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LAN Hardware, WAN & Internet Connectivity and Phones

Reference: 24-25100

Date response sent: 26/06/2024

Details of enquiry

LAN

a1 Which primary LAN hardware do you use (eg Extreme, Juniper, Cisco)

Cisco and Fortinet

a2 When did you last conduct a major refresh of this infrastructure/how many devices?

December 2023

a3 Who is the reseller or supplier of this LAN hardware?

Convergence Group

a4 Who maintains the LAN?

Convergence Group

a5 When is your maintainance renewal/expiry date ?

June 2024 and is currently in Procurement

a6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this infrastructure?

See response to Qa5 above

WLAN Wireless LAN

b1 Which primary WLAN hardware do you use (eg Extreme, Juniper, Cisco)

Aruba

b2 When did you last conduct a major refresh of this infrastructure/how many devices?

December 2023

b3 Who is the reseller or supplier of this WLAN hardware?

Trustmarque

b4 Who maintains the WLAN?

Trustmarque

b5 When is your maintainance renewal/expiry date ?

June 2025

b6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this infrastructure?

Reviewed in December 2023

Data Centre

c1 Which primary data centre hardware do you use (eg Extreme, Juniper, Cisco)

Cisco

c2 When did you last conduct a major refresh of this infrastructure/how many devices?

December 2023

c3 Who is the reseller or supplier of this data centre hardware?

Convergence Group

c4 Who maintains the data centre equipment?

Convergence Group

c5 When is your contract renewal/expiry date ?

This is currently under renewal

c6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this infrastructure?

March 2023

c7 Which DC compute technology do you use? (eg HP, Lenovo, Supermicro)

DELL

c8 Which DC storage technology do you use? (eg netapp, dell, IBM)

N/A

WAN/Internet Connectivity

 

d1 Who provides your WAN (eg BT, Virgin)

BT/Virgin

d2 Who provides your internet connectivity (eg BT, Virgin)

BT/Virgin

d3 When is your maintainance renewal/expiry date ?

July 2026

d4 Who provides your SD-WAN (eg Palo Alto, Meraki)

Not applicable

d5 Do you plan to introduce SD-WAN in the future?

We do not hold this data

d6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this infrastructure?

We do not hold this data

d7 Which hypervisor do you use (eg VMware)

HYPER-V

e1 Which SIP carrier do you use (eg BT, Gamma, Virgin)

Gamma

e2 Who provides/resells this SIP?

Ultima Business Solutions

e2 How many SIP channels do you have

45 channels

e3 When is your contract renewal/expiry date ?

March 2025

e4 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this service?

March 2024

Mobile

f1 Which Mobile carrier do you use (eg Vodafone)

EE Telefonica

f2 Who provides/resells this service ?

EE Telefonica

f2 How many mobile connections do you have

300

f3 When is your contract renewal/expiry date ?

August 2024

f4 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this service?

Yes, August 2023

Telephony

g1 Which phone systems do you use (eg Mitel, Avaya, 8×8)

Cisco

g2 When was the current system installed?

Various dates ranging from October 2021 to April 2024

g3 Is this on premise or cloud based?

on premise

g4 How many users?

1200 extensions

g5 When is your contract renewal/expiry date ?

Various dates ranging from June 2024 to September 2025

g6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this service?

Yes, March 2024

Teams Phone System

h1 Do you use Microsoft for PSTN calling?

No

h2 Which types of Microsoft telephony do you use (eg Calling plan, Skype, Operator Connect, Direct routing)

N/A

h3 How many users?

Not applicable – see response to h1 above

h4 If you dont currently use, are you looking to implement ?

We do not hold this data

h5 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this service?
March 2024

 

Contact centre

i1 Which contact centre systems do you use (eg Genesys, Avaya, Enghouse)

Enghouse

i2 When was the current system installed?

We do not hold this data

i3 Is this on premise or cloud based?

On premise

i4 How many agents?

14 agents

i5 When is your contract renewal/expiry date ?

2025

i6 Have you recently reviewed/when are you next reviewing this service?

Circa July 2025

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