WAN infrastructure solutions
The SAS Group’s WAN infrastructure solutions eliminate the complexities and restrictions of managing vendor and carrier relationships, to deliver bespoke network infrastructures backed by a fully managed communications and network support service.
Our experience with more than 200 WAN installations allows us to deliver a wide selection of integrated infrastructure solutions including the design and implementation of VoIP, unified communications, VPN and frame relay networks, WAN upgrades and migrations, performance and security audits, broadband provisioning, and carrier management and support.
Solution features
WAN audits analyse network performance, utilisation, configuration, service and security levels, to benchmark areas at risk from failure or unauthorised intrusion, and pinpoint opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency improvements.
WAN infrastructure design provides the backbone, access layers and carrier solutions for VoIP, VPN and frame relay networks. We also offer consultancy for security, encryption and networking solutions.
WAN installation integrates carrier services and infrastructure design to ensure zero downtime or interruption to business systems.
Carrier provisioning and management is a complete procurement, administration and support service for single or multi-country converged WAN installations. We provide a range of voice, data and mobile provisioning solutions to help you consolidate the management of multiple carrier services and accelerate the availability of your communications network.
WAN management and support includes independent fault resolution and incident management services, along with proactive network monitoring and analysis, across all wide area network systems.
Delivery specifications
WAN audits
- Analysis of network documentation and physical locations of connected devices and equipment
- Analysis of written policies and procedures against actual network connections
- Analysis of corporate compliance with policies and procedures
- Analysis of network design, configuration, patch and firmware levels
- Test plan development, project management and team selection
- Implementation of external, internal, mobile, physical and social engineering tests
- Interpretation of test results and recommendations for remedial requirements
- Security policy and procedure development
WAN infrastructure design
- WAN infrastructure analysis, performance and security benchmarking and requirements specification
- Network architecture design (including capacity and expansion planning, and network modelling)
- Network integration and migration planning
- Provisioning and management of Internet carriers
WAN installation
- Prince II accredited project management
- Definition of acceptance criteria for WAN installation (including communications, applications and metrics)
- Off site configuration, staging and soak testing of communications hardware
- Installation and commissioning of new communications hardware at central and remote sites
- Network migration and integration
- Acceptance testing
- Decommissioning and removal of legacy systems
- WAN administrator training
- WAN documentation
Carrier provisioning and management
- Provisioning of circuits ranging from single links to global WANs
- Preparation and coordination of all provisioning documentation
- 48-hour order submission and validation on all UK circuits; seven-day validation on international circuits
- Management and coordination of circuit delivery, connectivity testing and core circuit configuration
- Management of circuit acceptance testing and carrier hand-over
- Project management for moves, adds and changes of voice, mobile and data services
- Carrier integration services for network design, implementation, migration and support
- Cost benchmarking against prevailing tariffs, special offers or consolidated spend discounts
- Single point of contact for all carrier faults, billing, level 1 support and escalations
- RFP development and management for UK and international voice, mobile and data services
- Carrier systems documentation
WAN management and support
From our network operations centre near London in the South East of England, the SAS Group is able to deliver its complete range of WAN infrastructure solutions, including its comprehensive managed communications service.