Networks are essential in connecting and sharing information within organisations and to communicate data to external sources. Access to the internet by modem or broadband is networking technology which most people have experienced. Fast reliable networks are a keystone to successful business systems.

APEX Computer Technology provides network expertise for small and medium businesses from a single computer to buildings full of computers that need to exchange data. Most network solutions consist of a combination of technologies and may encompass all networking areas.

We are here to ensure you get the best network technology for your business and that they all fit together seamlessly and work as effectively as possible to serve your business needs.

Call us today to discuss your network requirements.

LAN:

Local area networking (LAN) is still a developing technology for networking within a contained site, usually the same building. Most popular and widely used is the CAT5 flood cabling, enabling simple installation over false ceiling and trunking or cavity walling to sockets on the wall - allowing simple patching with a flying lead to the computer or other peripheral device for example network printers.

This is being superceded by CAT6, a faster shielded cabling technology to equal the performance of Gigabit switches and network technologies, potentially up to 10 times faster than the 100Mbit CAT technology this will ensure your client will get their data faster than ever from your database server or allow fast movement of big graphical images between workstations.

The LAN provides connection to other networks like the internet or other sites and offices via WAN technologies like VPN.

The LAN can even be extended to include Wireless Access to laptops and other mobile devices to access data and email just like their larger workstation brethren. While Wireless access for a few laptops and mobile devices APEX Computer Technology would not recommend an entire Wireless LAN for data security and reliability reasons. Businesses need to operate reliably and quickly all the time so copper or fibre would be the best LAN backbone technology.

Wide area networking (WAN) is a technology APEX Computer Technology work with allowing LAN's on different geographical sites to be connected. There are a number of methods available to achieve connectivity, Virtual Private Network (VPN) being the most popular. We provide ADSL (broadband) services for business and domestic uses.

Home working, is a concept which is growing fast as daily commuting to cities is becoming more and more difficult and expensive. Connecting your employees to your systems with fast and reliable links could aid productivity by reducing stress and allowing working outside of normal 9-5 hours.

It also brings back into the workforce valuable resources that may be unable to travel into the office regularly, like mothers of youngsters, those who have become or who are disabled or some of the many other reasons which restrict access to commutable workplaces for people.
Remote Web Working (RWW) is a popular concept allowing unprecedented access to the workplace IT environment and is implemented extensively on Microsoft's Small Business Server technology through modern router firewalls.

Extensive use of broadband/ADSL and SDSL technology enables a wide range of cheap effective and generally reliable WAN communications including Voice over Internet Protocol or (VoIP) and Dual ADSL round robin and standby ADSL links to increase performance and WAN link resilience.
Network security is a key element of a successful and robust network, suitable firewall technologies to stop external tampering and methods of containing e-mail and file virus attacks are so important in any network infrastructure especially those connected to the internet.

Building to building - reliable line of sight radio network technology is available at very reasonable costs these days. You can now afford to link the workshop down the yard to the office building or the home to the home office down the driveway or garden.

Safe, weather resistant units bridge the two or more LAN in each location onto a single larger LAN the connections totally transparent to the user.

APEX Technology have extensive experience installing and maintaining these type of systems together with fibre optic links between buildings contained within a single site. Technologies like laser bridges are also available, no more worries about external interference or bad weather conditions, the laser cuts through it all to provide high bandwidth line-of-sight network connections.