User Centric Networking

Product at a glance

Improve productivity using innovative technologies
Multi-technology support tailored to your business needs
Reduce the risk of deploying new technologies
Managed services guarantee optimum network performance

Today, your employees don’t just work in the office. The boundaries between business and personal time are blurring, and your employees need the flexibility to work at anytime, anywhere, with any device.

Our secure User-Centric Networking lets your employees be productive no matter where they are. They can connect using a public or private cloud, WAN, LAN, wireless LAN, Public Wi-Fi or DSL, and will get the same consistent user experience every time.

Our tailor-made User-Centric Networking can include the following:

Data centre switching and load balancing
Campus LAN switching and wireless
Remote access and flexible working
Perimeter security and user authentication
WAN optimisation

Data Centre Switching and Load Balancing

Today's business-critical applications demand higher availability and increased storage and processing power. Our User-Centric Networking can help:

Improve your network efficiency with new technologies such as 10G Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
Save computing costs and improve availability by virtualising and consolidating your server infrastructure

Network Virtualisation

Your data centre switches must support the growing demand for capacity and access, and they must let you reduce capital and operational costs at the same time. We achieve this in the following ways:

Convergence simplifies your network structure and provides predictable performance. Networks must now support 10G Ethernet for reduced server port density and cabling, and FCoE as a common fabric for Ethernet and storage area networking
Scalability. Be scalable so you don’t have to over-engineer up front or waste money replacing limited capacity solutions later on

Server Load Balancing

Virtual machines and applications can become unavailable during network failures or congestion, or when virtual machines are being transferred. When this happens, we use market-leading real-time technology to automatically re-route traffic, even if the outage wasn't planned.

Aside from guaranteeing continuity, server load balancing has other benefits:

Maximises data centre resource usage by letting applications share servers
Increases productivity by giving users the best possible performance – no matter where they are or what application they’re using

Our Capabilities

Design data centre networking to meet your specific needs
Deploy industry-leading technologies
Build a transition plan that avoids risk and obsolescence
Monitor your data centre to ensure optimum performance

Campus LAN Switching and Wireless

Your campus LAN is critical. Your users rely on it for collaboration and data, and it’s essential for business continuity. Today, it faces unprecedented demands for capacity and it has to be available all the time. If it’s fast and reliable, you’re more productive. If it isn’t, you’re at a competitive disadvantage.

In the past, the campus LAN was ‘wires only’. Not anymore. Many users are mobile, and they need better performance than a traditional wireless overlay can deliver. New wireless networking standards provide higher capacity, support on-site mobility and they’re a real alternative to wired access.

Wired

Your campus Ethernet network needs the following:

Availability and capacity for collaborative applications
Scalability and flexibility
Features such as Power over Ethernet to support end devices
Support for quality of service so it can carry different types of traffic
Protection for your information and policy enforcement

Designing and operating these complex networks needs high-calibre engineering skills.

Wireless

Wireless access complements the capacity and flexibility of your wired network. When properly secured, it can be used in your branch offices and headquarter sites for lots of applications:

Local voice and data mobility
Guest access for visiting employees
Tracking the location of wireless devices for security and productivity purposes – including via RFID

Our Capabilities

End-to-end campus networks – both wired and wireless
Survey your existing environment and provide a readiness assessment
Design and implement a network to meet your specific business needs
Optimise you network continuously to maximise its performance
Fully certified by market-leading vendors including Cisco and Avaya

Remote Access and Flexible Working

Today’s centralised IT service delivery model was designed to meet the needs of a largely static workforce.

However, branch-office, home and mobile workers often struggle with slow response times and complex security policies. They want to work flexibly, use private and public Wi-Fi, and connect with both their company and personal devices. Too often, they can’t.

With our Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), your employees can use their own devices to connect over the internet. Their traffic is sent over a secure, encrypted tunnel, and they’re authenticated, so you don’t have to worry about unwelcome intruders.

The benefits of our approach:

Simple connectivity from a range of mobile devices
Security based on standard industry protocols
Integrated management for policy enforcement
Strong authentication (single or two-factor) for enhanced security
Industry-standard compliance technology

Our Capabilities

Experience with leading security system vendors including Cisco and Check Point
Use the latest proven and innovative technologies
Lifecycle and managed services to protect your network and resources

Perimeter Security and User Authentication

Network security is central to our wireless, internet access and remote working products and services. We protect your network, data, employees and resources from ever-growing threats.

We use technologies from leading network security vendors, including Check Point, Cisco and Juniper, and we have extensive experience designing and managing the following:

Firewalls for enhanced perimeter security
Intrusion protection against worms and Trojans
VPNs and access control for secure remote access
Network admission control for user and device authentication

Our Capabilities

Define a security solution that meets your needs
Network security assessments, design and installation
Consult on policy compliance and test your threat defences
Highest level of partner and industry certification

We also offer managed services:

Incident and change management
Threat assessment and compliance reports
Anti-virus, intrusion protection and threat list updates

WAN Optimisation

Enhance your IT productivity and reduce your bandwidth costs with our WAN Optimisation Services. We can help your branch offices and mobile users get the most out of their low-speed WAN links by addressing issues such as latency, protocol inefficiency and data loss.

Our fully-managed services offer lots of benefits:

Use industry-leading technology from key vendors
Reduce the need for higher-cost links by optimising bandwidth usage
Avoid the operational cost of distributed servers by centralising data and applications
Enable cloud computing by guaranteeing remote-access performance
Reduce your WAN costs and improve your productivity

Our Capabilities

Survey your application environment and bandwidth usage to identify performance issues
Design the right approach to optimising your WAN performance
Assess your WAN continuously to ensure that it’s at peak performance