Everyone sees the data presented on their screens and printouts. Not many people give any thought to how it gets there. Data networking is the underlying transport medium that makes it possible for any two computers to exchange information. Some of these networks are very large, for instance wide area networks (WANs) like:

• the internet and world wide web
• bank ATM cash machine networks
• television broadcast and cable networks
• national telephone networks.

Most are much smaller local area networks (LANs) that include:

• connecting office computers and printers
• connecting home computers for entertainment

These networks may be constructed using copper wire, fibre optic cable, wireless radio, satellite, infrared, microwave or other transmission media. At the crossroads and termination points of these connections a data-networking device is positioned to decide whether to accept, reject, return, forward or transform data as it arrives. Routing or switching? Local or remote access? Optimisation? Security? Resilience? The choices are enormous, but the company that provides the largest range with the most features covering almost any requirement is Cisco. As a Cisco Premier Partner, erebor has the experience and has invested in the skills and relationships to bring customers the best mix of equipment and know-how for any particular situation and requirement.

Applications and middleware address specific industries or business problems in very particular and targeted ways, and it is relatively easy to understand exactly how it will help your business. Data networking is much more general, and it is possible to combine the different devices and technologies in a lot of different ways to achieve the same basic functionality. The trick is to come up with:

• the best solution
• at the cheapest price
• providing the best performance
• with the clearest upgrade path for future proofing.

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We can make it work for you ...

erebor can consult, design, install, monitor / manage and support almost any kind of Cisco or mixed Cisco data networking environment. A few sample business and technology solutions are discussed here, but the subject is too large to address everything. Please contact us if you have a data-networking requirement and we’ll be happy to discuss solutions with you.

sales@erebor.co.uk

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