Customer Profile
George Abbot School is a high-performing secondary school located in Guildford, South West of London. The school has approximately 2,000 students, 250 staff and is a centre for teacher training. By UK standards George Abbot is considered a large school. Like many UK schools, George Abbot invested in its core network around the turn of the century.
Business Needs
The network wasn’t failing, but it was getting increasingly slow,” says Ajay Patel, network manager, George Abbot School. “We’d tweaked it, done everything to get every last drop of performance out of the network but it was showing its age. It was time to invest in an upgrade. Teaching has changed hugely in recent years.
Solution
George Abbot has worked with Medhurst Communications, a local IT specialist and HPE partner, for a number of years. “We’ve always been happy with their advice and support,” says Patel. “I’ve seen its professionalism. They tick all the boxes.” The school is a largely HPE shop, from servers to switches to storage.
Results
The upgrade was planned, implemented and fully tested over the six-week summer break. “The first week in September is usually our busiest time,” says Patel. “All the teachers and students are arriving back at school and reporting issues with the network. This year we didn’t have one call. That tells me everything is working fine.”
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