Enterprise LAN/WAN/Wireless

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The U.S. Federal Government employs millions of civilian and military personnel. With the number of employees at Federal agencies ranging from the tens of thousands to fewer than 150, each agency has unique voice, video, and data network needs and concerns related to its specific mission – from the deployed military forces requiring equipment that can withstand a variety of rugged conditions, to the smaller offices requiring mobile connectivity. Regardless of the size or function, U.S. Federal Government agencies require high levels of security, availability, and performance in their communications and networking solutions – and today’s era of budgetary restraints also elevates the priority of value and cost-effectiveness.

The Ethernet / LAN Switching and Routing portfolio from LGS Innovations addresses the U.S. Federal Government’s need for secured and highly available voice, video, and data solutions. These products and services bring unique advantages to Federal agencies in terms of cost reduction, network security, availability and manageability. In addition, they deliver superior wired and wireless performance along with high scalability to support any number of users in a variety of environmental conditions.

Ethernet / LAN Switching and Routing products and services also provide the ability for network convergence, which helps to achieve significant cost savings and reduce the need to continually evolve the network infrastructure to support new applications. This not only reduces complexity, but also increases employee productivity and reduces network management costs.

U.S. Federal Government agencies can use Ethernet / LAN Switching and Routing to implement multiple applications (such as voice, video, and data), increase speed of execution, increase employee productivity, and minimize costs with the implementation of a single, converged network infrastructure.

Features and Benefits of LGS Innovations' Enterprise LAN/WAN/Wireless Solutions

The “business” of the U.S. Federal Government finds today’s civil servant to truly be a mobile worker. The work that each government agency conducts demands that its employees move from meeting to meeting, frequently travelling to various agency office locations around the country. It is no longer practical to expect that all work will cease while government employees are on the go and away from their desks, waiting until they are back in their offices to synchronize a laptop or handheld device and upload new information.

Considering the diversity of U.S. Federal Government employees and their job roles, wireless solutions from LGS Innovations provide highly available, reliable and secure voice, video, and data networks. In addition, these solutions can scale to support additional users and new technologies without the need to upgrade or invest in additional equipment.

Benefits associated with using enterprise LAN, WAN and wireless solutions from LGS Innovations include the following: 

• Cost reduction: A single converged IP network for voice, data, and mobility simplifies network architecture and drives down network CAPEX and OPEX. PoE (Power over Ethernet) returns cost savings on power consumption, room space, and batteries by adapting power consumption per port and automatically allocating power according the class of the device connected on the port.
• Superior security and availability: Superior security functions include 802.1x authentication on IP Touch phones, voice/data VLAN partitioning management, dynamic firewall pin-holing and LAN/WAN switches with superior resiliency, back up, and redundancy.
• Fully converged mobility: Fully converged WLAN solutions ensure centralized and scalable data and voice through thin access points which simplify deployment and management.
• Manageability: Centralized management platforms with a single network topology and simplified QoS management enable users to administer the network easily from a common interface, eliminating the need for additional training. Centralized performance management software monitors the converged network, applications, and service quality.

LGS Innovations: Your Network Transformation Partner

According to Gartner, simply considering location and bandwidth are no longer enough to ensure the proper design of an enterprise network. Network architects need to shift their thinking from technology to users and business processes in order to meet changing network requirements. <source: Gartner RAS Core Research Note, G00164800, Mark Fabbi, Eric Paulak, 3 March 2009>

There is no stronger partner than LGS Innovations and its team of network experts to help the U.S. Federal Government meet today’s networking challenges, as well prepare government agencies for tomorrow’s technology trends and communications needs. In addition to its best of breed, standards-based product portfolio, LGS Innovations also provides advanced communications research, superior services, and network design, integration, implementation, and installation solutions to U.S. Federal Government agencies around the globe. Extending the vision and leadership of its parent company and Bell Labs to the U.S. Federal Government, LGS Innovations uses its unique research, development, and deployment capabilities to help Federal customers defend the homeland, achieve mission success, and enrich the communications experience for U.S. citizens around the globe.

The next generation enterprise LAN, WAN and wireless solutions from LGS Innovations are a highly scalable, comprehensive set of products that automatically identify and authenticate users as they connect to the network. Once user identity is established, it enables “follow-me” privileges, security and services – something no other enterprise system provides today. This sophisticated technology gives the U.S. Federal Government the power to manage and secure people, rather than ports.

LGS Innovations offers best-in-class mobility platforms purpose-built for eco-sustainability, helping Federal agencies save 20 to 30 percent on energy expenses. Along with our parent company, Alcatel-Lucent, LGS Innovations has a comprehensive portfolio coupled with global experience on the implementation, support, and maintenance of converged networks for DoD, Civilian, and Advanced Program customers.