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Campus LAN
ITS Networking Services has been providing network consulting
services for a Pennsylvania health care organization for some time.
The partnership began in 2001 when ITS was asked (as a subcontractor
to Cerner) to review the overall campus network design.The relationship has continued through the present time.
ITS recently completed a review of the network to determine
if special Quality of Service (QoS) configuration would be required
to move massive volumes of medical image data. ITS was able to
describe the QoS mechanisms to the client and show that a simple
priority scheme might suffice in stead. ITS is now beginning a new
consulting engagement with the client to evaluate a range of network
equipment upgrade options.
Hot Site Facility
ITS was recently asked by a client to assist them with their
hot site strategy. This far-sighted client has invested in a secure
hot site facility (located in the caves) and a redundant set of
servers. The hot site connects to the main site via a dedicated T1
line. ITS has developed a networking strategy to support various
failure scenarios and is working with the client to
implement.
Other Consulting
In the last few years, ITS has consulted with clients on a
range of subjects. ITS helped one client choose a cost-effective
network inventory management software. ITS helped another client
select the best Internet content management system for their
environment. ITS is currently helping a client develop a low-cost
distributed network intrusion system. |