1. technology and computing

M L R N E T W O R K S LT D
Excellence from evolution is nature’s way.
Excellence from experience is ours.
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Bringing excellence through experience
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It’s your nature to grow.
It’s our nature to help you.
Together, we both flourish.
Networks are as essential to business as water is to life. Without either, nothing
grows or functions. So it makes sense to work with someone who keeps your
network in great health; who shows a genuine interest in your business; who goes
the extra mile to solve problems; and who has a great cultural fit with your teams.
That will be MLR Networks.
Since 1982, we’ve helped businesses flourish with:
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Structured cabling
Wireless networks
Switching and routing
Unified Communications
Cisco’s new breed of Data Centre
Foresight remote monitoring
Support and maintenance
Three principles behind our success:
We are known for successful projects, using simple principles:
• Take a detailed interest in your business and recommend what’s best for you.
• Have capable and compatible staff to work as one with your people.
• Use ISO 9001 project management to deliver on time, in budget, to quality.
At MLR Networks, we say that we offer you excellence through experience.
Our customers add that we are well skilled, our staff are
well liked and the job was well done.
We’re your force of nature.
Wireless
FAST SECURE, AND HIGHLY AVAILABLE;
A WIRELESS NETWORK DESIGNED FOR
YOUR BUSINESS
Your wired network is the bedrock of your communications.
And wireless makes it first class. We’ve perfected our approach
over the last 15 years; combing our wireless expertise with
Cisco advanced technology. The result; a fast and highly available wireless network.
Let work become an activity, not a place
The benefits of a wireless network are clear:
• as demand grows, wireless lets you expand quickly and cheaply. It supports voice, data and location tracking
• in the office or in the warehouse, your staff become always
available. Calls can be taken, data checked and decisions
made – immediately
• customers, visitors and even staff can use their own
devices for wireless access; whilst keeping your network
and business secure
• and if you don’t have dedicated IT resource we can
provide a fully hosted option.
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SURVEY – DESIGN – BUILD – OPTIMISE – USE
MLR Networks uses 15 years’ experience and Cisco technology to
build your secure, fast and highly available wireless network.
Firstly, our wireless site survey, the blueprint for the coverage and
function of your new network. It prevents frustrating dead spots and
allows expansion. Then we design and build the network that suits you
best: traditional on-premise controller based network or a hosted one,
using the new Cisco Cloud Networking technology.
Finally, we optimise it to fit your environment and business.
The end result is:
• a dependable wireless network covering your site, indoors or out
• with strong security to keep your data protected, staff safe
and devices secure
• and solid management tools to control it all.
“…we worked with MLR Networks on our Cisco
Wireless Network; we knew we could trust them.“
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find
out how we can help you go wireless
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Cabling
MLR NETWORKS DOESN’T GAMBLE WITH CABLING –
IT’S TOO RISKY
Cabling is the highway for every byte of data in, out and around your
organisation – doing it on the cheap is risky. And it won’t last.
MLR Networks know this – we’ve been doing it for 30 years.
Put our 30 years, 11,000km of experience to good use.
Cabling is our core business:
• over the years, we’ve laid an average 1 kilometre of cable a day. There’s not a problem we haven’t solved
• the team are our employees – not contractors.
Their product training is kept up-to-date and they use
our Quality Management
• we have cabled everything: from building sites to hospitals, office blocks, retailers, factories and schools.
For you this means: quality cabling fitted by a reliable team
who know their product; know how to solve problems;
and follow quality procedures.
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SURVEY TO SIGN-OFF FOR 25 YEARS PEACE OF MIND
Whether one office with ten outlets or multiple sites with 10,000,
our engineers carry out the whole job right to the end.
• first is a free cabling survey. Then we design the layout,
cable types (Cat 5-7, Voice, Fibre), the number of outlets
We use only the best suppliers and hold their strict accreditations
• next is installation using our Quality Control and BSI Standards. Whether the installation is during your working day, or out of hours, we keep disruption low
• finally, we test and certify it to start your manufacturers’ warranty.
As your business flexes, we can upgrade your cabling.
It’s fully documented and often, we’ll use the same team
who know your installation.
“We have worked with MLR Networks for several
years for all our cabling….they always deliver a
professional and reliable service.”
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find
out what cabling we can do for you
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Data Centre
TWO SERVERS OR 2000;
OUR NEW BREED OF DATA CENTRE
WILL WORK FOR YOU
Data Centres have become complex; no matter what size your
business is, you’ll be feeling the pressure to increase data storage
capacity; usually meaning more costly racks and cabling.
Now there’s a new breed of data centre that is a dream to manage,
saves space and costs less; the MLR Networks’ Data Centre.
Using Flexpod, a pre-validated design combining Cisco’s Unified
Computing Solution, NetApp and VMWare, MLR Networks can build
a data centre to your exact requirements.
MLR Networks Data Centre replaces problems with efficiency:
• manage the whole operation as a single view
• slash the number of devices and cables and free up space
• set up, configure and re-configure servers quickly
• automate routine tasks, with no manual involvement
• offer an agile service to the business.
….with remarkable paybacks
• costs savings are between 37% and 62%.
• servers take up 90% less space
• cables, switches and adaptors are reduced by 50%.
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So what is Flexpod?
Flexpod combines the IP, storage and management
networks into one unified system:
• on standard Intel servers
• linked by multiple 10Gbps connections to each chassis
• with all their switching centrally controlled by Cisco UCS Manager.
The simple design means:
• significantly fewer cards, switches and cables at the chassis –
UCS uses a distributed switch down to the blade server
• servers can be automatically reconfigured in three minutes –
the design lets you to “cable it once, use it many ways”
• a single management view across your data centre,
down to the cards in the blades.
