University students take on workload of hurricane-affected Cisco facility

Students at Wichita State University are taking responsibility for some of the work carried out at Cisco’s

global center in Houston, which has closed due to Hurricane Ike. The university’s partnership with Cisco dates back to 2005, when the networking giant provided the institution with an initial $2 million in salaries and equipment to run a tech research center on campus, according to an article on the university’s Web site. Ravi Pendse, WSU’s associate provost and chief information officer, along with 100 students are working in shifts to operate the Cisco lab.

The lab’s regular work of solving network problems within North America has been extended to South America and the Philippines because of Hurricane Ike, reports the university.

The story qutes Pendse as saying: “How many times do you get the chance to help out during a hurricane from Wichita, Kansas? … This is a great chance for the kids to apply what they learn in class and help people at the same time.”

The workload will be redistributed to Cisco’s Houston facility as soon as the storm passes.

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