eMazzanti Technologies and WatchGuard “Ace” Safety, Speed and
Cost Test with School District
WatchGuard publishes a new case study on how eMazzanti Technologies solved IT and cost
concerns for Andover Schools with leading hardware, software and support services
Hoboken, NJ (Vocus) January 8, 2010 -- A new case study is available from WatchGuard, a network security
OEM, which features eMazzanti Technologies and its customer Andover District Schools. The written case study
and subsequent case study video case study detail how Andover Regional School District solved a number of
computer technology issues using WatchGuard products and the IT expertise of eMazzanti Technologies.
“eMazzanti and WatchGuard ‘aced’ the test we gave them,” noted Terry Van Auken, business administrator,
Andover Regional School District. “They got all of the safety, speed and cost answers right.”
Bandwidth, Safety and Cost Addressed
With over 750 students in grades K through 8 and 350 computers spread across two school campuses and
businesses offices, Andover School District faced serious web bandwidth issues that became even more evident as
multiple classrooms pulled down simultaneous video and audio streams. “We were experiencing a high level of
aggravation on a daily basis that wasted time and interrupted quality teaching,” continued Auken. “Undependable
Internet access also impacted business of running the district.”
Andover also had two other concerns: student safety and budgetary constraints. According to Carl Mazzanti,
chief operating officer, eMazzanti Technologies, the solution developed for Andover included a WatchGuard
Firebox®X Core™ unit with a full unified threat management (UTM) suite including Gateway AntiVirus
protection, Intrusion Prevention Service, spamBlocker and WebBlocker services from eMazzanti. “We not only
created a solution to address Andover’s computer technology issues, we wrapped it all up with an eCare package
that delivered predictable 24x7 support for a fixed price.”
“It was the solution