Private Wide Area Networking (PWAN)

½ the cost of MPLS & faster than VPN

Network services are bespoke private wide area networks (PWAN) designed for multi site organisations that want a fully managed solution with low latency, flexibility, security, an SLA with teeth and half the cost of MPLS.

Provides You With a Completely Private, Safe And Secure Environment The network is completely PRIVATE & SECURE from external influence and keeps you and your data safe from the threat of external hackers.

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Faster application response, higher productivity

Perfect for Terminal Services, Citrix and centralised applications

Access solution speeds range from 2MB to 1GB. The access speed and resilience required for each location can be created using the most appropriate Link Connect access technology such as ADSL, Bonded ADSL, SDSL and leased lines.

All access technologies are an extension to your Local Area Network (LAN) running the same private IP address schemes. These connections are secure, and because they are not NATed across the public internet they do not require site-to-site VPNs between firewalls. Removing the firewalls increases throughput, reduces latency (delay) and creates a simple infrastructure without the need to manage firewall rules, VPN setup and multiple security policies.

Network routing ensures all sites are visible in the PWAN allowing traffic to pass between any sites on the network as required. External users can be allowed in via VPNs terminated at the central firewall.

How one customer accelerated application processing by 7.5 times

"With over 40 retail stores we needed a solution that would securely link all locations together without the burden of high equipment and support costs. Link Connect provided a solution that no one else could offer and we saw point of sale credit card transaction processing times reduce from around 30 seconds to just 4 seconds. This has reduced queuing time for our customers and means we can achieve more sales per day. I highly recommend Link Connect."
Damian Scarlett CEO Bank Fashion Ltd
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Public Internet Access

Where public internet access is required this can be provided through a local site such as the head office or directly from the PWAN in our UK data centres; providing a fast and resilient connection to the public internet. For advanced requirements a fully managed firewall can be supplied allowing central control of group security policies (intrusion detection, anti-virus etc).

Simplicity, security and flexibility as your business changes.

All businesses face the need to make adds, moves and changes to the wide area network as staff numbers, office locations change and applications change.  A PWAN provides the most flexible solution as business location moves need only 2-3 weeks notice and are low cost, additional bandwidth can be added to locations as staff or applications demands increase. If the maximum exposure to your business is a concern then our 12 month contracts provide maximum peace of mind.

If a new location is added as soon as the connection is achieved all network security policies are inherited immediately.

The solution is fully managed which eradicates support time leaving you more time to spend on supporting other infrastructure requirements. For home workers there are no complex configurations to worry about and no extra software needs to be loaded onto their laptop.

Centralise Applications.

Applications which place a heavy burden on the head office connection can be located at our private network centre at the core of your PWAN. This can reduce the size and cost of the head office connection, allow all sites to have equal access to applications and increase application availability to remote sites.

Web applications such as intranets and SharePoint or CRM and ERP solutions are particularly suitable for centralisation. 

Single Supplier 99.9% Money Back SLA 

All aspects of the PWAN are provided by Link Connect as a result we are able to provide an unrivaled money back guarantee based on 99.9% monthly availability. If you are unable to receive our service for more than 1 hour per month Link-Connect will credit you with 5% of your monthly location service cost, up to a maximum of 100% monthly location service cost, for every hour the service is unavailable.

Whilst we hope you never experience a service failure you can rest assured that, should this happen, we are highly motivated to get you working in the shortest possible time.

Half the cost of MPLS

Link Connect's network services deliver equivalent security with higher bandwidth at typically half the cost of MPLS services.

30 Day 100% Money Back Guarantee.

We are so confident in Smart-Connect....

..that in the first 30 days YOU decide if the service is right for you..

.. if not we take it back.

Your contract is cancelled and your money refunded - 100%

Why do we provide this?

We provide clear guidelines as to the expected performance of the service and all our customers are satisfied with the improvements they have seen.

All that we ask is that you give us an opportunity in the first weeks to assist you to get the best performance, but ultimately only you can decide if Smart-Connect meets your needs.

So why not enquire today.