Sports equipment firm Amer has awarded a three year
contract to virtual network operator Vanco to provide an MPLS
network covering more than 60 sites in 25 countries.
Amer, which owns sports brands Salomon, Wilson, Atomic, Suunto
and Precor, was seeking to rationalise its data network following a
string of acquisitions.
Alain Petit, director IT infrastructure at Amer Sports, said the
virtual network operator model, which provides a service based on
infrastructure sourced from the most suitable carriers, offered the
flexibility the firm needed.
“Our sites are located in very disparate countries in terms of
infrastructure and availability of technologies. Above all we
needed to be able to add new sites to our network whenever we
wanted to,” he said.
“With Vanco, connecting a new site is made much easier and
doesn’t jeopardise the overall network configuration, plus lead
times are completely optimised.”
The service provided by Vanco will be based on its MPLS Matrix,
integrating multiple MPLS networks into a single seamless network.
It includes Active Back-up, with back up connections used for
non-critical traffic such as e-mail and web browsing. Vanco’s
datacentres in the US, Finland, France and Germany have a double
connection with two different carriers to offer greater
resilience.
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