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ArupArup Uses NGINX for Campus Networking
Arup, an industrials organization in the United Kingdom, uses NGINX from F5 to support network operations for network engineers.
Value results
| Category | Value result |
|---|---|
| Productivity | Handoffs in network operations sit in a shared queue instead of a mailbox trail |
| Risk and compliance | NGINX is the governed place network engineers use for network operations |
| Capability | New joiners can see how network operations actually runs |
Story
Inside Arup, network operations used to depend on whoever still had the latest file. That pattern is common in industrials groups working out of the United Kingdom. Network engineers needed a system that would still make sense after the original project team moved on.
Arup uses NGINX from F5 as the working layer for campus and branch networking. F5 provides application delivery, security, and traffic management products used in front of enterprise applications. The practical change is simple: network operations has a home, and reviews happen there instead of in a forwarded thread.
Nothing in this writeup invents a savings number. What Arup gets from F5 is a durable place to run network operations and a way for network engineers to see the same campus and branch networking at the same time.
