Network Infrastructure

TEC specializes in many areas of the traditional core network infrastructure:

Core routing and Layer 2/3 switching: TEC can design and install a Layer 3 Route/Switch network for any size network. TEC offers solutions from leading manufacturers in the routing and switching market, whether you are a large enterprise, or mid-sized business. TEC can provide the switching and routing equipment, and the professional services to install the solution for maximum performance and uptime.

Campus networking: TEC provides solutions that are geared towards campus networks with the ability to span vast geographic areas, and provide high speed uplink connectivity between main points of access. 10Gb networks have become the standard today for campus connectivity, and TEC partners with the leading vendors in campus network solutions.

MPLS and IP-VPN networks: TEC has been implementing enterprise class wide area networks long before the introduction of the Internet as a business tool. TEC has experience with numerous technologies that are used to make these networks a reality – Layer3 routing, BGP, EIGRP, IPSec, SSL are just some examples.

IP Quality-of-Service (QoS): Quality of Service is an umbrella term that covers various technologies used to increase the performance of applications across a network. TEC has system engineers that are well versed in QoS technologies. Our engineers can design and configure solutions that will improve your network performance and allow you to add sensitive traffic like voice and video.

Wide Area Network performance has become a highly visible issue for all types of organizations in recent years. WAN bandwidth cannot scale cost effectively enough to keep pace with the bandwidth needs these applications require and users expect from the network. IT managers often struggle with the balance between having enough bandwidth for the network to be effective and the recurring costs associated with the network. IT also lacks useful tools to proactively determine what applications the users are running on the network – essentially managing the network while blindfolded. WAN optimization solutions from TEC address this problem by providing:

Visibility: Providing insight into network activity and usage and performance; and giving you the information you need to keep your network operating at peak performance.

Control: Maximizing network resources to the needs of your organization through comprehensive control over network traffic without heavy-handed user restrictions.

Optimization: Rapidly turning understanding into action that drives network performance, improves the user experience, and optimizes productivity.

Our key supplier partners in network infrastructure are:

• Exinda
• Cisco WAAS
• BlueCoat/Packeteer

As networks have become more widely distributed and critical to business success, it has become much more crucial to provide security solutions to protect the network from attacks. The days when a hacker would deface a website for amusement has been replaced by situations where real malice is intended. Identity theft, credit card fraud, and the theft of critical data have become common areas of concern for all businesses today.

Many industries now have regulatory compliance requirements related to network security (HIPAA, PCI, Sarbanes-Oxley) that simply cannot be ignored. Point security solutions, like a Firewall, are not enough in today’s environment to meet these requirements or effectively protect your network from harm.

Security solutions and services from TEC and our partners can assist in a wide array of areas related to your network security, including the following:

• Assess security risks, both internal and external, and proactively mitigate the vulnerability
• Monitor network activity, including database access, transaction, and even the contents of emails and other applications
• Correlate Identities, roles, and policies against observed activity
• Provide tools that allow the prioritization of the most severe events so that they can be addressed quickly and efficiently

TEC has relationships with top providers of security products and services that are specialists in ensuring your network is protected from unauthorized access. Some of these top providers:

• Cisco/IronPort (e-mail and Web content security)
• Cisco ASA Firewall and VPN solutions
• Cisco Intrusion-Prevention Solutions
• Websense (content filtering)
• ScanSafe  (hosted Content-filtering)