UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · Awarded contract

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Supply and Support of Replacement Network Load Balancers for University of Southampton

Awarded 14 Mar 2022

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Awarded14 Mar 2022

Value£175,870.68

SupplierSoftcat PLC

AgencyUNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON

RegionSouth East

CategoryIT & Software

Expires in 5mo5y 1mo term, 91% elapsed

Awarded 14 Mar 2022Expires 12 Apr 2027

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University of Southampton awarded a contract to Softcat PLC for the supply and support of four replacement network load balancer (NLB) appliances, including two production and two pre-production units to be housed at Astro House and Building 36 at Highfield Campus.

The pre-production appliances will handle incoming traffic on pre-production instances of hosted services, enabling testing of changes and new firmware releases in a non-service-affecting environment before production rollout.

The contract also includes supplier and vendor recommendations on implementation best practices and available functionality not currently utilised.

The contract value is AUD 175,870.68.

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