Gran Telescopio CANARIAS Launches High Performance, Reliable Network to Drive Astrophysical Research

GRANTECAN is a public company in charge of operating the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS (GTC), one of the largest and most advanced telescopes in the world, located on the island of La Palma in Spain. It employs 78 people, including researchers and corporate users, spread across multiple facilities including the building that houses the telescope.

Challenges

• Increased network capacity to support huge volumes of data and new technologies crucial for researcher use
• Simplified network infrastructure to centralize management and maximize user productivity
• Improved Wi-Fi connectivity for better user experience

Extreme Solutions

• ExtremeSwitching™
• ExtremeWireless™
• ExtremeCloud™ IQ

Results

Reliability

• More capacity to support critical and highly demanding applications and services needed for research and telescope operation
• Reliable partnership supporting progress and continuous improvement of services

Improved Operations 

• Enhanced telescope operation, configuration and support
• Real-time delivery of high-quality data and images from telescope to researchers
• Significant advances in productivity and user experiences

Simplified Management

• Optimized and centralized management of entire network saves users time and resources to focus on research and data collection