Garda Leverages Nationwide MPLS Network from New Edge
05.05.2008 16:22 VoIP World News - Source: tmcnet.com
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Cash logistics company Garda USA said that its U.S.-based armored
transport subsidiary, formerly known as AT Systems Inc., has migrated
to a private wide area network supported by Multi-protocol Label
Switching, or MPLS, and powered by New Edge Networks, the business
communications unit of EarthLink.
The network is valued at more than $6 million, the company noted.
The new MPLS network links about 150 branches and money rooms with
redundant communications access to data centers in Dallas and Denver so
that no data traffic traverses the public Internet. The data centers,
in turn, have redundant access to different regional aggregation points
on New Edge s private national backbone network. The company also
maintains a DSL-based private backup network with automatic failover
and return to the primary network, in the event of network issues.
Our customers are extremely concerned about the security and resiliency
of our private network, said Wes Colvin, chief information officer for
Garda USA, based in Pasadena, Calif. Our business is all about
accountability and accurate accounting. If those elements
accountability and accuracy are not there you don t have anything.
If you want to get someone s attention, mess with their money, said
Colvin, noting that a fully meshed, highly secure MPLS network helps
Garda deliver mission-critical applications to its clients, add value
and differentiate itself among rivals.
To distinguish ourselves in the market and to find ways to add value to
the customer that give us a competitive advantage we have to use
technology, Colvin said. The only way we can grow our business and
successfully compete and be pre-eminent in the field is through
technology.
A number of large banks outsource their money rooms to Garda for
processing deposits and handling cash transfers and change orders.
We have to convince them that we can handle this (responsibility) for
them as well or better than they can do themselves, Colvin said. The
network and proprietary systems we use enable us to operate as an
extension of their business and in compliance with their legal
obligations.
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Garda migrated from a legacy frame relay network to an MPLS network.
The primary network automatically switches to a DSL-based backup
network and back to the primary network in the event of network
failures anywhere.
The savings in costs for the primary network more than paid or covered
the cost of the backup network so it was as if (Garda USA) got two
networks for the price of one, said Joe Gomez, chief information
officer for W Lange and Co., a California-based telecommunications
consultancy that advised Garda USA.
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We were able to triple Garda s bandwidth and dramatically increase the
network survivability while still achieving a $400,000 savings over the
life of the three-year service agreement, Gomez said.
Garda uses its MPLS network to power proprietary cash management and
tracking systems as well as collaborative tools for improving
communications, video surveillance, VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol), and email.
MPLS technology is ideally suited to enable various types of traffic
with differentiated levels of performance requirements to move across
the network without affecting other traffic, said Greg Griffiths, vice
president of marketing for New Edge Networks.
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Cash logistics company Garda USA said that its U.S.-based armored
transport subsidiary, formerly known as AT Systems Inc., has migrated
to a private wide area network supported by Multi-protocol Label
Switching, or MPLS, and powered by New Edge Networks, the business
communications unit of EarthLink.
The network is valued at more than $6 million, the company noted.
The new MPLS network links about 150 branches and money rooms with
redundant communications access to data centers in Dallas and Denver so
that no data traffic traverses the public Internet. The data centers,
in turn, have redundant access to different regional aggregation points
on New Edge s private national backbone network. The company also
maintains a DSL-based private backup network with automatic failover
and return to the primary network, in the event of network issues.
Our customers are extremely concerned about the security and resiliency
of our private network, said Wes Colvin, chief information officer for
Garda USA, based in Pasadena, Calif. Our business is all about
accountability and accurate accounting. If those elements
accountability and accuracy are not there you don t have anything.
If you want to get someone s attention, mess with their money, said
Colvin, noting that a fully meshed, highly secure MPLS network helps
Garda deliver mission-critical applications to its clients, add value
and differentiate itself among rivals.
To distinguish ourselves in the market and to find ways to add value to
the customer that give us a competitive advantage we have to use
technology, Colvin said. The only way we can grow our business and
successfully compete and be pre-eminent in the field is through
technology.
A number of large banks outsource their money rooms to Garda for
processing deposits and handling cash transfers and change orders.
We have to convince them that we can handle this (responsibility) for
them as well or better than they can do themselves, Colvin said. The
network and proprietary systems we use enable us to operate as an
extension of their business and in compliance with their legal
obligations.
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Garda migrated from a legacy frame relay network to an MPLS network.
The primary network automatically switches to a DSL-based backup
network and back to the primary network in the event of network
failures anywhere.
The savings in costs for the primary network more than paid or covered
the cost of the backup network so it was as if (Garda USA) got two
networks for the price of one, said Joe Gomez, chief information
officer for W Lange and Co., a California-based telecommunications
consultancy that advised Garda USA.
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We were able to triple Garda s bandwidth and dramatically increase the
network survivability while still achieving a $400,000 savings over the
life of the three-year service agreement, Gomez said.
Garda uses its MPLS network to power proprietary cash management and
tracking systems as well as collaborative tools for improving
communications, video surveillance, VoIP (Voice over Internet
Protocol), and email.
MPLS technology is ideally suited to enable various types of traffic
with differentiated levels of performance requirements to move across
the network without affecting other traffic, said Greg Griffiths, vice
president of marketing for New Edge Networks.
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http://www.m2.com))
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