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Your Network Asset Synetrix. LGfL Technicians’ Conference BT Centre, London 30 th March 2009. And here today. Arthur Bird, Account Director, LGfL Introductions, The Network & Services Symon Lorenzo, Customer Services Manager CSC supporting you...
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Your Network Asset Synetrix LGfL Technicians’ Conference BT Centre, London 30th March 2009
And here today... Arthur Bird, Account Director, LGfL • Introductions, The Network & Services Symon Lorenzo, Customer Services Manager • CSC supporting you... • ...and the support team in the Foyer. Come and find us…It’s good to talk
Your London Network This is a tested partnership between: You the users The 33 London LA’s LGfL & Synetrix Supporting other LGfL supply partners. It’s enduring. We all have reason to be proud of it.
The Drivers for ICT in Schools • Schools’ drivers • Improve pupil to PC ratio • Improve ICT throughout the school • Embedding ICT into the curriculum • Schools’ demand • Reliable and consistent service • Secure and safe WWW teaching and learning environment • Local flexibility and a fit to pupil development • A vision to the future 2012 and beyond • Schools’ long term focus • Invest in technologies that will continue to be cost effective as needs change
A Step Ahead of You – A Future Proof Investment Forward Planning Web based applications require high availability On the road to ‘in cloud’ computing QoS enabled to support real time traffic Mobility Increasing collaboration ~£8M additional investment over the next 2 years
Network Refresh Programme Testing & Rollout • POC & Migration testing from April-June 09 • Core deployment from July-August 09 • Access rollout commence August 09 • Edge Refresh Programme (CPE replacement) in progress Target Completion Date: September 2010
Network Refresh Programme Technology Upgrade • Upgrade existing Juniper M160 with Next Generation MX960 • Replace Existing M10 with Juniper MX480’s • Replace Existing Extreme S48i aggregation switch with Juniper EX4200. • Extreme 24e3/S200 replaced with Juniper J2320 • Architecture design based high end core routing products
Improving the Customer Service Centre to support your School Symon Lorenzo Customer Services Manager
CSC Improvements – people and process • Process redesign • Restructured teams; same location • Operations teams (1st, 2nd, 3rd line) • Network Management Systemsteams • Significant investment in people and systems • Skills gaps plugged with training , knowledge transfer ....and more staff
CSC Improvements – systems and technology • ITSM (IT Service Management) - incident, problem, change and configuration management • Support Wiki - next generation knowledge base; bringing all different information stores into one interface, accessible by anyone in our company • Talk2Synetrix enhancements • CISCO VoIP – Live Easter 2009
What’s next ? • Continued training and knowledge transfer • Evaluating new support tools and systems • Many more internal projects already running: • Instant Messenger • Automated email management
We are here to help you Your Feedback............Ideas.......... Send us an e-Mail ............... Symon.Lorenzo@Synetrix.co.uk Customer Services Manager lgflteam@synetrix.co.uk