Case Study: Academia achieves a tenfold capacity increase and unified operating environment with Juniper Networks

Transformative Networks Unify Operating Environment, Reduce Costs, and Increase Agility

Academia Ltd, a fast-growing UK technology reseller and service provider supporting over 10,000 endpoints, needed to move beyond a single data centre as demand outstripped its infrastructure. The company required greater capacity, higher security and reliability, simplified operations, and multihoming/BGP reachability as it expanded into a second data centre.

Academia deployed a Juniper-based architecture—MX5 edge routers, EX4600/EX4550 switches and SRX1400 gateways—running the unified Junos OS, enabling a seamless migration and easier operations. The result was a tenfold capacity increase in under six months, virtually no downtime during transition, 100% customer satisfaction in surveys, and a leaner operations team while planning future virtualized and multiterabit upgrades.

Academia

Graham Stewart

Senior Solutions Architect