en.Wedoany.com Reported - Glide Group, a UK broadband network service provider, has announced a significant expansion of its existing partnership with King's College London, adding a highly resilient, high-capacity managed Wide Area Network (WAN) service to its existing student accommodation and campus visitor WiFi services.
Under the agreement, Glide will connect multiple campuses and data centers of King's College London via a managed network with a capacity of 100Gbps. Designed with resilience, diversity, and clear accountability in mind, the network will support the university's academic services, professional services, and the daily work of all staff, students, and researchers.
The specific infrastructure delivery solution for this project comes from Glide's connectivity solutions portfolio, though the announcement did not disclose further details. Glide CEO Tim Pilcher stated that this collaboration reflects confidence built on reliable delivery, trustworthy service, and a shared focus on long-term partnerships.
Karl Everett, Head of IT Infrastructure at King's College London, said that deploying a 100Gbps network represents a significant investment in the university's digital infrastructure, which will substantially enhance data-intensive research capabilities, facilitate faster collaboration, and ensure the academic community can efficiently work with modern tools and large datasets. Adopting a single vendor helps enhance system resilience by simplifying network management and reducing points of failure, thereby improving the reliability of teaching, research, and administrative services. This upgrade directly supports King's College's 2030 strategy, which aims to serve society through academic excellence, underpinned by a robust digital infrastructure. The announcement did not disclose the contract duration or the time required for deployment.
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