Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 69 | Page 9

NEWS

Juniper Networks takes digital experience to a new level at the University of Oxford

Juniper Networks , a leader in secure , AI-driven networks , has announced that numerous departments and colleges of the University of Oxford – a renowned university and the oldest centre of learning , teaching and research in the English-speaking world – deployed Juniper ’ s cloud-delivered wireless access solution driven by Mist AI to provide a modern digital experience to students , faculty , staff and guests .

The University of Oxford strives to deliver a platform that underpins education , research and personal connectivity , enhancing the day-to-day life of the university community . The university invests in its technology infrastructure to enable all staff , students and guests to communicate effectively , share information and collaborate widely . Oxford ’ s new AI-driven Wi-Fi from Juniper supports central administration , libraries , student rooms , colleges and department buildings , optimising the user experience .
The university ’ s departments and colleges that deployed the Juniper Wireless LAN solution – driven by Mist AI – streamlined network operations and predictable , reliable and measurable user experiences in key administrative buildings , libraries , student rooms and colleges .
Juniper ’ s cloud-delivered services , including Juniper Mist Wireless Assurance and Marvis Virtual Network Assistant , give the IT staff
unique insight into individual user experiences . It also accelerated deployment , as well as the management and troubleshooting of Wi-Fi with unique AI-driven operations , including automated event correlation , predictive analytics and self-driving network operations .

Netomnia passes half a million premises milestone

Q2 of 2023 alone . The network operator is now building at a rate of 500,000 homes and businesses per year , with ambitions of reaching 1 million premises by early 2024 .

Netomnia , the UK ’ s fastest-growing broadband infrastructure provider , has passed and made Ready for Service ( RFS ) more than 500,000 homes and businesses as part of its ultrafast full-fibre rollout .

Half a million premises across the country now have access to one of the fastest and most reliable fibre networks with YouFibre now serving more than 40,000 customers on the UK ’ s largest exclusively XGS PON fibre infrastructure , capable of providing up to 10Gbps .
The milestone demonstrates Netomnia ’ s exponential growth , with the business passing more than 125,000 properties in
Jeremy Chelot , CEO at Netomnia and YouFibre , said : “ Reaching half a million premises and already providing service to 40,000 of them is a significant achievement and is a testament to the hard work and dedication of the entire team . Especially when you consider we only started out two and a half years ago and we are now the sixth largest network in the UK , have the third fastest build rate and are building in all four UK countries . This is just the first step in our ambitious growth strategy to hit 1 million homes and businesses within the next 12 months .”
Netomnia ’ s full-fibre broadband network brings reliable , ultrafast broadband speeds to under-served communities . It also introduces competition in areas that already have an existing connection .
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