How to conserve network bandwidth and improving browsing response times

Busy networks create congestion, this congestion results in poor response times when browsing the Internet.  Reducing congestion is easy, simply request websites that will be accessed in the next few days or weeks to be downloaded to your Cachepilot overnight. Content is then available locally...

To improve the resilience of the network and increase the available bandwidth of the Internet connection, Northern Grid have commissioned the installation of multiple backup links at core level creating a resilient ring for all LAs.

Improvements to E-Safety for Regional Schools

As part of its ongoing developments and improvements in providing safe online environments for teachers, pupils and other users, Northern Grid is proposing to establish a new automatic monitoring system for web and internet use.

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Many school networks have been built up over time as a consequence many are not designed to cope with the latest applications and resources. Bottlenecks created by hubs or misconfigured equipment can restrict performance, pupils using inappropriate applications can constrain access speeds and leave your network open to attack from viruses, spyware and intrusion attacks. Are you suffering...

The Northern Grid for Learning, or Northern Grid, is a successful partnership of 8 North East LEAs.  The Northern Grid provides an affordable, fast and reliable broadband service for schools, together with access and advice on caches, email, internet access with secure filtering and learning platforms to meet the educational requirements of teaching and learning in the 21st Century.