Networks/Telecoms
An Imperial choice for
college’s computers
With 60,000 outlets across campuses as far afield as Charing
Cross, South Kensington and Harrow and with 60 plus building
and refurbishment projects on the go – all needing network
modifications, Imperial College has decided to standardise on
Brand-Rex copper and fibre for their network.
Ranked as the fifth best university in following the merger in October 2007 the two central data centres. “In
the world and the third in Europe, of St Mary’s and Hammersmith addition to providing access and
Imperial College London is a science- Hospitals to form the Imperial College connectivity for our staff, students and
based institution with a reputation for Healthcare NHS Trust which administrators, the College also hosts
excellence in teaching and research. integrated with the College. and manages internet connectivity for
Over 100 years old, Imperial College forty other organisations including the
attracts over 12,000 full time students Technology plays an important part in nearby Science Museum and the
from 123 countries who attend the the teaching and research activities of Natural History Museum,” says
235 taught courses across its nine the College, as well as being vital for Antonio Barbosa, Network
London campuses. Having the day-to-day administration and Infrastructure Manager at Imperial
established its prominence in life smooth running of the organisation. College.
sciences and biomedicine, Imperial With some 60,000 outlet points
College established the first academic available, more than 20,000 live With a major programme of
health science centre in the country connections are made each day into refurbishment and upgrade planned
throughout the College, valued at in
excess of £100 million per year over
the next five years, Barbosa and his
team have extensive infrastructure
work to plan, design and install.
“Computers are now a vital part of the
College with a lot of the scientific
modelling work requiring high speed,
high availability and being completely
dependent on a mission critical
network,” says Barbosa. “Imperial has
become a flagship site for the rest of
the universities within the UK, and it’s
essential that we get it right.”
As with most Universities, the IT
network had grown organically over
many years as the vast collection of
38 | DATA CENTRE SOLUTIONS |
www.datacentresols.com September 2008
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60