Our network engineering services can help you cut
through the maze of options and enable you to implement
cost-effective, high performance networks with high
reliability and flexibility.
ARMOR's
Network Engineering Program is a set of services that
provides you with comprehensive network planning,
design
and engineering solutions for your network to
provide voice, data and video services. Our program
includes:
Network Engineering Services and Architecture
These services help you convert your
basic business strategy into a technical plan. We
develop a blueprint of the network that guides the
network and technology choices over many years by
specifying:
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Components of the network
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Functions of the elements of the network and how they
are performed
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The protocols and interfaces that are applicable in
the architecture and for interconnecting to
other networks
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The data that has to be configured and maintained to
run the network
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The management and control capabilities that will be
used to operate and manage the network elements
These services feature the following components:
1. Services Portfolio Assessment and
Planning reviews the services currently offered by your
network and identifies candidate new services that can
be offered based on your business plans as well as
technology and industry trends. We consider the
different classes of customers and the associated
pricing strategies, as well as the costs of providing
the services when defining an overall services
portfolio.
2. Network Architecture Assessment
provides an assessment of your overall network
architecture by our experts. The focus of the assessment
is to review how well the architecture would be able to
meet your business needs going forward given the trends
in the industry and the technologies
3. Network Evolution Plan provides you
an overall plan to evolve your network and to
incorporate new technologies based on your business
drivers and needs. Some of the key drivers in evolving
the network include the ability to provide new revenue
generating services and to reduce overall costs. We
develop plans that would let you seamlessly migrate to
the new network for your voice and data services,
without affecting customer service, while limiting the
possibilities of stranded investments
Network Design
These network design services enable you
to select the specific network elements and the
configurations, their locations and how they are
connecting. These services feature the following
components:
1. Network Fundamental Plan provides
you with an overall plan for your networks over the 3 to
5 year timeframe. It identifies the number and sizes of
the network elements as well as their features and
functions and how they are connected. The plan covers
the breadth of the network including the access,
switching/routing, signaling and control, transport
networks and interconnection to other networks. A key
element of this plan could include the steps to network
migration.
2. Requirements Development and
Standards Support presents you with the specifications
of new elements and services in the network. We build on
our participation and leadership roles in key standards
bodies to utilize the directions of standards in
developing requirements and to provide expert input to
the involved standards bodies.
3. Network Assessments by our experts
to determine the efficiency of the network designs as
well as network performance, reliability and how it
supports Quality of Service for the services provided by
the network. Based on the assessments we provide the
recommendations for network and technology enhancements.
4. Network Engineering and Design
provides you with the detailed designs and engineering
of a specific area based on the Fundamental Plan and the
service demand forecasts. The network designs identify
the specifics of each element such as quantities (ports,
line cards, fibers), capacities (subscribers, database
size, trunk/route size), throughput, delay requirements,
and availability requirements and include the
interconnection to other networks. We use
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and third-party network design tools as appropriate for
the designs.
5. Network Performance Optimization
provides you with a comprehensive evaluation to optimize
traffic flows, engineer and size the capacity of the
network, and monitor service performance.
Network Planning Services
What business objectives are you trying
to achieve?
Whether you are designing or upgrading a
network, or developing a custom software application,
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Network Planning & Design Services begin by asking you
the fundamental question: What business objectives are
you trying to achieve?
1. Expanding your market presence?
2. Introducing new technology or
adding new services to your portfolio?
3. Modernizing to a high performing
multi-layer, multi-services platform?
4. Improving the efficiency of your
network operations?
5. Positioning your company to deliver
converged services?
6. Optimizing the network and
operations investments you have already made?
This approach ensures that throughout all
phases of infrastructure planning and engineering, our
network professionals are focused not only on your
project's difficult technical challenges, but also on
your critical business and service needs to maximize
your revenue opportunities and optimize your investment
in capital.
Product Support
An essential element of our commitment to
your success
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product services can help you:
1. Facilitate network planning, installation and
customization processes
2. Identify network issues before outages occur
3. Optimize network equipment and systems performance
4. Quickly resolve technical problems when they do occur
5. Optimize utilization of in-house technical support staff
Your continued success depends on keeping
your network, the backbone of your business, up and
running and operating at peak performance. An essential
element of our commitment to your success is the full
range of strategic and operational
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Product Support Services that we offer to keep your
communications infrastructure fully functional at all
times. Our end-to-end services address the complete
spectrum of your business and network lifecycle needs,
from product planning, implementation and deployment, to
preventative maintenance.
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Product Support Services are both proactive to help you
optimize performance and profitability, and reactive to
ensure your revenue stream is not interrupted by network
issues.
Network Security Solutions
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possesses proven competence in Information Security Risk
Analysis and Management. Quantified risks can only be
suitably mitigated by balanced hardening of an
organization’s security posture.
ARMOR brings to its clients a complete suite of
security consulting services, enabling them to make
informed decisions to safeguard their interests.
These include:
• Security Risk Analysis and Bench Marking
- External Penetration Testing
- Comprehensive Information Security Audit
- Unix / Windows Operating System
- Database and Web Server
- Wireless Networks
- Physical Security Audits
• Network Security Design and Implementation
- LAN / WAN
- Secure Wireless Networks
- Data Centers
