Network design

Network design services for secure, resilient enterprises

We design networks that stay up, scale with the business and limit how far an attacker can move. From a single campus to hundreds of branches, you get an architecture, a bill of materials and a phased plan your team can approve and fund.

  • Network assessment and architecture
  • Segmentation and security designed in
  • Campus, branch, data center and SD-WAN
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Enterprise network design

Campus, branch, WAN, wireless and data center

Security architects involved

Segmentation and firewall policy part of every design

Built to be operated

Designs handed to teams who run networks 24/7

Engineer working on network cabling in a rack

Why it matters

Most networks grow by accident

Networks tend to grow one project at a time. A new site here, a wireless upgrade there, an acquisition that never got fully integrated. The result is often a flat network with inconsistent configurations, single points of failure and little separation between users, servers and critical systems.

Our network architecture consulting starts with how the business works: where people are, which applications matter, what can’t go down and what compliance requires. Then we design the network to match, with segmentation and resilience built in from the start instead of patched on later.

What’s included

Network design and architecture services

How it works

From assessment to a network you can build

1

Discover and assess

We gather requirements, review your current network and document risks, bottlenecks and end-of-life hardware.

2

Design

We produce high-level and detailed designs with diagrams, IP and VLAN plans, security policy and a bill of materials.

3

Plan the build

We sequence the work into phases with cutover plans and rollback steps, so the business keeps running during changes.

4

Build and hand over

Our professional services engineers can deploy the design, and our managed network team can run it afterward.

Deliverables

What you get

  • Network assessment report
  • High-level and detailed architecture diagrams
  • IP addressing and VLAN plan
  • Segmentation and firewall policy design
  • Bill of materials for hardware and licensing
  • Phased implementation and cutover plan
  • Site standards for new locations
  • As-built documentation after deployment

Case study

A new network and disaster recovery site for a golf manufacturer

After a spin-off from its parent company, a global golf manufacturer needed its own secure, fast network to support production and distribution, delivered on budget with limited staff.

We re-architected the existing network while it kept running around the clock, reusing existing infrastructure where it made sense, and designed a highly available disaster recovery site connected over a secured WAN.

  • A standalone enterprise network built while production continued
  • A disaster recovery site that can be enabled within three minutes
  • 24/7 network and security visibility through managed services

Technologies

Network platforms our engineers design with

Switching, routing and wireless

  • Cisco
  • Cisco Meraki
  • HPE
  • Ubiquiti / UniFi

Firewalls

  • Palo Alto Networks
  • Check Point

These are platforms our engineers support, not partnerships. See all technologies we support.

FAQ

Network design questions

Network design services cover requirements gathering, assessment of the current network, architecture and detailed design, a bill of materials and an implementation plan. We can also build the network and manage it afterward.

A network assessment reviews topology, device configurations, performance, lifecycle status and security controls. It shows where the network is fragile, where it is exposed and what to fix first.

Segmentation separates users, servers, guests and critical systems so that a compromise in one area cannot easily spread to the rest. It is also expected by frameworks such as PCI DSS and is central to zero trust.

No. Our engineers support Cisco, Cisco Meraki, HPE, Ubiquiti / UniFi, Palo Alto Networks and Check Point, and we recommend what fits your requirements, skills and budget.

Cost depends on the number of sites, the size and complexity of the network, how detailed the design needs to be and whether you want us to deploy it. We scope the work and give you a fixed proposal for the assessment and design.

Yes. We design for healthcare, manufacturing and defense suppliers, retail, credit unions and public agencies, where segmentation, logging and change control have to satisfy auditors.

Book a network assessment

Design the network your business needs next

Tell us about your sites and what is changing, and we’ll scope a network assessment and design.

  • Scoping call with a network architect
  • Fixed proposal for assessment and design

Prefer email? Write to [email protected] or call (858) 712-0040.

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