Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Is anybody using outsourcing for their wireless networks?
Nick, What exactly are you interested in outsourcing? There are a couple of things that you can outsource with regard to a wireless network. 1) Site survey for location of the APs. 2) If you do your in-house cabling, you can outsource a cabling contractor who has experience with wireless deployments to do the installs. 3) You can outsource the management of the system. I am sure you can probably find a company that you can lease the equipment from. So the outsourcing possibilities are nearly endless. You first need to define what your organization is capable of doing on its own and what your company needs to outsource. I strongly suggest for you to make sure to do all your homework on possible vendors. Check references that the company may have. You would be much better off with a company who is up and coming because they tend to 1) have better prices and 2) be hungrier than their larger competitors. But this is a matter of personal preference. Last but not least, (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) with any company that you decide to outsource be sure that you have a very capable project manager that is going to ride them for deliverables and milestones. If you lack this, you are going to get a half @$$ job that you are not going to be happy. You do not want the outsourcing company to dictate what you can and cannot do. Just make sure you get your money's worth. Thanks. Jorge Bodden Network Analyst New York Hospital/Columbia University Urrea, Nick wrote: We are interested in outsourcing our wireless network. Any suggestions? -- Nicholas Urrea IT Department UC Hastings College of the Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-565-4718 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
RE: [WIRELESS-LAN] Is anybody using outsourcing for their wireless networks?
Are main concerns are bandwidth and the 24 hour support. Nicholas Urrea IT Department UC Hastings College of the Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] x4718 -Original Message- From: Jorge Bodden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue 1/2/2007 8:57 AM To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Is anybody using outsourcing for their wireless networks? Nick, What exactly are you interested in outsourcing? There are a couple of things that you can outsource with regard to a wireless network. 1) Site survey for location of the APs. 2) If you do your in-house cabling, you can outsource a cabling contractor who has experience with wireless deployments to do the installs. 3) You can outsource the management of the system. I am sure you can probably find a company that you can lease the equipment from. So the outsourcing possibilities are nearly endless. You first need to define what your organization is capable of doing on its own and what your company needs to outsource. I strongly suggest for you to make sure to do all your homework on possible vendors. Check references that the company may have. You would be much better off with a company who is up and coming because they tend to 1) have better prices and 2) be hungrier than their larger competitors. But this is a matter of personal preference. Last but not least, (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT) with any company that you decide to outsource be sure that you have a very capable project manager that is going to ride them for deliverables and milestones. If you lack this, you are going to get a half @$$ job that you are not going to be happy. You do not want the outsourcing company to dictate what you can and cannot do. Just make sure you get your money's worth. Thanks. Jorge Bodden Network Analyst New York Hospital/Columbia University Urrea, Nick wrote: We are interested in outsourcing our wireless network. Any suggestions? -- Nicholas Urrea IT Department UC Hastings College of the Law [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-565-4718 ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. This electronic message is intended to be for the use only of the named recipient, and may contain information that is confidential or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error or are not the named recipient, please notify us immediately by contacting the sender at the electronic mail address noted above, and delete and destroy all copies of this message. Thank you. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
