Vodafone UK's CTO: How to run a national network from employees' homes

摘要

Scott Petty has been CTO of Vodafone UK since February 2018 and at the company for over 11 years. Prior to becoming CTO, he was Group Enterprise Technology Director. He spoke to Annie Turner in mid-April.Inevitably the impact of Covid-19 is the initial topic of conversation. Says Petty, "We have achieved things we'd previously have thought impossible. We had to move to 100% remote working for all our engineers and operational staff. With the exception of a handful of key security and NOC [network operation centre] staff, we are running the network 100% from people's homes." He isn't just referring to the day-to-day stuff either, but also, "Some scheduled operational changes such as lifecycle management and big upgrades".