MLR Networks has the expertise to build your data centre
We have the sound technical and project management to bind
Cisco hardware and software into a UCS design.
We will design it; build the new data centre with you; migrate
your old one; and get it all running smoothly.
The new breed of data centre, with its striking improvements and
savings, is possible – today.
“They are always easy to work with; they know
our business so we know we are getting the advice
and service that’s best for us”.
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find out
how we can build a data centre for you.
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Foresight for
Remote Monitoring
STOP A DIFFICULTY BECOMING A DISASTER.
USE FORESIGHT, OUR NETWORK
MONITORING TOOL
The network is an indispensable part of IT. But sometimes it fails.
It’s wise then, to monitor your network, to stop difficulties
becoming a disaster. For you and the business.
We use Foresight – so could you.
Be the first to know – not your users…
Foresight gives you time – to investigate, respond and fix.
It may mean the difference between a flicker on a user’s screen
and a major outage.
It’s not just the red alerts either. You can spot glimpses of potential
problems. That gives time to think and respond more carefully.
There are other benefits:
• you can use IT staff on more useful tasks as fewer are
needed for monitoring
• you have a complete view of your IT infrastructure
• you can report better, spot anomalies and make better
long-term decisions.
Put simply, Foresight gives you the edge.
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FORESIGHT IS YOUR RADAR FOR PROBLEMS AHEAD
Foresight Remote Monitoring was developed, to monitor our
managed service contracts. So it has to be good.
Foresight is always-on, monitoring your network.
It has several functions:
• a range of automated warnings for pre-defined events.
• continual polling of network devices, with an instant alert
when important hardware is down
• receiving SNMP traps and logging messages from devices,
giving advance warning of issues
• monitoring threshold levels on critical interfaces,
warning you when limits are exceeded
• continually monitoring network hardware’s CPU and
memory performance
• monitoring the parameters essential to VoIP performance
• automatic restart of failed applications and services
• alerting first line support via email or SMS.
As well as standard monitoring, Foresight will allow you to develop
bespoke checks and alerts to keep your systems running smoothly.
You have bought great peace of mind with a Cisco network from MLR
Networks. Why not make it total peace of mind with Foresight?
MLR Networks say “excellence through experience”
Customers add “well skilled, well liked, well done”
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find
out how Foresight can help you
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Unified
Communications
MOVE YOUR COMMUNICATIONS
FROM UNWIELDY TO DYNAMIC
Remember the black telephone ? It’s now mobiles,
PCs and tablets, all calling, emailing, messaging – and socialising.
How can you use this potential ?
Combining audio, video and data over one network, Unified
Communications (UC) is the answer. You can communicate with
almost anyone you want, in almost any way. You don’t need to
know their location or device – ‘just call them and the UC
platform does the rest.
MLR Networks knows how to move your communications from
unwieldy to dynamic with UC, so why not start now ?
UC from MLR Networks helps your business in many ways:
• serve customers better. Connect them to staff who
are available to help
• make life simpler for staff. Bring staff together on
projects, quickly and easily
• speed up your process. Contact staff, whether at the office
or customer. Quickly bring people together to agree plans
• bring costs down. Save on mobile calls; save on business travel; and even save on office space.
How would this look in your business?
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MLR NETWORKS WILL CRAFT YOUR UC NETWORK
From IP telephony to HD video conferencing, we can put
an integrated UC platform into your business.
We use our project and technical skills, advanced Cisco technology
and a phased integration and migration plan.
We consider your operation and recommend the right
combination of UC products, such as:
• IP telephony and software clients
• Contact centre
• Presence
• Web, desktop and full room video conferencing.
No UC solution is identical. But they all help business work better.
“…moving up to 150 users and phones easily has
been the greatest benefit so... we relocated them
with no downtime at all..”
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find out
how we can unify your communications
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Maintenance
and Support
MLR NETWORKS SUPPORT –
WE WON’T PUT YOU ON HOLD WHEN
YOU NEED HELP
You hope you won’t need to call your support.
But if you do, you don’t want to be in a 15 minute queue to a
call centre; or re-routed across the globe to someone else;
or explain your problem three times.
You want help right now – you’ll get it with MLR Networks support.
Immediate contact with someone who can actually help
Our support packages give immediate access to our Service Desk.
They’ll answer quickly and right from the start, you’ll talk with
someone who wants to help you and knows how.
That’s because everyone on our Service Desk has the minimum
qualification of Cisco Associate, defined as:
“passionate about leading-edge technology…
strong interpersonal skills…
thrives on solving problems…
wants to collaborate with talented people in Cisco…”
Once you’ve contacted the engineer, they stay with you.
They’ll keep you informed, supervise technical escalations and
involve management. We know this single point of contact works
best – we want everything back up quickly too.
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MLR NETWORKS PROVIDES SEVERAL SUPPORT PACKAGES
You can select a package that best suits your needs. They offer:
• support via phone, email or self-service web portal
• single point of contact with a (minimum) Cisco Associate engineer
• unlimited call logging
• hardware support, including onsite repair or replacement
• maintenance
• software upgrades.
MLR Networks offers always-on remote monitoring, with automatic
alerts, advance warning of problems, greatly reduced outage.
You can customise your package to include remote, on-site and
manufacturer support.
The purpose of MLR Networks’ support is simple: maximise uptime,
avoid downtime, help your business thrive.
“We’ve worked with MLR Networks before so we knew we
would get professional support with a personal touch.”
Call us on 0151 423 3633 to find
the best support package for you
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Quietly effective.
Connecting far and wide.
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St. Michael's House, Hale Road,
Widnes, Cheshire WA8 8XL
Telephone: 0151 423 3633
Email: [email protected]
SatNav: WA8 8PX
Fax Number: 0151 495 1665
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