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Education networks that are safe, open and easy to run

Identity-aware Wi-Fi, content and threat protection, and multi-tenant management for districts with many schools

Hermes network diagram for education
The challenge

Open for learning, closed to threats

Schools and campuses connect thousands of students, staff and devices, often with a small IT team spread across many buildings. The network has to be open enough for learning, safe enough for students, and simple enough to run without an engineer at every school.

Hermes gives each school the same secure foundation and gives the district one place to manage it. Students, staff and guests get Wi-Fi access based on who they are, threats are blocked at the edge of every site, and new schools come online zero-touch from a shared template.

At a glance
Wi-Fi access by role: students, staff, guests
Threat protection at every school
Every school managed from one console
Predictable costs with Network as a Service
How Hermes fits

How Hermes fits education

Built for districts, campuses and multi-school groups

Campus Wi-Fi

Identity-aware Wi-Fi 7 that gives students, staff and guests the right access.

Safe access

Protect students without walling off learning, with policy by role.

Threat protection

Inline firewalling, IDS/IPS and threat intelligence at every school.

District multi-tenancy

Manage every school from one console, with local control where needed.

Door access

Video door phones and card readers on the same platform as the network.

Budget-friendly NaaS

Predictable operating costs instead of large up-front hardware purchases.

Rollout

How a school comes online

1

Plan

Model the school and its access policy in the Digital Twin.

2

Ship

The Hermes edge and access points arrive pre-assigned to the school.

3

Plug in

Staff connect power and the internet line. No engineer needed.

4

Manage

The district runs every school from the same Orchestrator console.

Hardware

Runs on Hermes hardware

Every Hermes device is provisioned zero-touch and managed from the same Orchestrator

SD-WAN AI Edge Desktop

Branch SD-WAN, Layer 3 switching and edge AI in a compact desktop appliance.

SD-WAN AI Edge 24P PoE

A Layer 3 PoE+ switch and an SD-WAN edge in one unit for larger sites.

Wi-Fi 7 Access Points

Wall, desktop and ceiling access points, managed from the same Orchestrator.

FAQ

Education networking FAQ

Can’t find your answer? Our solutions architects are happy to help

Access is based on identity and role, so students, staff and guests each get the right level of access. Firewalling, IDS/IPS and threat intelligence run at the edge of every school to block known threats.

Yes. Multi-tenant management lets the district run every school from one Orchestrator console, while schools can keep local control where you allow it.

No. Hermes devices are provisioned zero-touch. Someone on site connects power and the internet line, and the school comes online with the district’s policy.

Yes. With Network as a Service, the network is delivered as a subscription with predictable operating costs.

Yes. AI cameras and door access with video door phones and card readers run on the same network and are managed from the same platform.

See it on your network

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