The war against plastic has come to a head, thanks in part to David Attenborough and the astounding Blue Planet. Supermarkets have been exposed for their use of 59 billion pieces of plastic a year, Earth was labelled as ‘Planet Plastic’, and National Geographic found that 91% of plastic isn't recycled.
David Hughes is chief executive officer at Silver Peak, the broadband and hybrid wide area network (WAN) company that has done much to foster wider adoption of software defined wide area network (SD-WAN) technology in enterprise branch offices over the past couple of years.
TalkTalk is well known for the voice and data connectivity services it offers to UK consumers, but it has been quietly building a flexible, high capacity IP network which also accommodates increasing numbers of business customers.
Revenue for TalkTalk Business accounted for over 30% of the £1.8bn total in the financial year ending March 2016, up 5% on the previous year and driven largely by growth in demand for data products, next generation voice services and broadband connections delivered by both its direct channel and wholesale partners.
“This has been a true partnership from the start. Axians proved to be passionate and extremely knowledgeable about what they do. That shared passion and belief in what we were building gave the project real impetus and made all the difference in us creating an innovative and resilient network.”
Gavin Henry, owner and managing director, Suretec Systems
“Axians Networks is a long-standing and credible partner of ours. They have been providing us with complementary skills and technical expertise for a number of years and also provide the ongoing maintenance of our current network. This historical relationship meant we had no hesitation in turning to Axians Networks for support.”
Tim Kidd - Executive Director, Jisc Technologies