Campuses
Campuses are web-based communities which rely heavily on their fiber and copper networks to fulfill their education and research missions. M4 Solutions links the most detailed aspects of your network with an easily navigated geographic map, making information retrieval and updates instantaneous. Respond and plan ahead for tomorrow’s infrastructure challenges with the communications network management capabilities of M4. M4 raises the level of protection for the network infrastructure so it is as protected as the software it carries.
Integrating with Visual Intelligence
Campus network managers need tools to plan for expansion, rapidly respond to outages, efficiently manage customer records, and all with an eye towards cost-savings. The open-system approach of the M4 Solutions software has proven adaptable to allow expert management of some of the nation’s most recognized copper and fiber-based campus communities. Adopting this competitive market-based perspective when deploying and managing campus copper and fiber networks will stimulate innovation, increasing the desire among students or employees to use your communications services.
Managing Network Information
- Enhance information flow by displaying data in a geographic view
- Monitor and maintain network, IT, security, and telecommunications on a visible map
- Manage cost and service levels by mapping asset, building, student, and staff records in billing software integrated with M4 Solutions
- Integrate employees into a Geographic Operations System for best information management and sharing
- Gain a new level of network management capability: input building floor plans and track fibers and pairs to specific jacks, in addition to capturing detailed views of inside plant racks and bays to easily troubleshoot network problems
Enhance Oversight of Campus Security
- Link existing security software with open-system approach of M4 Solutions for centralized oversight capabilities
- Geographically locate security measures and view live feeds from cameras
- Incredible oversight detail: monitor which doors are opened in a lockdown situation with precise M4 geographic mapping ability
Plan for Future Development
- Integrate wireless access points with M4’s mapping capabilities to visually plot where wireless internet users are accessing the network on campus
- Design and implement new fiber expansions in the most cost-effective way using the planning features in the M4 Solutions software