This enterprise had multiple locations, yet for development and QA purposes had to function as a single entity. Production facilities were remote, but had to be securely accessible for monitoring and maintenance.

My network design allowed easy expansion of equipment and functionality across the enterprise. The corporate and production nodes were connected with VPN's or secure encrypted dedicated channels.

Application services were supported on an integrated mix of branded and open source systems, sized for best ROI for the specific services needed. For instance, production and QA hardware accelerator encryption cards were used for speedy handling of SSL transactions, while development and unit testing used software encryption.