NORTH DEVON COLLEGE:

‘JOURNEY TO OUTSTANDING’: TECHNOLOGY REFRESH

North Devon College, a tertiary college, has been awarded the prestigious Learning and Skills Beacon Status, which provides public recognition of the excellence and innovation that exists within the College. This reflects its mission to drive forward educational, economic and cultural success by continually raising the aspirations, knowledge and skills of individuals, communities and businesses.

THE CHALLENGE

IT departments within educational establishments are under constant pressure to keep up with technology as more and more of both the student and tutor workload is handled online and needs to be available 24x7.

As part of the ongoing technology refresh that North Devon College embarked upon several years ago, ACS was approached to advise how best to enhance the robustness and reliability of the current data centre infrastructure.

THE SOLUTION

ACS provided North Devon College with consultancy and ongoing support, hosting several workshops to design and scope a SAN and server environment which would enable the College to provide a facility for students to remotely access coursework and email, as well as supporting core business applications.

“We have been working with ACS in various capacities for over 20 years,” said Wayne Gaish, IT & Information Services Manager at North Devon College.

“We must provide constant access, both onsite and remotely, for students and staff, so reliability is fundamental to our systems.”

Wayne continues, “It is the combination of ACS’ technical expertise and their understanding of our business that ensures our IT systems adapt to the evolving requirements of the College.”

“The College has launched an initiative called ‘Journey to Outstanding’ and we certainly consider ACS to be part of this process.”