Two weeks after the first rack got handed over: lockdown.
We talk about the challenges we have faced (and still are facing) during our build to three datacentre sites in London: contracting for racks, getting infrastructure to put in them, linking back to our Manchester network, ordering dark fibre, and working with customers.
Contents of this talk may contain moose and/or mousse.
on the 50th anniversary of Apollo XIII - Houston - a code name for crisis response becomes real. This is the story of people doing what they always do - working beyond limits; at BT delivering for the country and for the whole planet and the story of determination to show that the Internet continues to change our lives in ways none of us ever imagined...
Restrictions during COVID-19-related lockdowns are expected to have a limited, but noticeable effect on the Domain Name System (DNS) traffic at ICANN Managed Root Servers (IMRS). ICANN’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) has studied the impact of a nationwide lockdown in France on changes in both traffic volume and composition to the four IMRS instances in France. The lockdown in...
2020 has been a year like no other for LINX, its members and the wider telecoms and peering community. In this presentation LINX Network Manager, Mike Hellers, covers the fluctuation of LINX's traffic from before COVID-19 outbreak, the new traffic peaks post-lockdown, to where traffic is now. Mike also assesses how things have changed with port orders since the pandemic began and how LINX is...
A story of team building and learning from an operational team who used a computer game to simulate live issues. Building communication skills and how you overcome obstacles, especially when you are all working remotely over video calling. How do people act and handle themselves?
You all know what the problem is, you know roughly how to get there, but can you make it all come together...
This presentation looks at 7 things that improved either during or as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
This talk will be a run down of the impacts on Sky;
- Traffic -> Talk about impacts on network bandwidth to-date due to the lock-down
- Safety -> Talk about how Sky is keeping our key workers safe who are still coming into the office (e.g. NOC staff)
- Internal IT -> Talk about the rapid VPN capacity scaling project and massive laptop deployment project
- Logistics -> Talk about...
