Case Study: Financial Times achieves faster local internet and improved employee productivity with SecureData

Financial Times - Customer Case Study

The Financial Times (FT), a global business news organisation, was struggling with declining employee productivity and frustration as staff increasingly demanded secure mobile access from smartphones and tablets. Heavy reliance on HQ WAN links from numerous international offices created slow, costly internet connections that hampered day-to-day work and threatened operational efficiency.

Working with long-term partner SecureData, FT rapidly rolled out Aruba Networks to enable local internet breakout at remote sites, deployed VPNs in London and New York, and added cloud-based web filtering — all implemented in a matter of weeks. Employees can now connect devices securely and access head office resources, local internet speeds and reliability have improved dramatically, and the FT has reduced WAN costs and delayed expensive upgrades while boosting productivity and employee satisfaction.

Financial Times

Alison Fitzgerald

Chief Information Officer