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BA puts faith in IP at Terminal 5

Case Study Speaking to silicon.com, Phil Hawker, communications networks manager for BA said: "We're live and we're up and running. The Fast Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) - installed by communications partner Affiniti over an 18-month period - will...

Tags: ba, affiniti, testing, heathrow

[08 Feb 2008]

Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying

Case Study We have a duty of care to all of our students to make sure the college networks aren't being used in an abusive way to any of them. Because the system is so precise, Liddell is also using it to comply with Freedom of Information (FoI) enquiries and...

Tags: bullying, email, brunel, college

[11 Jan 2008]

Somerfield gets serious about wireless security

Case Study Somerfield has undertaken a security audit on its wireless networks, leading to a less draconian security policy that allows the retailer's IT department to take full advantage of wireless technology in the future.

Tags: somerfield, security, wireless, stores

[05 Nov 2007]

ICI takes the plunge with WLAN

Case Study The global paint and chemical manufacturer has been putting the WLAN in place with wireless networking specialists Aruba Networks since the end of last year, and the network has been running on several sites since the beginning of 2007.

Tags: remote access, security, aruba, wireless

[10 Oct 2007]

Durham college betters campus life with wireless

Case Study Now the IP and wireless networks have been rolled out, the college has ambitions to use the technology a variety of other ways. Ian Walton, New College's director of finance and corporate services, said the convergence of voice, data and CCTV onto...

Tags: network, ip, wireless, education

[26 Jun 2007]

NHS procurement hub streamlines mobile suppliers

Case Study Gooch was having to cope with thousands of mobile handsets supplied by a number of networks. Due to the nature of their jobs, the professionals it serves are often away from the office and depend a great deal on mobile communication and data, with...

Tags: procurement, norfolk, nhs, t-mobile

[20 Jun 2007]

Wireless network boosts college options

Case Study The converged IP network, installed by Scalable Networks, allows students and staff at the college to access web-based services wherever they are. The network will initially be used to support the college's bespoke data applications such as the...

Tags: vowlan, education, wlan

[04 Jan 2007]

Insurance firm updates disaster recovery plans

Insurance firm updates disaster recovery plans

Case Study Other suppliers include Cisco, for all sorts of networking kit including switch fabric, and HP, for storage area networks and blade servers, something Aspen and others in this sector need, not just for coping with surges in demand but for the type...

Tags: aspen, city of london, disaster recovery, colt telecom

[11 Apr 2006]

Pru calls in VoIP to improve customer service

Case Study The company outsourced its voice and data networks to BT in November last year and is now in the process of moving its call centres over to VoIP technology. As well as improving customer satisfaction the new network should cut costs: "Over the...

Tags: case study, prudential, voip

[21 Jun 2005]

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