Each and every business faces a unique set of global networking challenges. Attempting to shoe-horn a company into a solution based on what has worked for other companies rarely succeeds. Your competitor may just have migrated to a fully outsourced IP Virtual Private Network (IP VPN) but this does not necessarily mean this is the best technology choice for your business.
The key to a successful network implementation is in your understanding.
This means understanding the key issues faced by your business, understanding the needs of each of the sites that will form part of the network and also understanding how your business, and therefore your network, will grow and change over the coming years.
From this position a business can powerfully assess the global networking technologies that are available and select a solution that works. Telstra International offers two global solutions - Global Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) and Global IP VPN. Each of these offers a flexible range of attributes designed to meet different business needs.
To illustrate how these technologies can be deployed to support different network profiles we can look at three scenarios. Each of these demonstrate how understanding business needs drives the decision making process. These scenarios demonstrate a selection of benefits and are in no way an exhaustive explanation of how Telstra’s global networking technologies can enable your business.
Company A – Company A is a financial services organisation headquartered in Singapore. With over 40 locations worldwide the company needs a network it can rely on. Large volumes of highly sensitive customer and transactional data are sent between sites on a daily basis.
Company A has clear requirements. When considering a new network meeting regulatory compliance standards is the number one priority. This business is obliged to demonstrate that they have control of security and routing. Company A therefore places a high value on having an in-house team to maintain and manage the network.
As a layer 2 service Telstra’s Global Virtual Private LAN service (VPLS) meets the needs of this business. Global VPLS allows the customer to keep full control of the IP routing and configuration. In addition the customer can establish closed user groups creating ‘virtual walls’ between business units. This feature can be put to use in an environment where, for example, retail and wholesale departments have to be kept separate. Global VPLS should allow Company A to meet mandated security standards with confidence; however its value to the organisation does not stop there. Cost efficiencies can be realised as Global VPLS uses a meshed network infrastructure. In addition the resilience of the service ensures a high level of fault tolerance – making this an ideal solution for Company A.