Network Performance Upgrade : Cheshire, Lancashire, Wigan, Warrington, Manchester, and Liverpool.

An audit and consultation process determines the issues and aspirations of new clients, with performance investigated with Ideal Industries and Fluke qualification testers, bandwidth and spectrum analyser tools. A topology schematic is produced, together with sample solutions based on extensive experience. An important factor is budget and so the network design utilises suitable legacy products, with several options discussed.

Managed HP ProCurve switches are feature rich, with functionality that optimises performance and flexibility, without any compromises. Clients appreciate the lifetime warranty as this reduces the longer term expenditure; with a next day replacement service from the manufacturer that minimises the impact of any failure (support options are available for a prompt on-site response with loan items).

Increased performance is also delivered by increasing the speed of the backbone, by incorporating Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet technologies and the implementation of the associated backbone cabling with either copper (CAT5e, CAT6 and augmented CAT6 options) or fibre optic (OM1, OM2, OM3 multi-mode and OS1 single mode) technology used depending on the current infrastructure and other factors including environment, the technology to be supported and the cable routes.

A documentation pack is issued upon completion of a networking project, including schematics, test results, serial numbers, IP and MAC addresses and patching records.