traffic in case studies
WWF wild about comms upgrade
Case Study We couldn't actually afford to say to anybody you can work from home before because we just didn't have the lines that supported the traffic that they needed," Exton said. Since embarking on a project to upgrade its... [09 Mar 2009]
Dorset gets its shared services motor running
Case Study Speaking to silicon.com, Martin Dover, traffic control and information systems team leader for Bournemouth unitary authority, said: "The main benefit for us is that on one system we see [data from] all three... [03 Feb 2009]
ITV F1 website gets in the fast lane
Case Study At the start of the season in March, ITV's F1 website had to cope with a huge increase in traffic as it showed live footage as simulcasts. On the Thursday before the Australian Grand Prix the ITV F1 website saw a huge... [05 Dec 2008]
Online retailer tackles Gok Wan's fashion army
Case Study Using real time feedback from Introscope, JD Williams' tech team were able to track peaks in traffic, scaling back video content and tuning the site to cope with the exceptional demand.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [11 Nov 2008]
Tennis federation rallies web presence
Case Study The ITF's website (daviscup.com) provides live scoring and statistics for up to 10 Davis Cup ties, seeing huge traffic spikes of up to six million page views per match weekend. One of the big challenges was to find a... [12 Mar 2008]
Cambridge Uni keeps tabs on web traffic
Case Study The University of Cambridge is using network management software to help monitor and load-balance a massive increase in web traffic across its campus-wide admin network. The university's management information service... [05 Oct 2007]
Tate makes e-bulletins an artform
Case Study Tate Online uses the Lyris ListManager system to send out the e-bulletins, which cost up to £20,000 to deploy and have increased traffic and sales across the site. Stack said: "If you feature something in an email... [06 Jul 2007]
Visit London gets 'WebTrendy'
Case Study Tourism group Visit London has received a significant boost in website traffic following changes made using intelligence gained from web analytics. Willmott said the website now has more visitors - site... [21 Jun 2007]
Concert hall makes sure callers don't sing the blues
Case Study When we had peaks in call traffic, for instance when tickets for an Eric Clapton concert went on sale, we didn't have any interactive voice response (IVR) or call messaging to help us. Home of the Proms the Royal Albert... [30 May 2007]
Comic Relief gets IT ready for donation deluge
Case Study Gill said: "The challenge is transactions appear in a very peaky way between 19:00 and midnight [of Red Nose Day] so there's a huge volume of what potentially can be very dense traffic. Comic Relief has revamped its... [15 Mar 2007]
How UCAS made its website a high achiever
Case Study OneSight operates an on-screen traffic-light system to show the status of each potential bottleneck on the site. The UCAS (University and Colleges Applications Service) website has developed considerably in recent years... [16 Feb 2007]
Left-handed stormtroopers fight for ecommerce site
Case Study Being entirely online means Milson is keen to capitalise on unusual sources of traffic. An ecommerce website specialising in products for the left-handed has enlisted Star Wars stormtroopers as part of its sales arsenal. [21 Nov 2006]
Bank security spend beats spam and malware
Case Study The company evaluated updates from its incumbent provider and an offering from Tumbleweed and settled on the latter's email firewall and anti-spam service which would stop much of the rogue traffic at the... [03 Oct 2006]
Convergence cuts costs at Guy's and St Thomas' hospital
Case Study This means internal calls, which account for 80 per cent of all the Trust's call traffic, are now free. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in the heart of London has cut costs and call waiting times after... [18 Jul 2006]
What's the deal with BlackBerry-flavoured Coke?
Case Study Morning also said some operators' inability to cope with the sheer volume of traffic generated by BlackBerrys and similar devices can prove troublesome. With nearly 4,000 BlackBerrys across 75 countries and numerous... [17 May 2006]
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