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22 March 2016

National Rail Enquiries improves website uptime with AWS and Soasta

This article is part of the Computer Weekly issue of 22 March 2016

The firm’s website took a battering in a 2013 storm – prompting it to rethink its procedures.

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Features in this issue

Case study: National Rail Enquiries tackles website uptime issues with AWS and SOASTA
by Caroline Donnelly
The National Rail Enquiries website took a battering in the wake of the 2013 St. Jude’s storm, prompting the organisation to rethink its hosting and load-testing procedures
After BT's Openreach reprieve, what now for the UK broadband roll-out?
by Alex Scroxton
After Ofcom's decision to leave Openreach in BT, what happens next – and how will the UK reap the benefits of superfast broadband?
Datacentre heat reuse: Why aren’t more operators doing it?
by Caroline Donnelly
With the datacentre industry’s sustainability habits coming under increasingly close scrutiny, we find out why operators are not rushing to reuse their waste heat

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