A branch environment WAN with failovers for local resilience for UK engineering firm

An MPLS with a number of branch environments with fully diverse resilient circuits. While MPLS does not provide encryption, but it is a virtual private network and, as such, is partitioned off from the public Internet.

About our client

A leading engineering group with a HQ located in the South West that prides itself on providing a dynamic work environment.

In 2020, we assessed the technology in place and defined a project for laying resilience onto their WAN networks to support failovers to local sites to mitigate the risk of outages.

The Challenges

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While MPLS does not provide encryption, but it is a virtual private network and, as such, is partitioned off from the public Internet.
We built more resilience on a fit for purpose WAN.

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Staff were restricted in terms of when and where they could work. They could not work from different sites or locations very easily or flexibly.

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Challenges of communication for remote workforce including call routing and monitoring.

Our client needed a streamlined, centrally managed network solution with automated system monitoring, failovers and inbuilt security.

Outcomes and benefits

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Reduced network congestion and a better end-user experience.

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Omni-channel communications workflows enabling users to improve productivity and visibility.

The Solution

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Fortinet network security

An entire back-end infrastructure from switches to telecommunications to IT security.

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Hybrid MPLS Network

The Hybrid networking solution offers scalability, performance, better bandwidth utilisation.

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Disaster recovery

The group needed an effective disaster recovery solution in place that worked across multiple locations, protecting them against risks such as local power outages.

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