Inside bet365's £1m business continuity project

Stuart Sumner
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Online betting firm explains how it deals with spiky traffic, and the need to upgrade its WAN while maintaining an always-on service

Every week, a small contingent of IT experts unlock the doors at a Manchester data centre and prepare to put their network through its paces. Switching on the lights, they sit down to manage the th...

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