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Specsavers eyes up savings with Vanco deal
News High street optician Specsavers has signed a £4.5m deal with network operator Vanco for the management of its global wide area network (WAN). Vanco's Active Negotiation Process - where Vanco reviews the underlying carrier costs for customers... [19 Feb 2008]
Arctic survey put on ice until 2009
News The Vanco Arctic Survey expedition to measure the thickness of the ice cap at the North Pole and predict how quickly the ice is melting has been postponed until next year. Photos of the Vanco expedition team and some of the technology they will use... [11 Jan 2008]
Arctic tech gets sub-zero test
News The Vanco Arctic Survey expedition will measure the ice's thickness and then the lifespan of the Arctic ice cap can be calculated from these measurements. Satellite and radar equipment for measuring the thickness of the polar ice cap will be tested... [26 Oct 2007]
SOA? Get the business involved, say IT chiefs
News Speaking at an IDC conference on SOA in London this week, IT executives from financial services provider Travelex and virtual network operator Vanco said the major hurdle for deployments is getting the business to understand the architecture and... [23 Mar 2007]
Outsourcing to save Kelly Services $13.5m?
News Kelly Services signed a $12m deal last summer for virtual network operator (VNO) Vanco to manage a pan-European WAN connecting 310 sites in 16 countries. Jason Jennings, European IT director for Kelly Services, said the latest deal will cut the... [28 Feb 2007]
Vanco wins €2.9m contract with Dutch engineers
News Dutch engineering company Royal Haskoning has signed a five-year, €2.9m contract for a global WAN with virtual networks company Vanco. Last year British Airways signed a multi-million pound deal with Vanco to design, implement and manage a global VPN. [03 Aug 2006]
Vanco wins £19.6m Euromaster outsourcing deal
News Tyre company Euromaster has outsourced its entire corporate telecoms network to Vanco in a three-year deal worth £19.6m. It is Vanco's largest single deal to date and the virtual network operator (VNO) will be responsible for the design... [24 Feb 2006]
Reed turns to Sirocom in €17m virtual network deal
News The agreement follows a lengthy contest against other, better-known telcos and the ousting of Vanco - another virtual network operator (VNO) - which had held the Reed account, for data networking only, for three years. [22 Feb 2006]
Vanco can SeeBeyond disparate systems
News Virtual telco Vanco has turned to Sun Microsystems subsidiary SeeBeyond for a major implementation of middleware. Vanco will use the Sun Java Integration Suite, formerly SeeBeyond ICAN Suite, as part of a service-oriented architecture (SOA). [25 Nov 2005]
Virtual telco Sirocom does VoIP
News Vanco, a VNO similar to Sirocom, alongside robust interim results has revealed a decade-long deal with Swisscom, to service that telco's customers outside Switzerland. Virtual network operator (VNO) Sirocom is touting a voice over IP (VoIP) service... [13 Sep 2005]
3 Peaks Challenge conquered by IT industry
News A team from silicon.com as well as 21 IT teams from companies such as Accenture, Avis and RBS will today be nursing some nasty aches and pains after taking part in the annual Vanco-sponsored 3 Peaks Challenge at the weekend. [19 Jul 2005]
IT teams ready for the 3 Peaks Challenge
News Regular readers of silicon.com will know we are sending an intrepid team to take part in the Vanco Three Peaks Challenge in aid of CARE International. But we'll not be alone in the gruelling challenge. [14 Jul 2005]
silicon.com team gearing up for mountain challenge
News We will be taking on the Vanco-sponsored Three Peaks Challenge in support of CARE International and we're still hoping to raise a lot more money. A hardcore team of silicon.com fundraisers are gearing up to tackle the three highest mountains in... [11 Jul 2005]
Vanco signs $85m airline deal
News UK virtual network operator Vanco has announced a five-year channel partner agreement with US firm ARINC. ARINC will offer its new and existing customers Vanco's MPLS Matrix and IP Secure solutions - the technical heartbeat of the west London firm... [14 Jun 2005]
IT industry to take on 3 Peaks Challenge for charity
News The event, sponsored by Vanco and silicon.com, will see teams scale the three highest mountains in Scotland, England and Wales over the course of one weekend. Now in its tenth year the Vanco 3 Peaks Challenge is a great opportunity for IT staff to... [24 Mar 2005]
