Company
Barry University
Location
Miami Shores, FL
Size
1,554 Faculty & Staff
6,825 Students
Industry
Higher Education
Focus Area
Campus-Wide Network Modernization: High Speed Wired, Wireless Ethernet and Identity-based, encrypted secure access
Executive Summary
Barry University was experiencing intermittent network access, connectivity disruptions, inconsistent campus-wide wireless coverage, and increasing complexity in managing security and identity systems. These challenges disrupted the seamless connectivity that students, faculty, and staff rely on every day.
Partnering with Greyson Technologies, Barry set out to modernize its campus network infrastructure. Through a comprehensive assessment and a multi-phase modernization plan, Barry achieved a secure foundation with segmented zones and identity-based policies built on zero-trust principles. A scalable foundation that enables a frictionless experience for students and faculty access, while achieving compliant segmentation for infrastructure, IoT devices, student, faculty, and data.
Challenges
- Service Disruptions: Isolated and intermittent service disruptions that interfered with learning and operations.
- Inconsistent Wireless Coverage: Gaps in residence halls, athletic facilities, and outdoor spaces.
- Complex Security Management: Legacy policies and multiple systems made administration difficult.
- Operational Inefficiencies: Fragmented troubleshooting tools slowed resolution time.
- Limited Documentation: Lack of visibility into topology and performance for planning and support.
- Campus Scale & Complexity: Coordinating networking needs across dozens of buildings and thousands of devices created significant management challenges.
Solutions
Campus-wide modernization strategy focused on zero-trust security, stability, scale, visibility, and insights.
- Comprehensive Network Assessment: Conducted full network evaluation with documentation, optimized wireless design, and identity-based, zero-trust security strategy.
- AI Managed, Cloud Networking Simplicity: Introduced AI-driven management for stronger security, easier troubleshooting, and streamlined operations – freeing resources to focus on the student experience and academic excellence.
- Enhanced Safety and Performance: Stabilized connectivity, boosted wireless throughput with modern Wi-Fi, and secure coverage to high-density and outdoor areas.
- Network Infrastructure Refresh: Provided a single, unified view across wired and wireless environments, enabling faster identification and resolution of challenges through AI insights.
- Identity & Security Modernization: Simplified administration, improved policy management, and updated core security platforms to reduce vulnerabilities and prepare for future segmentation and student-centric initiatives.
Outcomes
- Improved Reliability: Ensuring a consistent student and faculty experience.
- Greater Visibility: End-to-end troubleshooting in a single dashboard, reducing mean time to resolution and improving operational efficiency.
- Enhanced Security: Updated identity and access policies strengthened the university’s overall security posture.
- Cost Savings: A more efficient licensing and management model reduced long-term expenses.
- Future-Ready Design: Positioned the university for zero-trust segmentation, IoT, and advanced safety initiatives.
- Focus on Mission: Simplified, AI-driven management freed resources to focus more on learning, teaching, and innovation instead of routine maintenance.
- Student Impact: Thousands of students now enjoy reliable, high-speed connectivity across campus.
“Greyson’s team delivered a game-changing network assessment at Barry University, identifying long-standing issues with remarkable precision. Greyson’s expertise and support have been nothing short of outstanding, and we’re excited to continue this partnership as we transform our network.”
Paul Edhlund, IT Director
Barry University
Why Greyson?
- Assessment-First Methodology: A disciplined, data-driven process that provides insight before design and deployment ensuring every solution addresses business and technical challenges.
- Engineering Expertise: Certified engineers with deep specialization across networking, security, and identity bringing the technical depth required to design, deploy, and support campus environments.
- Education Focus: A tailored approach shaped by decades of experience supporting higher education institutions, aligning solutions to the realities of student needs, faculty demands, and campus growth.
- Value-Driven Guidance: Balanced modernization with cost efficiency by prioritizing stability, scalability, and performance ensuring Barry University achieved both immediate improvements and a sustainable long-term strategy.
- Trusted Relationship: Chosen by university leadership based on a proven track record of delivering successful, large-scale technology initiatives with confidence built on outcomes, not promises.
