nearly 20 districts, avoided expensive Cisco upgrades (one district projected $573,000 over six years), lowered total cost of ownership by hundreds of thousands of dollars, simplified maintenance, and provided ongoing support and warranty confidence from Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

Broome-Tioga BOCES

Jim Thompson

Network Engineer, South Central Regional Information Center