Network Project Info

Project Milestones

1) Replace all Data Closet network hardware campus wide.

2) Install wireless network access in Founders Hall, Page Library, and Scruggs Student Union.

3) Replace current telephone system with a new system, including new phones to all faculty/staff.

Components

Network
   1) Replacing the Hewlett Packard network hardware with Alcatel network hardware campus wide.
    2) This will bring improved speed, reliability, and security.
    3)It will also support wireless and Voice over IP (VoIP).
    4) Improved Residence Hall network access.

Wireless
   1) Only 3 buildings are having wireless installed to them. The buildings are Founders Hall, Page Library, and Scruggs Student Union. These buildings were selected by the Wireless Committee created by LUTC to give the largest return on investment to the student population.
    2) This project includes the 1st phase of LU's wireless deployment.
    3) The service will allow students, faculty, and staff to access the Internet, WebAdvisor, Blackboard, and other services using both LU laptops and personal laptops.
    4) The service will be reliable and secure.

Voice
    1) New telephone system replacing the Fujitsu and 3Com equipment with Alcatel equipment.
    2) New phones for all Faculty and staff. The features of the phones are:
          a) Speaker phone
          b) Caller ID
          c) voice mail
          d) conference calls
          e) Multiple lines
          f) directory searching and calling using a full keyboard
          e) text messaging on the phones.
    3) Improved Voice Mail for faculty, staff. and students.
    4) Improvements in Call reporting, call routing, and other features.

CT-Innovations, LLC, was created in 1999 through the merger of Executone of St. Louis, Executone Communication Solutions and Data Voice Solutions. Our corporate name and logo design was selected to reflect the 'convergent technology' (CT) trends in the communications industry that enable computer telephony integration (CTI) solutions to our customers' communication problems.

Although we are an independent company, we are part of a national distribution network with over fifty locations. In addition to giving us the best possible buying power on behalf of our customers, the network functions as a virtual 'web', enabling equipment, parts and even specialized personnel to be obtained efficiently and deployed for the benefit of our clients.

About Alcatel
http://www.usa.alcatel.com

Alcatel designs, develops and builds innovative and competitive communications networks, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver any type of content, such as voice, data and multimedia, to any type of consumer, anywhere in the world. Relying on its leading and comprehensive products and solutions portfolio, stretching from end-to-end optical infrastructures, fixed and mobile networks to broadband access, Alcatel's customers can focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. The United States is one of Alcatel's most significant geographical business areas, with a strong position in the four telecommunications market segments: voice and data networking, optical networking, access, and transmission. In terms of revenue, investment, and local presence, Alcatel has established itself in the U. S. as a leader, outpacing the other non-North American players in both the telecommunications, components and optical cable sectors.

Network Project Information