Headline: The High-Performance Wired Foundation

While wireless dominates user interaction, the wired Campus Local Area Network (LAN) remains the essential foundation for reliable, high-speed connectivity. It connects critical infrastructure like Wi-Fi access points, servers, security cameras, building management systems, and provides stable desktop connections. A modern LAN isn't just about speed; it's about intelligent design supporting today's complex demands.

Key Considerations & Technologies:

• High Throughput: Leveraging Multi-Gigabit Ethernet (2.5/5/10Gbps) to eliminate bottlenecks, especially for high-performance Wi-Fi APs and demanding applications.
• Robust Power over Ethernet (PoE): Supporting the latest PoE standards (PoE+, PoE++, 802.3bt) to power a wide range of devices like advanced APs, cameras, digital signage, and IoT sensors directly over network cabling.
• Identity and Access Management (NAC) Implementing NAC, addressing IoT devices and BYOD is a critcal component of Zero Trust for the campus wired (and wireless) network.
• Advanced Segmentation: Implementing VLANs, VXLAN overlays, or policy-based segmentation (e.g Cisco TrustSec, Arista MSS) to isolate traffic, enhance security, contain threats, and meet compliance requirements (e.g., PCI-DSS). Micro-segmentation provides granular control down to the device level.
• High Availability & Resiliency: Designing redundancy using switch stacking, link aggregation (LAG/LACP), and Multi-chassis Link Aggregation (MLAG) to ensure network uptime and minimize disruptions.
• Automation & Analytics: Utilizing network automation tools and increasingly AI-driven analytics (AIOps) for faster provisioning, consistent configuration, proactive issue detection, and simplified troubleshooting of the wired infrastructure.
• Next Generation OOB Solutions: Modern out-of-band management solutions for distributed networks, expand the management and observability plane out-of-band to improve network resiliency, observability, and security.

Intelligent Visibility's Expertise:

We design and deploy robust, scalable, and secure Campus LAN solutions. Our experts assess your requirements, select the right hardware, implement advanced segmentation and resiliency strategies, and integrate management tools for optimal performance and simplified operations.

Seamless, Secure Mobility & Connectivity

Wireless connectivity is no longer a convenience; it's a core expectation for productivity, collaboration, and guest access within the enterprise campus. Delivering a seamless, secure, and high-performance Wi-Fi experience requires careful planning and deployment, especially in dense environments with diverse device types and demanding applications like video conferencing and cloud services.

Key Considerations & Technologies:

• Latest Wi-Fi Standards: Utilizing Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax), Wi-Fi 6E (extending into the 6GHz band), and preparing for Wi-Fi 7 to significantly increase capacity, reduce latency, improve efficiency (via OFDMA, MU-MIMO), and provide interference-free spectrum (6GHz).

• High-Density Design: Implementing proper RF planning, channel management, and access point placement strategies to handle large numbers of concurrent users and devices without performance degradation.

• Robust Security and Access Control: Deploying strong authentication and encryption protocols (WPA3-Enterprise, EAP-TLS), network access control (NAC), wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), and segmentation to protect wireless users and data.

• Seamless Roaming: Ensuring smooth transitions between access points (using standards like 802.11k/v/r) for uninterrupted connectivity during voice/video calls or application use.

• AI-Driven Operations (AIOps): Leveraging AI/ML for proactive performance monitoring, automated troubleshooting, RF optimization, and enhanced visibility into the user experience on the wireless network.

• Cloud Management: Utilizing cloud-based controllers and management platforms for simplified deployment, centralized configuration, scalable management, and improved visibility across multiple sites.

Intelligent Visibility's Expertise:

We specialize in designing, deploying, and optimizing enterprise-grade Wi-Fi networks. From predictive site surveys and RF design to implementing robust security measures and leveraging AIOps, we ensure your wireless network delivers the performance and reliability your organization demands.

Secure, Optimized Connectivity to the World

The modern campus network doesn't exist in isolation. Securely and efficiently connecting your campus users to branch offices, remote workers, cloud applications (SaaS, IaaS, PaaS), and the Internet is paramount. Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) and Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) provide the framework for this modern connectivity.

Key Considerations & Technologies:

• SD-WAN for Performance: Intelligently steers traffic over multiple WAN links (MPLS, broadband, LTE/5G) based on application type and real-time path conditions, optimizing performance for critical apps and improving user experience. Enables features like local internet breakout.

