RETN deploys Ciena 800G to achieve industryleading capacity
NEWS
ETN , an international network
R service provider , recently deployed Ciena ’ s solutions to
accommodate recent rapid increases in network traffic . Ciena ’ s 800G technology supports important paths in the RETN Eurasian network , connecting key points in Central Europe between
Frankfurt , Amsterdam and Hamburg , where high availability of services and low latency are essential for applications such as content delivery , OTT services and video streaming .
RETN deployed Ciena ’ s Waveserver
5 – powered by WaveLogic 5 Extreme – to deliver 100GbE and 400GbE interconnectivity to address growing requirements for bandwidth-hungry services and applications , while optimising costs .
Leveraging its existing architecture and Ciena ’ s 800G solution , RETN has achieved the highest standards of network performance and service quality , offering efficient network utilisation ( up to 800 Gbps per lambda ), lower latencies , enhanced security and reliability of services .
In addition , Ciena ’ s Manage , Control and Plan ( MCP ) domain controller is helping RETN improve network monitoring and management by using automation features and operational diagnostics to proactively identify and prevent potential connectivity challenges . This adds additional flexibility to support RETN ’ s short delivery time , quick upgrades and ongoing service standards .
“ RETN has established itself as a leader in delivering international data transmission services . With WaveLogic 5 , RETN can address network scale , cost and efficiency challenges , while forging a path to fuel our increasingly digital-driven lives ,” said Jamie Jefferies , Vice President and General Manager of EMEA , Ciena .
Secure I . T . Environments completes 80-mile data centre migration for an NHS Trust
ecure I . T . Environments , one
S of the UK ’ s leading design and build companies for
modular , containerised and micro data centres , has announced that it has completed a data centre migration project for the Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust ( EPUT ), moving equipment and assets across a carefully choreographed weekend between sites 80 miles apart in Bedford and Colchester .
The project involved moving several cabinets and SAN equipment from Clapham in Bedfordshire to a new location prepared by the EPUT IT teams at a site in Colchester . The project was carefully planned during lockdown restrictions over a series of Microsoft Teams meetings . Taking place over a weekend , equipment was carefully labelled , removed , transported , cleaned and reconnected at the new site ready for the Trust ’ s IT projects team to test and take live on the Monday morning .
Secure I . T . Environments also worked closely with the Trust ’ s IT projects team to ensure that connectivity was maintained for a number of key services through the existing Bedfordshire data centre , while the migration took place . This included the configuration of network services to provide local fibre connectivity , WAB connectivity to the Trust Media Business EtherVPN network and WAN services via N3 / HSCN . A remote access VPN service was included in the migration , as well as a point-to-point connection between the new data centre in Colchester and the trust ’ s primary data centre in Grays , Thurrock to maintain consistent data replication services post-migration . www . intelligentdatacentres . com
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