About Wanstor
Wanstor was formed in 2002 to provide a new, more rational approach to IT and IT services. An approach in which we proactively take responsibility for ensuring the optimal configuration and maintenance of your network. By doing so we deliver improvements to the reliability and manageability of your business.
Trading profitably for 6 years of continuous growth, Wanstor now employs over 40 full-time staff with the majority of these being technical consultants.
Location
Wanstor is located within 5 minutes walk of Victoria Station, giving us the perfect position to service all parts of Greater London and the UK efficiently and effectively.
What We Do
Wanstor design, install and maintain local and wide area networks using mainstream technologies. Our partners include Microsoft, VMWare, HP, Cisco BT, COLT, NTL, Draytek, Zyxel, Symantec, Trend Micro.
We specialise in consultancy and managed services for mid-market networks. Drawing on our own in-house team of consultants whose years of experience offer a combination of commercial and technical consultancy. Our commitment to service excellence is unrivalled and has proven instrumental in our quest to not only capture new business, but also to have existing clients return to use the full range of our services again and again.
Wanstor adopt a pragmatic approach to your business requirements, matching technology to your needs. Your business objectives might be universal, but your technology requirements are unique. We help you to bridge the gap in understanding between business objectives and IT Solutions.
Corporate Culture
Wanstor's culture is one of dedication to customer service and technical excellence. Our objectives are to deliver first class technical solutions which assist you in achieving your business goals. We achieve this by a commitment to hard work and honesty in our recommendations.
MPLS (Multi-Protocol Label Switching)
For multi-site companies to improve their inter-connectivity, an MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) solution could be the perfect answer.
Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) defines a mechanism for sending data over a network. It was originally developed to provide faster packet forwarding, although improvements in router hardware have reduced the importance of speed in packet forwarding. However, the flexibility of MPLS has led to it becoming the default way for modern networks to achieve Quality of Service (QoS).
MPLS for Multi-Site Connections
MPLS is often used for multi-site companies to improve their inter-connectivity, an MPLS solution could be the perfect answer.
What is an MPLS solution
MPLS is a leased line equivalent service aimed at corporate customers who need a highly resilient, private network in order to run bandwidth hungry applications. The service is ideal for businesses that run VPN's, Voice over IP and business critical programmes such as accounts packages and stock information, which require large amounts of bandwidth and fast upload and download speeds.
Wanstor's MPLS is a fully managed service with many value added services such as Internet connectivity, security hardware, SLAs and most importantlly an efficient and effective London based support team.
Who would benefit from MPLS?
- Companies who require a certain QoS
- Companies with separate office locations that regularly share a lot of data
- Companies with separate office locations who want to use VoIP
- Companies with bandwidth hungry applications
- Geographically distant companies for whom leased lines are not financially viable
What benefits would MPLS bring my business?
- Cost effective for connecting businesses far apart
- Fully scalable and flexible for future changes and expansion
- High QoS and SLA eliminating jitter, packet loss and latency
- Fixed monthly fee allowing for accurate budgeting
QoS (Quality of Service)
Many organisations now have multiple types of traffic competing for internet bandwidth. For example most businesses will have Email, Internet browsing, FTP, RDP (remote desktop access), VPN and Voice Over IP (VOIP phones). Some types of traffic like RDP or VOIP are hevily affected when other services are utilising the internet bandwidth.
For example the business may use their broadband connection for VOIP phones, while at the same time another member of staff may be sending an email shot to customers. Normally the different types of traffic compete for bandwidth often meaning that VOIP phone calls or internet browsing begins to break-up or fail. Most companies wont notice if an email takes 10 seconds longer to send, and because of this use QoS can be used to prioritise VOIP or Internet browsing over email traffic.
Wanstor's network is QoS enabled which ensures that your key services are always prioritised above other types of traffic.
Areas QoS can improve
- Latency: Delay for packet delivery
- Jitter: Variations in delay of packet delivery
- Packet loss: Too much traffic in the network causes the network to drop packets
- Speed of access: prioritising the right types of traffic will improve users experience
