Energis has won a multi-million pound contract with leading retailer Tesco to provide a networking solution that will link up Tesco’s 730 stores and its two data centres across the UK onto one secure network.
The migration of Tesco’s existing network and systems onto one single network will enable employees to access and share information and applications on the shop floor so they can continue to deliver excellent customer service.
The new network, an IP Virtual Private Network (IP-VPN), is based on Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), which allows prioritisation of network traffic so that business critical applications may be given priority over other less urgent data traffic.
Tesco chose Energis for its track record in successfully migrating customers from large and complex legacy networks to new IP-VPN networks and its "can-do" approach. Tesco’s new network will be scalable, so as new stores are built they can easily be connected to the one network without complicated revisions and network changes.
Dave Wickham, CEO of Energis, said: "We are delighted that Tesco has chosen Energis to provide them with a new IP-VPN network. Our ethos at Energis is to know and get close to our customers’ business and we look forward to working with Tesco and contributing to their future success."
Philip Clarke, Logistics and IT director at Tesco, said: "We chose Energis because they were able to meet our needs - migration to an IP-VPN network - in ways that its competitors could not. This move provides us with a framework through which the IT for our stores can be delivered. By giving our colleagues access to better systems and up-to-date information we can enable them to deliver great service for customers.
About Energis
http://www.energis.co.uk/ Energis is a leading UK telecommunications, internet and e-business solutions provider. It is focused on the business marketplace offering a portfolio of data, voice, call centre, connectivity, complex managed hosting and managed application services.
Energis hosts more than 25,000 commercial websites and around 1 billion call minutes a week are routed over the Energis network.
Major customers include the BBC, Boots, Thomas Cook and Freeserve. Tesco.com
