Four years ago, Ryerson Polytechnic University purchased an old hotel adjacent to its campus in Toronto and converted it into a student residence. The university wanted to give students access to the campus network from the residence but the cost of conduits and cabling was prohibitive.
Alcatel announced in late April that it has added quality of service (QoS) features to its OmniCore 5000 series of backbone switches, to enable companies to better-run mission critical business applications, and voice and video over IP, according to the company.