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Case Studies Financial Services Service Providers Outsourcers Enterprise		Brochures & Whitepapers Access nscglobal’s whitepapers on topics including Eco Data-centres, Security and Network Optimisation.
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Case Studies

Financial Services



	e-Business Applications Delivered Virtualised solution critical for business growth		Sector: Financial Services Competency:

	40% Saved Switch to co-branded support saves millions		Sector: Financial Services Competency: Network and Support Services

	Network Implementation On time, within budget, zero downtime		Sector: Financial Services Competency: Network and Project Delivery

	Agile Data-Centre Delivering design expertise to meet demand		Sector: Financial Services Competency: Data-Centre and Skilled Resourcing

	Unified Communications Success From strategy to operation for leading financial institution		Sector: Financial Services Competency:

	Global Office Expansion Complex IPT deployment, on time, to budget, and no downtime		Sector: Financial Services Competency:



	Building the Office of the Future Upgraded LAN and WiFi delivers 85% reduction in high severity network incidents		Sector: Service Provider Competency: Network and Project Delivery

	Critical IP network upgrade serving 22 million people 80% reduction in on-site equipment with zero downtime.		Sector: Service Provider Competencies: IP Network, Skilled Resourcing

	Excellence Tested Help 17 million UK customers to ‘web n’ walk’		Sector: Service Provider Competencies: Core Network and Skilled Resourcing

	Millions Saved NOC resource solution offers flexibility and savings		Sector: Service Provider Competency: Network and Managed Resourcing

	WAN Migration Rapid Network Transition Reduces Costs & Risk		Sector: Service Provider Competency: Network and Project Delivery

	Critical Support Managed Maintenance Drives Customer Satisfaction		Sector: Service Provider Competency: Network and Support Services

	Global Coverage Successful Implementation Services delivered in over 100 countries		Sector: Competency:



	Upgraded to Cisco UCS without Downtime Innovative multi-site infrastructure design and migration strategy		Sector: Large Enterprise Competency:Unified Communications, Unified Computing

	20% Increase in Capacity Data-centre solution enabling business growth		Sector: Large Enterprise Competency:

	Thanks a Million Law firm saves $950,000 with switch to nscglobal support		Sector: Large Enterprise Competency: Network and Support Services

	Flawless Wireless On time, to budget, seamless operation		Sector: Large Enterprise Competency: Network and Project Delivery

	100% Availability		Sector: Competency:

	Global Staging Logistics and Support in 80 countries		Competency: Security and Global Services

	Secure Wireless Upgrade 1,200 wireless access points successfully upgraded across 180 global sites		Sector: Competency:

	25% saved. 24 month ROI. End to end virtualisation solution enabling business growth.		Sector: Competency:


	Data-Centre Success Ensuring multi-million pound investment meets needs		Sector: Outsourcer Competency: Data-Center and Skilled Resourcing



	Successful Managed Resourcing		Sector: Competency:

Brochures & Whitepapers

	Network Security Performance in the Real-World		Sector: All Competency:


	Barriers and Benefits The Benefits And Barriers To Video Collaboration Adoption.		Sector: All Competency:


	Check Point Software Blade Architecture BusAchieving the right balance between security protection and investment.		Sector: All Competency:

	Check Point Clamps Down on Data Loss Businesses are faced with an assortment of security risks. Among the most prevalent risks are network attacks and infected computing systems (servers and end-user endpoints). The consequences of loss of use are just too great for any business to ignore.		Sector: All Competency:

	Disclosure Why companies need automated, always-on security to protect their endpoints & data – and avoid the watchdog’s bite.		Sector: All Competency:

	Comprehensive Endpoint Security New endpoint vulnerabilities such as Web-based malware are increasing information security risk in the enterprise		Sector: All Competency:

	Solution Brief Integrated IP Appliances (formerly Nokia): Top Reasons to Migrate		Sector: All Competency:

	Security Excellence ncglobal & Check Point		Sector: All Competency:

	Security Briefing Check Point & Nokia acquisition R70 Considerations The security industry is constantly evolving to meet new threats, legislative pressures and technology developments.		Sector: All Competency:

	Virtualized Network Security with VPN-1 Power VSX Virtualized network security can help enterprises and service providers cope with the dynamic nature of business by providing a very flexible infrastructure. Organizations can achieve an overall reduction in costs by reducing the hardware investment and administrative complexity of securing data centers, points of presence, core networks, and large segmented networks.		Sector: All Competency:

	Briefing Document – Supporting Change For any organisation keen to reign in operating costs, IT support is a thorny issue. The criticality of network infrastructure means that support will often take top priority in terms of budgets, and face the most scrutiny in the event that issues affect the availability of core business applications.		Sector: All Competency:

