Stanly Community College
Albemarle, NC
62
NC academies served
140
Academies across the Southeast
350+
Virtualization learners worldwide
The Challenge
Stanly Community College (SCC) saw that many Cisco Networking Academies across North Carolina and the Southeast were struggling to keep their own lab equipment current. Without staff or budget to maintain hardware, individual academies were limiting the hands-on experience they could offer.
The Solution
SCC partnered with NDG to build one of the first NETLAB+ Academic Cloud deployments, a hosted, multi-tenant infrastructure that other academies connect into remotely. SCC manages the equipment and the NETLAB+ system centrally, and participating academies bring their own learners. The model was supported by an NSF grant.
"NETLAB+ is a force multiplier. One system, managed by a small team, can serve hundreds of students across dozens of academies."
- Dr. Myra Burris
The Results
The SCC Academic Cloud now serves 62 academies across North Carolina and 140 across the Southeast United States, plus over 350 virtualization learners worldwide. SCC's deployment became a blueprint for how a community college can act as a regional lab hosting center for many smaller academies.