Scottish Police Service Authority

Overview

Dundee’s new £23.2 million forensic science facility features the latest stateof-the-art crime fighting technology, including biology, drug and chemistry laboratories, fingerprint and scene examination units, a DNA robot and the Scottish DNA database. Many of these services rely on the secure transfer of huge amounts of information.

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The University of Essex

Overview

Based in the heart of Southend-on-Sea, The University of Essex’s Southend Campus opened in 2007. The first development was the Gateway Building, a modern, state-of-the-art facility situated near to the high street in a busy town centre location. The second was a recently acquired deconsecrated church in a historical part of the town called Nelson Mews. This former church was to become the home of the university’s innovative East 15 acting school.

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The University of Bath

Overview

The University of Bath is home to 13,000 students and more than 2,600 members of staff at its Claverton campus. As demand for student accommodation has grown over recent years, the university has sought to provide off-campus halls of residence for those students keen to make the most of living in a UNESCO World Heritage city.

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York NHS Foundation Trust

Overview

York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (York NHSFT) provides acute services for approximately 350,000 people living in and around York. Its wider catchment area provides specialist services for around half a million people in North Yorkshire. The Trust employs over 6,000 staff and its annual turnover for the last financial year was nearly £250 million. Its main site is The York Hospital which offers a range of in and outpatient services. Coupled with five community hospitals, the Trust has over 700 beds. As part of the Government’s strategy for the NHS, York NHSFT is offering more and more community-based services, reducing the pressure on its main hospital services and providing services closer to people’s homes and workplaces.

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York City Council

Overview

CityFibre Holdings runs ‘rings’ round York. A dark fibre solution connecting over 100 council buildings throughout York ensures an unprecedented future-proofed investment for the City of York Council.

The situation

Over the years, City of York Council (CYC) had amassed a number of different network contracts and maintenance arrangements with many different service providers. In 2008, it became clear that there was a need for a high-capacity network to connect over 100 council buildings and facilities such as schools, libraries as well as numerous sporting facilities across the city. The solution needed to be future-proofed and avoid any bandwidth limitations or costs of leased line connectivity.

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