	Empowering the Evolution of Cloud Based Security Download Crossbeam’s complimentary whitepaper on "Empowering the Evolution of Cloud Computing" and discover the full operational benefits of "in the cloud" security services: Reduced complexity of security services deployment Reduced ongoing management Dramatically reduced operational costs		Sector: All Competency: Security

	Crossbeam Systems The Growing Cost of Network Security – There is an Answer All things change. In networking, all things change rapidly and in unpredictable ways, which makes securing networks a daunting task. The security challenges of ten years ago pale compared to those of today…		Sector: All Competency: Security

	Check Point Software Technologies The Evolution of IPS (Intrusion Prevention (Protection) Systems aren’t what they used to be In the past, IPS was comprised of a dedicated physical layer with dedicated teams protecting a network from intrusion and attack. Today, the IPS strategy is moving toward a software layer integrated into a company’s existing gateway infrastructure and managed by a general security team…		Sector: All Competency: Security

	Crossbeam Systems The Growing Cost of Network Security – There is an Answer All things change. In networking, all things change rapidly and in unpredictable ways, which makes securing networks a daunting task. The security challenges of ten years ago pale compared to those of today…		Sector: All Competency: Security

	IDC: Analyze the Future IT Capital Investments: Evaluating Technology Life-Cycle Management and Lease-Verses-Own Options IT leasing and financing options remain important capital and budget management tools used extensively by IT organizations to better align requirements and resources, enable technology life-cycle replacement programs, and facilitate compliant equipment decommissioning and recycling programs. IDC believes IT organizations will increase their use of leasing and financing options through 2010 as a means to better address these financial, operational, and technical business requirements…		Sector: All Competency: n/a

	Cisco: Network Discovery Install Base Life-cycle Management Install Base Life-cycle Management provides improved productivity, additional discount, reduced operating expense, and risk reduction for your business. The audit is confidential and free of charge using proven Cisco Tools and provides a complete view and analysis of your Cisco network assets…		Sector: All Competency: Network

	F5 Networks Data Center Virtualization Q&A What’s driving the need for data center virtualization? How do you implement geographic redundancy? What are the benefits of data center virtualization? Read this Q&A brochure to find out.		Sector: All Competency: Data-Centre

	nscglobal Data-Centre Security Technical White Paper As Data-Centres concentrate more functionality and services in a single environment, the security of these facilities grows in significance. A Data Centre should be designed from the outset to protect and ensure the integrity of the facility. It is for this reason that a “defense-in-depth” strategy, coupled with integrated security systems and end-to-end security policies is considered vital…		Sector: All Competency: Data-Centre

	nscglobal Trends in Ethernet Switching and Routing Technical White Paper Ethernet is the most successful networking technology n history. Ethernet is dominating the LAN and since its creation in the 1970s new standards have been continuously developed to prepare Ethernet for new challenges…		Sector: All Competency: Network

	nscglobal Practical Implications of the IIN (Intelligent Information Network) Strategy Technical White Paper The purpose of this document is to describe a practical example of a network implemented by nscglobal and how its evolution fits into the IIN vision. The document starts with a description of what IIN is and then looks at typical issues with the delivery of a data centre. We then discuss the evolution of the data centre architecture along the IIN vision…		Sector: All Competency: Network

	Packeteer Strategies for Optimizing Applications on the WAN Managing application performance can be quite a challenge. Productivity drops and frustration climbs when performance turns inconsistent, unpredictable, and slow…		Sector: All Competency: Network

	nscglobal The Ecological Data Centre IT is under-pinned by the data centre as an information processing factory. What is discussed more quietly is that data centres are entering a period of crises and fundamental change. Data Centres are also one of the largest (and given their rapid growth quite possibly, the largest) single commercial users of carbon…		Sector: All Competency: Data-Centre

	nscglobal Demystifying Penetration Tests Technical White Paper Penetration testing, or ‘ethical hacking’ as it is commonly referred to, is the act of testing the security of your information assets by inviting a trusted third party to try and breach that security using the same techniques that an authentic hacker would use…		Sector: All Competency: Security

	Gartner Magic Quadrant for Campus LAN (Global), 2008 Cisco remains the leader in the Campus LAN Magic Quadrant; however, cracks are showing, and viable competitors, such as HP ProCurve and Foundry Networks, are rapidly increasing share…		Sector: All Competency: Network

	Crossbeam Systems An Inconvenient Balance? The 21st Century CIO is becoming one of the most critical leaders in modern business and is under massive pressures to optimize and grow the business, stem the global energy crisis in the data center, and reduce the carbon footprint – all with the same resources. Can a balance be struck that has a win/win outcome? YES!		Sector: All Competency: Data-Centre

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January 2011

nscglobal January Connected newsletter - nscglobal achieves Cisco Gold Certified Partner status in the USA,Introduction to Support Services Podcast with Neil Newing, nscglobals Head of Services, Cisco Call Manager Webinar, 15 December 2010

