Case Study: Peterborough Regional College achieves prioritized bandwidth and smooth critical application performance with Exinda

Exinda delivers critical Application Assurance for Peterborough Regional College

Peterborough Regional College, the largest education provider in Peterborough serving around 8,000 students and rated outstanding by Ofsted, faced rising bandwidth pressure as students’ heavy internet use threatened critical services such as email, the website, Citrix and online examination platforms. The college needed a way to prioritise and manage traffic without broadly blocking applications like YouTube, which are also used for teaching.

The college deployed the Exinda 6060 to gain visibility, apply intelligent policies and cache popular content, preventing duplicate downloads. The solution delivered immediate benefits — a 15% reduction in daytime traffic, smooth performance for Citrix and exam systems, simpler web-based management and strong vendor support — ensuring the college’s IT investments continued to support learning.

Peterborough Regional College

Peter Griffiths

Network Manager, Peterborough Regional College