Cisco to Modernize Network at Notre Dame

<p data-ttstextid&equals;"2"><strong>SAN JOSE and SOUTH BEND&comma; IN <&sol;strong>—<strong> <&sol;strong>Cisco and Notre Dame Athletics announced a multi-year partnership to modernize the University of Notre Dame’s network&comma; delivering advanced connectivity&comma; resiliency and operational efficiency powered by Cisco’s latest networking technologies&period; The collaboration reflects Notre Dame’s commitment to establishing a future-ready learning environment and the importance of a network able to support the demands of higher education in the AI era&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"3">As AI continues to impact all facets of higher education—from research to classroom learning to student life—the demands placed on the network continue to grow exponentially&period; Notre Dame is investing in a network able to support current and future device loads and AI applications&comma; reflecting the University’s status as a top-tier academic institution and its commitment to being at the forefront of technological innovation for the next decade and beyond&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"4">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Modernizing our campus network is about far more than just replacing hardware&semi; it is about building a foundation for the future of learning&comma; research and campus life&period; By eliminating years of technical debt and consolidating our infrastructure onto a unified Cisco multi-gigabit platform managed through Cisco Catalyst Center&comma; we have transformed our operations&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said John Buysse&comma; Senior Director Network &amp&semi; Telephony Services at the University of Notre Dame&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our team now has the proactive&comma; centralized visibility needed to deliver a seamless&comma; secure and fast digital experience to our campus community&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"5">Cisco’s technology will directly enhance the daily campus experience&period; For students&comma; this means a seamless&comma; high-performance connectivity experience that supports bandwidth-intensive applications—from immersive virtual reality labs to real-time collaborative projects—ensuring they stay connected from the moment they step on campus&period; For faculty and staff&comma; the modernized infrastructure provides the reliability needed for teaching and administrative efficiency&comma; ensuring that digital resources are always available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"6">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;In the dynamic world of higher education&comma; speed is a requirement&comma; not a luxury&comma;” said Mike Witzman&comma; Vice President&comma; Public Sector Solutions Engineering at Cisco&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Together&comma; Notre Dame and Cisco are doing more than just connecting a campus&semi; we&&num;8217&semi;re building an AI-ready foundation that will redefine the future of learning for generations of students&comma; faculty and staff&period; Fast&comma; seamless and reliable connectivity will transform the modern education and research experience&comma; pushing the boundaries of what’s possible&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"7">The campus-wide deployment relies on Cisco Catalyst Center to automate and assure the end-to-end network&period; With nearly 1&comma;000 new switches across the South Bend campus&comma; the integration of Catalyst Center and zero touch deployment will allow for consistent configuration across the University’s digital footprint&comma; which will be standardized on the Cisco Catalyst 9300x switch platform&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"8">The partnership also includes utilization of Cisco Professional Services&comma; which will provide ongoing support for the network and help the University to maximize their investment through custom expert guidance throughout the length of the partnership&period; Additionally&comma; Cisco ThousandEyes will assure the delivery of seamless digital experiences across the campus by providing the University with visibility into every network that can impact performance&comma; across both owned and unowned third-party environments&comma; giving them unmatched insight into how everything is connecting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p data-ttstextid&equals;"9">This new collaboration with Notre Dame Athletics comes on the heels of Cisco&&num;8217&semi;s <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;newsroom&period;cisco&period;com&sol;c&sol;r&sol;newsroom&sol;en&sol;us&sol;a&sol;y2026&sol;m01&sol;georgetown-university-selects-cisco-to-transform-campus-connectivity&period;html">recent partnership with Georgetown University<&sol;a> to launch one of the largest deployments of Wi-Fi 7 in higher education&comma; further cementing Cisco as the preferred partner of leading universities in the United States&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;