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South West Water widens net with Telewest Business IPVPN
2nd June 2005. South West Water has teamed up with Telewest
Business to upgrade a part of its existing corporate data network.
A fully managed Internet Protocol Virtual Private Network (IPVPN)
solution will enable staff based at 60 remote offices to access its
corporate applications and email more effectively.
South West Water, which with 1,400 employees is one of the
biggest employers in the south west of England, provides water and
sewerage services to 1.5 million people in Devon, Cornwall and
small areas of Dorset and Somerset.
The managed IPVPN has replaced the existing corporate data network
in place since 1997. This consisted of a large number of kilostream
leased lines linking smaller sites to Head Office.
The recent availability of the Telewest IPVPN solution in Devon
and Cornwall together with the roll out of Asymmetrical Digital
Subscriber Line (ADSL) capabilities throughout the region meant
that South West Water could increase bandwidth to its remote sites
whilst achieving a more cost effective wide area network WAN
infrastructure.
“In our quest to provide even higher standards of product and
customer service whilst outperforming tough regulatory efficiency
targets, the ADSL solution has radically reduced our wide area
network annual operating costs. It also significantly improved end
user access times. We were delighted to work alongside Telewest to
implement this innovative technology” said Margaret Waterer,
Computer & Network Services Manager for South West Water. Phil
Lunn, Director of Data services for Telewest Business, said that
deploying an IPVPN is a critical step forward in the evolution of a
corporation’s network. “Widening bandwidth through the use of an
IPVPN will streamline processes at South West Water and help them
to further improve their competitive edge.”