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• December 2008
• Network upgrades deliver cost savings in a tough market

Network upgrades deliver cost savings in a tough market

As the economic slump deepens and its effects surge across the globe, leaving almost no industry unscathed, it is time for everyone to seek ways to maximise efficiencies in order to maintain profitability. One of the ways that many companies can realise these elusive efficiencies and save money is to ensure they have a secure, robust, well managed wide area network.

The current economic situation has been described by the Bank of England as “the biggest banking crisis since World War 1”. Luckily today’s businesses have far more scope for realising cost efficiencies and while layoffs and go-slows may still be order of the day for some organisations, many are looking to “spend to save”. This is particularly the case in many of our customers’ IT departments where CI-Net has identified several areas which can deliver cost savings.

Network Refresh
If it is time to refresh your network then it is time to look at all the cost saving options. Rather than simply renewing the contract with your current vendor, let CI-Net come and explore the ways new cost saving technology can be introduced to your specific requirements to deliver performance, resilience and security. Based on our recent experience we can show savings of typically 25% on you current WAN spend and deliver a more resilient and flexible network.

CI-Net brings together people, innovative technologies and products to offer its customers a broader, more flexible approach to WAN development, which is supported by a dedicated professional services team. The quality of our people, their depth of knowledge and their ability to find the best of breed technologies are not only key to the success of CI-Net, but also the reasons why customers return to us time and time again.

Virtualisation
Virtualisation is taking the IT industry by storm. Hardly surprising when you consider that the cost savings realised from running fewer physical servers in fewer locations are highly visible within an organisation. But is your security strategy tailored to your virtual environment? Traditional security systems rely on hardware and special operating systems, which are rendered useless in a virtual environment where the goal is to reduce or eliminate hardware. CI-Net uses virtual firewall technology to help secure your network in the new virtual world.

Remote Working
We are all aware of the cost benefits that enabling home working brings. One of the most important requirements for almost all of our customers is the ability for their employees to quickly and safely access corporate IT systems and data - no matter where they are. CI-Net helps ensure that business information flows freely and securely by delivering tailored VPN solutions.

WAN Optimisation
LAN-like performance over the WAN is what we aim to achieve with our Riverbed wide-area data services. The ability to accelerate applications for your entire workforce – including remote workers - improve productivity, consolidate IT infrastructure, optimise disaster recovery and reduce bandwidth utilisation all add to your organisation’s efficiency and bottom line. WAN optimisation can have a dramatic effect on the end user productivity and at the same time open up new opportunities for the IT department to save money and improve service to the business.

More than 2,000 UK organisations including Edmund Nuttall, Merseyside Fire and Rescue, HBG, DavidCovers and Worthing Borough Council rely on CI-Net’s secure, resilient, managed wide area networks. These organisations choose CI-Net because of the unrivalled quality and resilience of our network and our unparalleled reputation for innovation, flexibility and customer support. Working closely with customers to understand specific requirements, CI-Net builds and supports solutions crafted from an extensive portfolio of connectivity solutions, security and optimisation products and professional services.