Scaling Smart: How Ivy Tech Built a Future-Ready Network for 195,000 Students

Ivy Tech Community College, the nation’s largest singly accredited statewide community college, is five years into a transformative digital journey—one that’s reshaping education, infrastructure, and workforce readiness across Indiana. At a time when many institutions face enrollment declines, Ivy Tech is growing—thanks in part to strategic investments in best-in-class technologies including Juniper, ServiceNow, Snowflake, and Tableau. This session explores how Ivy Tech selected and deployed a modern cloud-managed, AI-powered network to meet the demands of 195,000 students across 19 campuses and 6.3 million square feet of learning space. Learn how the college’s future-ready network is enabling rapid, secure deployments, reducing troubleshooting time, and laying the groundwork for smart campus initiatives like location-based wayfinding, IoT-driven classroom training, and physical security. Attendees will gain insight into Ivy Tech’s rigorous public RFP process, their successful pilot and phased rollout, and how the network’s simplicity, speed, and intelligence are empowering IT staff, faculty, and students alike. Whether you're leading infrastructure modernization or exploring how digital transformation can support institutional growth, Ivy Tech’s story offers powerful lessons in scale, strategy, and innovation.