We run the firewall, the Wi-Fi and the links between sites.
Firewalls, Wi-Fi, VPNs, site-to-site links and business-grade internet move the data around your business. We choose the kit, configure it, keep the firmware current and monitor each link around the clock. Evolve Technologies builds these networks across South East Queensland, from a single office to a builder with four sites across Southport, Robina and Toowoomba.
We supply the kit and keep it patched.
The firewall, switching, wireless, carrier link and remote access are designed as one set, and a fault in any of them goes to the same engineers.
We scope each site on its own.
Each location is scoped on user count, throughput, failover and segmentation.
The quote lists the firewall, switches and access points that scope calls for, and the carrier service to go with them.
We connect several sites into a single network.
Site-to-site VPNs, shared identity, standardised firewall rules and consistent Wi-Fi configuration cover every location.
Staff who move between sites use the same login and reach the same file shares and applications at each one.
The network stays current for as long as we run it.
Firewall firmware, access-point firmware, management portals, carrier contracts and certificates each have their own update and renewal cycle.
We track each one, apply firmware updates on a schedule, and renew certificates and carrier contracts before they lapse.
The carrier links shaped all three of these projects.
$1.5 million saved on carrier bills for an automotive group
A large automotive group was paying Telstra bills that one internal attempt and one with another provider had failed to reduce. We ran an Evaluation across the whole carrier footprint (mobile fleet, data links, PABX services, voice trunks) and found duplicate services, over-provisioned plans and legacy rates that had not been renegotiated in years. We then worked with the carriers to halve the group's fees and secure backdated credits, and set up a standing strategic review of new services and renewals.
Read the full story: $1.5 million saved on carrier bills for an automotive group
A new office for OMB Solicitors, open on day one
OMB Solicitors moved into the top two floors of a new five-level Southport building in late 2022. We ran the site survey and changed the cabling and electrical plans to double the power points and network drops at each desk, built a cloud-based environment in which staff hot-desk and new hires sign in without a setup day, and coordinated the print, ISP and legal-software vendors. When the ISP missed the install date and its wireless backup failed, two load-balanced 4G services carried the office across both floors.
Read the full story: A new office for OMB Solicitors, open on day one
One network across four offices for a regional builder
A construction company with offices in Southport, Robina and two Toowoomba locations had set each site up on its own, and files moved between them as email attachments and on USB drives. We put matching firewalls into each office, joined them with site-to-site VPNs, rolled out managed Wi-Fi with a separate visitor network at each site, and gave project managers secure remote access to the shared drives and estimating software from the office or a site cabin.
Read the full story: One network across four offices for a regional builderWe settle these before quoting a network.
Can Evolve Technologies connect multiple offices on one network?
Does Evolve Technologies supply business internet on the Gold Coast?
Have the network reviewed site by site.
The first step is a review of the carrier link, the firewall and the Wi-Fi coverage at each location.