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most clearly at the university ’ s data centre and network gateway . With mountains of data at their fingertips , this group ensures that data and information are always easily within reach whilst still remaining secure .
Uptime is a key concern for the university so it is currently in the midst of implementing a new disaster recovery site to ensure that the data centre runs consistently and smoothly , for instance . “ Data analytics is very important to help us position ourselves as a leading university ,” she adds . “ There are so many universities in the world right now , so we need the data to be analysed and to benchmark ourselves against other universities to see how we compare . This makes us unique in the market .”
This same conscientious approach is also visible in the way the university maintains its network . An internet connection is the lifeblood of any modern university campus , and so PTM ’ s network division constantly monitors and maintains both the internet and bandwidth of the network to ensure it doesn ’ t falter . “ Our campus network is up 24 / 7 , 365 days a year ,” notes Abu Samah . “ We can ’ t even let it down more than one hour . It ’ s very important to us . That ’ s why we set up our ICT security monitoring to ensure
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