June 2010

nscglobal June Connected newsletter - Cisco UCS Advanced Technology Program, Serviabertis Case Study, Change Management Tracking via nscglobal Customer Portal, Check Point's Next Gen IP Security Webinar, Security Excellence Brochure

January 2010

nscglobal January Connected newsletter - nscglobal Security Briefing

September 2009

nscglobal September Connected newsletter - Cost-savings, Asset management, and Cisco DC Accreditation

May 2009

Global Services, Security & Support Capabilities Enhanced with Crossbeam, Check Point and F5 Networks

February 2009

FREE Report, Support Services, & Network Optimisation Insight

December 2008

FREE Report, Unified Communications insight, Data-Centre case study

November 2008

FREE Gartner Magic Quadrant Report on Campus LAN, Strengthening our Portfolio of Data-Centre Offerings

August 2008

Preparing for Data-centre Challenges Ahead, Optimising your Support

June 2008

Security Enhancement, Strengthening Wireless Capabilities, Improving our NSurance Portal

March 2008

Launching NSurance Managed Services, Expanding European Capabilities, F5 Gold Partner, Juniper Enterprise Select

Event Presentations


December 15th, 2010	Cisco Communications Manager webinar Event Presentations from Cisco and nscglobal A look at Cisco’s Collaboration Architecture and how these solutions can provide real business benefits.

November 2nd, 2010	Rethink the Network: Consolidate your Appliance Sprawl and Increase ROI Event Presentations from Check Point, crossbeam and nscglobal

October 19th, 2010	Reduce appliance sprawl and minimise security costs while protecting critical resources Event Presentations from Check Point and Crossbeam

October 6th, 2010	Check Point's Roadmap Webinar Event Presentations from Check Point and nscglobal


June 30th, 2010	Introduction to Check Point's Endpoint Security Webinar Event Presentations from Check Point and nscglobal

May 11th, 2010	Cisco in the Cloud Event Presentations from Cisco and nscglobal

March 3rd, 2010	Webinar - Migrating to Check Point’s Next Generation IP Security Event Presentations from Check Point and nscglobal The webinar is designed to help you understand Check Point's migration options available when moving from Nokia IP series (and other platforms) to the Software blade architecture.

November 26th, 2009	Webcast - Security in the Cloud: Hype or Reality? Event Presentations from Sourcefire, Check Point, Crossbeam and nscglobal As enterprises begin to understand the benefits of cloud computing to their organisation, they are also uncovering the challenges of security in an often highly virtualised environment, where users do not have control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them.

October 21st, 2009	Security in the Cloud Event Presentations from Sourcefire, Check Point, Crossbeam and nscglobal As enterprises begin to understand the benefits of cloud computing to their organisation, they are also uncovering the security challenges of security in an often highly virtualised environment, where users do not have control over the technology infrastructure in the "cloud" that supports them.

October 15th, 2009	Next Generation Data-centre Efficiency Seminar nscglobal, Cisco, VMware, APC, CA, and TUV Rheinland Facing challenges of increased power and cooling densities, higher power consumption and energy requirements for your data-centre? Looking for ways to improve efficiencies in a new or existing date-centre to support the growth of your business?

November 25th, 2008	Next Generation Data-Centre Efficiency Lunch Briefing Event Presentations from APC, Cisco, nscglobal The Next Generation Data-Centre Efficiency Lunch Briefing provided attendees with information on the following: - How business and IT trends are driving high density network-critical physical infrastructure challenges - How to deliver real efficiencies in the data-centre utilising nscglobal, Cisco network technology and APC advanced data-centre infrastructure - Real-world examples and discussion

October 30th, 2008	Application Acceleration from the Data-Centre Event Presentations from F5 Networks, Force10, nscglobal The Application Acceleration from the Data-Centre Breakfast Briefing provided attendees with information on the following: - Improving efficiency within the virtualised data-centre environment - Improving end-to-end application delivering performance - Establishing an efficient data-centre networked architecture

July 15th, 2008	Data-Centre Challenges and Cisco’s Vision for Data-Centre 3.0 Event Presentations from Cisco and nscglobal The Data-Centre Challenges and Cisco’s Vision for Data-Centre 3.0 Breakfast Briefing provided attendees with information on the following: - Extending the lifecycle of critical data center facilities and assets - Providing a safe and secure architecture for the data center - Enabling your data-centre to be more business responsive

May 20/27th, 2008	Ecological Data-Centre Consolidation and Transformation Event Presentations from Sun Microsystems and nscglobal The Data-Centre Challenges and Cisco’s Vision for Data-Centre 3.0 Breakfast Briefing provided attendees with information on the following: - A concise briefing on the challenges of data centre consolidation and transformation - Review of solutions considering all elements of the data centre to reduce environmental impact and costs and maximise performance - A case study of Sun's own experience

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