Infrastructure area · 5 solutions
One network across offices, campuses, plants and branches, designed around the users, applications and operating conditions it must support.
Choose a specific networking requirement below, or start with the current environment and let CDS help frame the right engagement.
- 01 · Discover Understand the requirement Users · sites · constraints
- 02 · Design Shape the networking architecture Policy · platform · operations
- 03 · Deploy Implement and hand over Implement · test · document
A conceptual networking engagement path.
Networking portfolio
Choose the requirement, not a generic package.
One network across offices, campuses, plants and branches, designed around the users, applications and operating conditions it must support.
Enterprise wireless
Enterprise wireless design begins with the physical environment, expected users, devices and applications. Survey evidence is then used to shape coverage, capacity and access-point placement.
↗ 02SD-Access
SD-Access brings identity, device context, policy and segmentation into the campus network so access decisions can be managed more consistently.
↗ 03Meraki cloud networking
Meraki brings compatible networking, security, cameras and sensors into a cloud-managed platform for central configuration and visibility.
↗ 04SD-WAN
SD-WAN measures available WAN paths and uses centrally managed policy to steer traffic according to application, performance and security requirements.
↗ 05Analytics and assurance
Network assurance connects telemetry, health, events and experience indicators so teams can investigate conditions with more context.
↗A clear engagement
From requirement to validated change.
The exact sequence depends on the selected service, the current environment and the responsibilities agreed for the engagement.
- 01Discover
Clarify users, locations, applications, constraints and success criteria.
Discovery · Assessment - 02Design
Shape the target architecture and operating responsibilities.
Design · Proposal - 03Prove
Use a survey, model, pilot or lab where the service requires it.
Validation - 04Deploy
Implement through an approved sequence, then test and document the handover.
Implementation · Handover
What the engagement produces
- Assessment reportFindings from discovery and the current environment
- Solution designTarget architecture, policy and operating responsibilities
- Bill of materialsItemised hardware, software and licensing
- Implementation planSequence, dependencies and change windows
- DocumentationAs-built records handed over at completion
- Project reportWhat was delivered, tested and validated
Ongoing support
- AMCAnnual maintenance contract covering the deployed estate
- Managed servicesMonitoring, incident management, health checks and lifecycle management
- Customer successAdoption, renewal and lifecycle governance
Deliverables vary with the selected service and the responsibilities agreed for the engagement.
Discuss your networking requirement.
Start with the condition that needs to change. Product selection follows the requirement.