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Khipu Networks, the UK reseller of Campus Manager, assists Higher Education Institutions in securing their networks

Fleet, Hampshire, UK – Khipu Networks, an advanced systems integrator today announced that over 35,000 network ports are being managed and controlled by Campus Manager within a number of Higher Education institutes.

The growing number of successful installations of the Bradford Campus Manager System into University and College Halls and Campus Networks proves that the system meets and exceeds the requirements for secure, flexible, and controlled network access from unmanaged and managed devices. Each of the Campus Manager projects have been a great success with all of our customers being reference sites for other Higher Education institutes.

The following testimonials reflect customer feedback.

“Prior to the installation of Campus Manager we had very little control over the deployment of essential software to student machines. Viruses and ad/spyware were a significant problem. The introduction of Campus Manager gave us the ability to ensure that the appropriate software (anti-virus and ad/spyware) were installed on computers connected to the student network, and that Windows update was configured correctly thereby ensuring the computers were regularly patched. This in turn resulted in a significant reduction in the number of infected machines. The benefits for the students are faster and more stable network connections, and computers that are less prone to infection and attack from malware. Connection to the network has also been simplified and the ITS is no longer required to produce 5000+ installation CDs.”
Andrew Stansfield, Senior IT Consultant, Durham University

“Campus Manager is a very customisable product that can be tailored to suit your own needs and requirements. You have total control over the look and feel of the interface you present to the users and the CSA client is highly configurable.” Steve Carr, Systems Consultant, Durham University “In addition to its machine vetting capability and its initial deployment within our student residence network, we are planning to broaden its use to include mandatory authentication of staff and administrative users across the whole campus LAN. Knowing who is actually using the network will significantly improve on our current ‘best efforts’ registration scheme.”

Paul Jones, Head of Systems Services, Durham University “This year over 6,300 students in Nottingham’s Halls of Residence registered on the SNS. In previous years the start of term was fraught with infected student PCs that did not have anti-virus or critical updates applied. Some machines had no protection at all. Consequently there were periods when the student network was saturated with traffic generated by worms and viruses, which seriously impaired performance and availability of the network.”
Richard Smeeton, Head of Network & Systems Section. University of Nottingham.

“So much time and resources were consumed at each start of academic year, and after Christmas, with tracking and disinfecting students PCs that didn’t have basic protection installed. The Campus Manager implementation has been a great success. This has ensured that each student PC attached to the SNS network is compliant with the University Information Security Policy, and is protected and safe from known viruses, Spyware, and Microsoft vulnerabilities. It has made a dramatic effect in improving network availability and performance to our customers.“ Chris Tadman, IT Operations Team Leader, University of Nottingham.

About Khipu Networks

Khipu Networks is a UK based advanced systems integrator, focusing on supplying innovative secure compliant infrastructure solutions across the public and private sector. The company is a leading adopter of new and best in breed technology. Expert technical staff ensures that customers get the solutions they need, when they want them, and how they need them. The ethos is to ensure that the customer has the edge on the security and compliance of their network and not the attacker.
Hampshire based Khipu Networks Ltd is the security division of the White Clarke Group of companies. Khipu Networks is the exclusive reseller of Bradford Campus Manager in the UK and Ireland.