Case Study - PBE - NMIT

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study
KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email:
Web: www.krone.com.au
6070 05/03
NMIT standardises on KRONE PBE
across seven campuses
Quality, flexibility and local manufacture were
deciding factors for Northern Melbourne Institute
of TAFE (NMIT) when it chose to standardise on
KRONE's Patch-by-Exception (PBE) solution across
its seven campuses.
" We pride ourself on delivering cutting-edge
information technology resources across the NMIT,"
said Mary Waterhouse, IT Manager, NMIT.
" Our network demands have escalated and it is an
ongoing challenge to ensure we continue to
provide the best technology assets for our teachers
and students. That's why we decided, about three
years ago, to look at a standard cabling
infrastructure solution across the NMIT network."
Gordon Hall, Network and Communications
Manager for NMIT, pointed out that since that time
NMIT had been investigating various options such
as pair managed, RJ45 and PBE solutions from

KRONE as well as from other suppliers.
" However, when it came down to the final decision,
NMIT really had to look no further than our
Greensborough campus," said Mr Hall. " We
installed KRONE's HIGHBAND

PBE methodology at
the site about six years ago as the backbone for a
high-density telecommunications enterprise on the
back of Cisco switches and routers. It was extremely
successful and gave the IT department that
immeasurable luxury of more time.
" There are 18 of us reporting to Mary Waterhouse
in the IT team with responsibility across all
campuses. Our time is at a premium. The upgrade
to KRONE's PBE solution will give us HIGHBAND 8
modules neatly rack-mounted in frames with cable
tails coming into the active equipment. Clutter is
minimised, cables are efficiently tied, labelled and
organised and active equipment is readily
accessible," said Mr Hall. " Fault finding becomes
much easier to track and we can perform diagnostic
research either through our online management
system or offline."
Aquaculture and viticulture research and
development are just two of the newer courses
NMIT offers that demand sophisticated information
technology resources. As NMIT's educational
offerings expand, existing campuses are relocated
or refurbished and new campuses are added to the

network.
NMIT's seven campuses include a range of
architectural styles from contemporary office
administration blocks to heritage prison and
hospital buildings, farms and vineyards.
The challenges when networking such diverse types
of premises are many and varied. " We're using
KRONE fibre as our wide area connection to each
Gordon Hall, Network and Communications
Manager, NMIT pictured with KRONE PBE racks
KRONE (Australia) Holdings Pty Limited
2 Hereford Street Berkeley Vale NSW 2261
PO Box 335 Wyong NSW 2259
Phone: 02 4389 5000
Fax: 02 4388 4499
Help Desk: 1800 801 298
Email:
Web: www.krone.com.au
6070 05/03
campus from our head office administration centre
at Preston," said Mr Hall.
" KRONE's Premis
NET

PBE solution will be
progressively installed at each campus under the
premium KRONE 20-year parts and labour warranty.
Most of our metropolitan cabling work will be done
by KRONE endorsed installer, Newscom. We were
also delighted to find a KRONE endorsed installer in

the country. Rural Phones and Data will be
undertaking the work for our Australian College of
Wine campus at its historic Aradale Vineyard at
Ararat, 40 kms north of Melbourne."
Glen Johnston, Manager Marketing and Product
Development for KRONE Australia explains: " The
Patch-by-Exception methodology means NMIT can
activate any moves, additions or changes
immediately by using a patch cable in a simple plug
and play operation. The patching overrides the
hardwired side of the HIGHBAND

module and re-
connects the old service to the newly designated
area. It has worked well for NMIT at the
Greensborough campus and it's gratifying for
KRONE to see PBE applied across the seven NMIT
campuses. It's also rewarding to know that our own
Australian-designed and manufactured HIGHBAND
technology is at the core of PBE technology."
" The fact that KRONE HIGHBAND was developed
and manufactured in Australia was icing on our
cake," said Ms Waterhouse. " Our supplier
specifications state that NMIT must buy Australian
product wherever possible. We have been able to
abide by the rule while, at the same time, getting
the best and most flexible solution for our future
needs."
About NMIT
NMIT is a multi-campus, multi-discipline TAFE,

which delivers diverse training programs to young
and mature-aged students.
Over 300 full-time, part-time and short courses are
offered to 30,000 students across NMIT's seven
campuses located throughout the inner and
northern Melbourne regions of Preston, Heidelberg,
Epping, Collingwood, Greensborough, Parkville and
Fairfield.
Excellent resources including state-of-the-art
technology are features of NMIT's high quality
training programs. There are also fully equipped
laboratories and workshops, audio visual
equipment and studios, language laboratories, and
computer equipment.
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