IronPort Customer Spotlight

Grand Prairie Independent School District

IronPort Helps Improve School District Communications and Productivity

"Less than a week after testing the IronPort appliance, the choice was simple: Buy it."
- Jon Warren,
 Manager, Network Operations
GRAND PRAIRIE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

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At A Glance

Location: Grand Prairie, TX
Operation: 32 elementary and secondary school campuses
Students Served: 21,555
Employees: 3,000
Email Volume: Over 25,000 messages per day
Other Solutions Evaluated: MacAfee, Symantec, GroupWise and Iron Mail

GPISD's Challenges

  • Constant "hammering" of their SMPT email system
  • Viruses were being allowed in at an alarming rate
  • Need for deeper and more consistent view into their email system

The IronPort Solution

  • Complete, integrated traffic visibility with IronPort Email Security Monitor
  • Powerful, first line of defense for GroupWise servers
  • Virus and spam protection at network perimeter
  • Complete control over all incoming and outgoing mail
  • Manageability, scalability and reliability