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Onyx eliminates waste with IPVPN from Telewest Business
March 7th 2005. Onyx, one of the UK’s leading waste management
companies, has selected Telewest Business to provide a managed IP
Virtual Private Network (IPVPN) in 2005. Onyx is expected to make
considerable savings by switching from Frame Relay to a more
flexible IPVPN.
The four-year deal will connect 79 company sites, allowing Onyx
to meet the traffic demands placed on it by its 5,500 UK staff.
More than 80 circuits will be installed throughout the network,
utilising fixed link and DSL technology, allowing Onyx to manage
its network infrastructure and costs more effectively.
Onyx’s decision to move from Frame Relay infrastructure to IPVPN
was driven by an increasing need for a flexible network that can
support its evolving business and provide more efficient use of
bandwidth through the prioritisation of traffic, not available over
their Frame Relay infrastructure.
Telewest Business, a leading supplier of voice, data and
Internet solutions to the private and public sectors, has one of
the UK’s largest broadband local loops and national network
infrastructures.
As a part of the project, Telewest Business will deliver a
100Mbps fibre connection into Onyx’s data centre at Brownhills,
initially rate limited to 14Mbps. Thanks to the flexibility of
Telewest Business’ offer, Onyx will be able to turn bandwidth on
and off as required, with the company being charged only for the
agreed usage, providing Onyx full network flexibility to respond to
their business growth demands.
Mark Langford, Information Systems Director, Onyx, said: “IT
upgrades are always a costly affair, but Telewest Business offered
value for money without compromising on quality. We felt that
Telewest Business took time to understand our business
requirements, and only when fully aware, offered the right solution
to suit our needs.”
“Flexibility is the one of the primary factors driving IPVPN
adoption with our customers,” said Meyrick Vevers, Commercial
Director at Telewest Business. “With Onyx, we were able to upgrade
its network, provide increased scalability, make it future-proof,
and give the company complete control over how it utilises its
bandwidth.”
The deployment will also incorporate a disaster recovery programme.
Telewest will novate Onyx’s existing 100Mbps LAN extension between
its Brownhills and Four Ashes sites and supply diverse links to
business critical sites and ISDN2 back-up where appropriate. In the
future, Onyx will be able to reap further benefits from its network
infrastructure by switching from its traditional PBX telephony to
Voice over IP (VoIP).