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Network Stabilization

Experiencing significant outages in an outdated environment, DVA was contacted by a local assisted-living facility to complete a comprehensive network infrastructure review of the existing networking infrastructure and make recommendations to bring the systems up to current standards. The 400-bed facility was embracing technology and the outages were impacting their ability to provide core services to their residents.

A review of the systems revealed several significant issues that required immediate attention.

Network Audit

The audit represented our findings in several key areas including:

Data center
Cable plant
Switching environment
Server hardware and software
Network security
Environmental conditions
Power conditioning and back-up
Wireless technology
Traffic audit

Findings

A roadmap, comprehensive budget and schedule was presented to senior management, to bring the infrastructure up to current standards using a phased approach.

DVA also suggested that bi-weekly meetings be attended with senior staff from both organizations to spearhead all issues related to technology.

Work Undertaken

A week after presenting our findings, DVA was tasked with implementing the entire plan, which included:

Enhance network security
Replace legacy back-up systems and automate
Abandon terminal server environment in favour of desktop/laptop devices
Re-design IP scheme to allow for VLAN's
Reconfigure and/or replace failing servers
Re-engineer switching environment to bolster stability and redundancy, and improve speeds to edge devices
Re-engineer the wireless environment to improve services
Migrate applications to new hardware and update to latest release
Establishment of a Technology User Group to review issues and opportnuities presented by the new infrastructure, and employ specific matrices when considering new technologies