Delivering a Modern IT Infrastructure Experience for our Customers Tim Joyce President and CEO Roundstone Solutions Inc

Challenges you might be dealing with Implementing Wireless access throughout campus Providing for BYOD Upgrading campus network speeds Supporting Instructional technology Managing older, traditional server/storage environment Reduced staffs

Who we are Experienced, Education-focused IT infrastructure integrator Based in Northern CA, focused on Northern CA Can help with: Design and Architecture Supply of solution Installation and implementation Management after the fact Problem remediation Experienced with newer technology approaches that will make your life easier Personal touch; we want to meet you and learn your environment

Wireless Networking You’re being challenged to provide complete wireless access to all, including BYOD Aging wiring in the physical plant Considering Cloud-based deployment Roundstone can help by: Designing and architecting a new wireless design Providing products and deploying them into your environment Ensuring authentication of user devices through various technology products

High Speed Networking Access to high speed circuits is easy through state contracts Need to upgrade your infrastructure to be able to take advantage of higher speed circuits Need fast connectivity for north-south and east- west traffic Roundstone can help by: Assisting with a new design of a 10GbE or higher core backbone Deploy state of the art technologies in route/switch, authentication, and security

Your Server environment Most Colleges have Dell and/or HP servers, both Tower and Rackmount, and possibly some Blade servers Price was probably most important factor Servers are aging; ongoing maintenance costs Virtualized to some degree Probably running 1GbE interconnect Roundstone can help by: Upgrading to converged infrastructure Eliminate VMware costs Increase interconnect to 10GbE

Your Storage environment Have storage internal to servers, and storage array (iSCSI or FC block) Price was probably most important factor Storage is close to end of useful life; ongoing maintenance costs Probably running 2-8 GB Fibre Channel or 1GbE iSCSI Roundstone can help by: Upgrading to converged infrastructure or hybrid storage; capacity and performance at lower cost Eliminate storage management effort Increase interconnect to 10GbE

Converged Infrastructure Many colleges have deployed Hyper-Converged infrastructure thus far, but others haven’t, due to: Lack of familiarity/training with technology Vendors haven’t focused on Education market to date Purchasing approaches have separated server and storage technologies Colleges can benefit from this technology; it scales linearly-“Buy what you need when you need it” Roundstone can help by: Determining appropriateness of technology for district and designing solution Deploy technology and train district

Professional Services and Installations Roundstone has a large team of experienced Engineers who can handle any technical issue, including: Problem determination and remediation Design and Architecture Audits Physical installation and equipment relocation Implementation into your environment

Let’s Talk Roundstone knows the Education market We understand technology and how to make it work We value getting to know you and your environment so we can add the most value Call us at or us at We look forward to working with you