New Cisco network at key manufacturing facility

Cisco network chosen for performance and reliability

28 March, 2008

UK Manufacturing Facility
500 users UK sites, Worldwide presence

Project SummaryCNS Manufacturing installation

CNS were engaged to replaced a flat layer 2 multi-vendor network with a managed, structured Cisco network in a collapsed backbone and access layer design catering for approximately 500 users. The network featured a high performance server farm, secure wireless network coverage throughout the factory floor, a MPLS link to a remote site with a several load-shared ADSL circuits as backup, firewall protection from the Internet and third party suppliers, IPSec dial-in and site-site VPNs, and a DMZ hosting web and email servers. The project was delivered on time and within budget with no disruption to users, with the customer reporting significant performance and reliability improvements.