Case Study
Background
The Welsh Assembly didn’t ask Logicalis for an MPLS IPVPN with Weighted Fair Queuing. They stated a need to securely connect together thousands of government sites with a mixture of broadband and Ethernet and to be able to prioritise some applications over others on that network. By the same token Logicalis needed a solution that was easy to implement and manage where sites could be added without complicated configurations and expensive routers. Griffin’s MPLS IPVPN offering met all of these requirements.
The Contract
Logicalis is an international provider of integrated ICT solutions, delivering secure, converged computing and communications infrastructure and services. They provide the architecture, deployment, integration and management of networks and systems to deliver leading edge solutions that create value for their clients. Logicalis in partnership with Griffin recently won a £74 million, seven year contract to build and operate a country wide public sector broadband network.
The new Public Sector Broadband Aggregation (PSBA) network will allow organisations and agencies ranging from hospitals, universities, further education colleges, local government offices, GP surgeries, schools and libraries to achieve better value for money in their use of broadband communications, as well as increasing the services available to Welsh Public Sector organisations.
With the overriding aim of improving the efficient delivery of a whole range of services to millions of people across Wales, the new network expects to support 5500 public sites across Wales.
“The strategic choice of Griffin as an ADSL partner was key to us being able to deliver differentiated services across the whole of Wales. The bespoke solution for the PSBA network closely met the end-user requirements.”
Tim Wadey, Director of Operations for PSBA at Logicalis