Independent Private Bank Dips a Toe in Meraki Waters
London, Greater London (PRWEB UK) 11 July 2013 -- The Bank, established in the UK for over 180 years, offers tailored private banking, wealth planning and investment management services and has recently opened its first international office, in Dubai.
With a small team and no on-site IT staff, the Bank had to provide staff with secure access to critical applications and systems, but required plug and play equipment that could be installed without the involvement of an on-site IT admin.
After extensive research and consultation with MBA IT, the Bank decided to use Cisco Meraki’s Wireless LAN, Switch and Security Appliance. The Cisco Meraki Cloud Networking architecture was ideal for the Bank’s Dubai office, with out of the box, self-provisioning appliances that are managed entirely through the web-based dashboard. This powerful centralised management gives the IT Department in London full control.
Guy Brandon, Director of MBA IT, believes that Cisco Meraki was the clear choice for the Bank, based on their requirements for the branch office. “Meraki offers high performance, cloud managed solutions that are almost completely hands off at a local level. There is true integration between the appliances and they are feature rich, providing VPN access, application aware firewall and content filtering, but also performing WAN optimisation and load balancing for performance. If they wanted to, the Bank could also allow users to use their own devices, simply and securely. In truth, there is probably more functionality than they actually need, but the customer is not penalised for this in cost.”
With the immense backing of Cisco, Meraki can also provide the Bank with the high levels of customer support and continually evolving technology that they expect.
About MBA IT
MBA IT is a leading provider of IT support and services in London. Advising, supplying, installing and supporting solutions within a wide range of businesses, from SMB to Enterprise, across all commercial sectors, MBA IT is a well established and respected IT partner.
With a data centre in Central London and a 24 hour helpdesk, MBA IT provides outsourced IT Support and outsourced IT services. Some customers outsource a single element of their IT operation, whilst others opt for a fully managed, outsourced IT department. Whatever the requirement, MBA IT can provide a tailored solution which meets the customers’ needs.
Fiona Sherwood, MBA IT, http://www.mba-it.net, 0845 0505622, [email protected]
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