AARNet Enterprise Services Consulting

AARNet's professional consultancy service

AARNet Enterprise Services Consulting provides practical solutions for a broad range of information and communications technology projects. We collaborate with IT departments at AARNet customer institutions to develop solutions that meet cloud, data centre and other IT service and network infrastructure needs. Our goal is to help customers make the most of the network in cost-efficient ways.

Our consultants are located across the country and operate as a virtual team.

Learn more about the Enterprise Services Consulting team members.

To discuss your needs or find out more, please contact us.

Our Services:

Consulting	General business and technical consulting and advisory services	Technical Strategy development and alignment to Business Strategy Market analysis, comparison and trend assessment (Sector/Vendor context) Technology maturity and capability assessment Independent Network Operations Management review services Technology roadmap development and gap analysis Independent review and ‘sanity check’ of third party solutions, services and advice
Engineering Assist	Tactical and operational hands-on network engineering services	Dedicated engineering staff cover – remote or onsite Access to specialist network expertise Incremental blocks of time for scheduled tactical tasks Routing, Switching, Firewall, Wireless and Load Balancer skills
Tender Assist	Independent technical expertise to support the procurement of network products and services	Market analysis of products and services, especially those concerning Wired/Wireless campus networks, Data Centre Networks, Next Generation Firewalls, Hosted telephony and Unified Communications solutions Requirement and use case gathering RFx technical content and document authoring Independent panel member participation Oversight of supplier solution delivery
Network Assist	Project-based network engineering and review services	Enterprise network reviews and ‘health checks’ Independent assessment of third party network reviews and solution designs Business requirement mapping and network impact analysis Network architecture development and high-level solution design Resilient Internet edge solution design and implementation Wireless network review, design and configuration
Security Assist	Independent reviews and project-based remediation services relating to security elements of the network	Identity Access Management Consolidation. Review and design of role and identity-based network services Network Security Assessment workshop. Same day workshop and mapping of results to a security checklist Network Security Assessment “lite” Service. 10-15 day engagement, practical outcomes to implement, optional hands on remediation Network Security Assessment Comprehensive Service. 30+ day engagement, mapping compliance levels to standards, includes recommendations Network Border/Edge Networking Network security solution design and implementation
Project Assist	Technical project management and oversight services	Enterprise-wide network refresh assistance Technical vendor market review coordination Technical Program/Project planning, coordination, reporting Technical solution implementation oversight
K-12 Schools Services	Helping customers optimise their local network to make best use of AARNet services	BGP configuration to support highly available network diversity K-12 network WAN/LAN reviews and recommendations Routing, Switching and Firewall configuration and implementation services

Our Services:

Consulting

Engineering Assist

Tender Assist

Network Assist

Security Assist

Project Assist

K-12 Schools Services

Network & Services