Case Study
One of the Oldest Professional Firm in Middle East Upgrades its Enterprise Network to Enhance User Experience
With over 88 years of hard work and commitment to making a real difference, our client has played a vital role in the growth of the Middle East. It is a Tier 1 Tax advisor in the GCC region since 2010 (according to the International Tax Review World Tax Rankings). It has received numerous awards in the last few years which include Best Employer in the Middle East, best consulting firm, and the Middle East Training & Development Excellence Award by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
Business Scenario
Our client is among the region’s leading professional services firms, providing audit, tax, consulting, and financial advisory services through 26 offices in 15 countries with more than 3,000 partners, directors and staff.
The client decided to standardize the network architecture for the entire group with the next generation User experience. To achieve this, Deloitte & Touche (M.E.) was seeking an IT vendor who has the capability to help them implement the latest technology of Cisco products.
The network should achieve below:
- Network Standardization across the Middle East region
- Reliable and Efficient wireless infrastructure
With the implementation of this new technology, they are now capable of meeting the global standards for network and security requirements, at same time enhancing the end User Experience for wired and wireless networks.
Challenges
- Current wireless infrastructure is Congested due to the density of users
- Slowness in wireless access
- Regular issues in wireless connectivity
- End of Life Devices
- Using deceased Technologies
Solution
Intertec consulting team, based on customer’s management feedback proposed refresh project to replace existing Network and wireless architecture with robust and reliable solution which can address current & future business needs.
Few criterion were considered while designing solution:
- Ease of configuration and distribution considering multiple remote locations.
- Standardization of configuration across multiple remote locations
- Protection of sites/locations from cyber attacks
- Equipment placement and security
- Network Devices Administrator qualifications
- Administrative Access Controls
- Required services, security and rule-base policies
- Design and Configuration affiliated with Audits and reviews
The solution is capable to
- Network is capable Prioritize traffic to delay sensitive traffic
- Measure visitor trends over time and compare performance across locations
- Identify directly based user and split authentication and authorization. Authentication is who you are. Authorization is what you are allowed to do
The Cisco Nexus switches and Meraki Aps together brings the benefits to networks of all sizes: simplified management, reduced complexity, network wide visibility and control, with lower operational cost for campus and branch deployments. Cisco Meraki access switching is available in both Layer 2 and powerful Layer 3 models. Mission-critical features — like deep, Layer 7 application visibility, network topology, virtual stacking, QoS for business critical applications, 802.1X access control, and more — are present in all models.
Result
- Minimize the potential exposure from the unauthorized disclosure and/or modification of Deloitte information
- Optimal Coverage across all departments
- Scalable solution for the expected growth
- Overlapping coverage and Device density is considered for the sizing (2+ devices per user)
- High availability and redundancy for every device in network
- Ease of configurations