Capital Costs
A government department operates an IP network that provides mission-critical connectivity. The network had been well-designed and maintained but organic growth and ageing equipment meant that some parts of the network needed to be upgraded to support new communications technology and security requirements and to ensure continued manufacturer support.
In this case, time spent optimising the network would be unlikely to provide an ROI and the least risk option would be to upgrade key routers. Unfortunately the upgrade cycle coincided with government requests to reduce costs.
With these budget constraints in mind, we provided various options including supply of near-new, refurbished equipment with full manufacturer support. Although the department normally prefers to purchase new equipment, on this occasion it was fiscally prudent to reduce capital, maintain ongoing equipment support and plan for future upgrades.
The end result is that our customer has upgraded to accommodate growth and changes in deployed technology, maintained their security position, continued to maintain network support and met their budget challenge.
Operating Costs
A large government department operates a nationwide network of offices connected by an IP network to a central Data Centre using slow and expensive telecommunications services.
We provided consultancy services to investigate and better negotiate WAN connectivity for the department. We then ran a Proof of Concept to provide assurance that the solution was fit for purpose. The incumbent network integrator was then engaged to undertake the planning and roll-out of the solution.
The network upgrade resulted in an increase in WAN capacity up to 16 times and a reduction in operating costs of approximately 50%. Operating cost savings were achieved not only from the telecommunications service provider price reduction, but also from an innovative approach to designing and provisioning the end solution.
The end users are delighted with the application response time improvements, productivity has increased through decreasing wait time and ongoing operating costs have been slashed.