Case Study
Texas School District Upgrades Network to Accommodate Thousands of Student Devices Through 2020
www.fortinet.com 1 CASE STUDY BYOD Support and Security “For us, it was all about the throughput. That’s why we chose the Fortinet integrated security platform. We needed comprehensive support for our current BYOD needs and increased scalability for the coming years through 2020.” — Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer Business Challenge Cypress-Fairbanks (TX) Independent School District wanted to build a network to support a BYOD culture for 113,000 students in 87 schools. Fortunately, it is a district with both vision and funding as their community approved a $1.2 billion bond referendum that included $217 million earmarked for technology. The district needed a comprehensive technology upgrade that would address firewalls, content filtering, and protection against a