• SASE for Integrated Security: Converges networking (SD-WAN) and cloud-delivered security functions into a unified service model. Core security components include:

  • Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS): Cloud-based firewall capabilities.

  • Secure Web Gateway (SWG): Web filtering, threat protection for internet traffic.

  • Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB): Visibility and control over SaaS applications.

  • Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA): Identity-based, least-privilege access replacing traditional VPNs.

• Simplified Management: Centralized orchestration and policy management for both network connectivity and security across the entire WAN and edge.

• Consistent Policy Enforcement: Applying uniform security policies regardless of user location (campus, branch, remote) or destination (cloud, data center, internet).

• Zero Trust Alignment: SASE architectures are foundational for implementing Zero Trust security models, verifying identity and context before granting access.

Intelligent Visibility's Expertise:

We help organizations transition to modern WAN architectures. We design and implement SD-WAN solutions tailored to your application needs and guide your journey towards a comprehensive SASE framework, integrating networking and security for optimal performance, reduced complexity, and a stronger security posture.

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Dedicated Wireless for Critical Applications

Private 5G is emerging as a powerful wireless technology complementing Wi-Fi and wired networks for specific enterprise campus use cases. It offers cellular-grade reliability, ultra-low latency, massive device density support, and greater control over spectrum and performance, making it ideal for applications where traditional wireless technologies might fall short.

Key Considerations & Technologies:

• Dedicated PerformanceDedicated Performance: Provides guaranteed bandwidth and quality of service (QoS) through dedicated, licensed, or shared spectrum (like CBRS in the US), minimizing interference and contention issues common in unlicensed bands used by Wi-Fi.
• Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication (URLLC): Enabling critical applications requiring near-instantaneous response times, such as industrial automation, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), remote surgery assistance, and real-time control systems.
• Massive Machine-Type Communication (mMTC): Supporting vast numbers of low-power IoT devices and sensors across large areas efficiently.
• Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB): Delivering high-speed data connectivity for applications like augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) training or high-definition video surveillance.
• Deployment Models: Options range from fully private, on-premises deployments to hybrid models leveraging Mobile Network Operator (MNO) infrastructure or neutral host networks.
• Integration & Security: Requires careful planning for integration with existing enterprise networks (LAN, WAN) and robust security measures inherent to the 3GPP standards, often combined with enterprise security overlays.

Intelligent Visibility's Expertise:

As Private 5G evolves, Intelligent Visibility helps organizations evaluate its potential. We guide you through understanding enterprise use cases, exploring deployment options (including CBRS), assessing integration requirements, and navigating the complexities of implementing this transformative technology for specific campus needs.

Seamlessly Extending Campus Policy to the Branch Edge

For distributed enterprises, ensuring consistent connectivity, security, and user experience across dozens or hundreds of branch locations is a significant challenge. Our Aegis Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform provides a fully managed solution to extend your core network capabilities and policies seamlessly to every branch, simplifying operations and ensuring uniformity.

Key Considerations & Benefits:

• Simplified Operations: Offloads the burden of hardware procurement, configuration, lifecycle management, monitoring, and patching/updates for branch network infrastructure to Intelligent Visibility experts.
• Consistent Policy & Security: Extends campus network segmentation and security policies (often integrated with your SASE framework) to all branches, ensuring uniform protection and compliance enterprise-wide.
• Predictable Cost Model: Moves branch networking from a CapEx-heavy model to a predictable OpEx subscription, simplifying budgeting and often lowering Total Cost of Ownership (TCO).
• Scalability & Agility: Easily scale network services up or down as branch needs change, and quickly deploy new sites with pre-configured, standardized setups.
• Access to Latest Technology: Leverage up-to-date SD-WAN, security, and networking features delivered via the managed service without constant hardware refreshes.
• Enhanced Visibility: The Aegis platform provides centralized visibility and reporting into the health, performance, and security of your entire branch network estate.

Intelligent Visibility's Aegis Platform:

Aegis NaaS is our comprehensive managed solution specifically designed for branch networking. It integrates SD-WAN capabilities, SASE, and proactive management into a single service, ensuring your branches operate as seamless, secure extensions of your core enterprise network.

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