The University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen) ranks among the top
European research universities. In total, 9,000 staff members and 25,000 students
are active across nine faculties, divided among approximately 150 buildings in
and around the city of Groningen in the north of the Netherlands. The university
also maintains strong ties with many of its 60,000 registered alumni. Problems
with the university’s IT infrastructure were causing downtime for users and
inefficient utilization of server capacity. By implementing F5 BIG‑IP® Local Traffic
Manager™ in a centralized IT infrastructure, the university has been able to
optimize utilization of physical and virtual servers, introduce a powerful new
collaboration service, and ensure that users always have access to all of the
university’s IT services.