Network Communications News (NCN) May 2016 | Page 12

ON T HE CASE
Branching out
Arqiva has successfully completed its work
to install unified public and enterprise Wi-Fi
services for Nationwide Building Society’s
high street network of around 700 branches,
16 administration centres and two data
centres in the UK.
The implementation of the Wi-Fi system,
which was delivered in collaboration with
Arqiva’s strategic partners Aerohive and
Mobliciti, is part of Nationwide’s ongoing
initiative to improve and streamline the digital
banking experience of its customers and
employees. The roll-out took place between
March and August 2015.
Nationwide’s Digital Agenda relies on it
providing leading edge enabling technologies
for colleagues and members. The new Wi-Fi
service is already a major contributor in
transforming the way in which Nationwide
engages members in branch.
The solution put in place for Nationwide
is its both fully resilient and stand-alone,
meeting the needs of staff and customers as
well as ensuring a PCI compliant failover from
the Nationwide corporate LAN.

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University challenge
The ICT infrastructure at
Maynooth University, part
of the National University
of Ireland, supports a
community of over 9,000
students and 800 staff. The
University recently added
a number of new buildings
to its campus to create
more teaching space and
residential accommodation,
which it needed to connect to
the network. On