GR LANE

A REFRESHED AND REVITALISED WIRELESS NETWORK

Over the past 80 years, the family-run healthcare brand has developed some of the most recognisable health and wellbeing products sold in the UK, including Olbas Oil and Kalms.

Developing some of Britain’s best-loved medicines requires a huge team effort. To ensure collaboration is at the heart of GR Lane, the pharmaceuticals manufacturer has worked with DTP over the years to ensure its network is ready to empower and connect teams.

  • Industry
    Healthcare and pharmaceuticals

    Objective
    Refresh the networking environment to support new Wave 2 wireless standards

    IT Matters
    The integration of new solutions with existing ones, ease of deployment and the simplification of management

  • Approach
    Research into the various solutions networking vendors could provide to meet requirements

    Business Matters
    Avoid the risk of increased costs, an overall improvement in network reliability and faster Wi-Fi speeds for end-users.

  • THE CHALLENGE 

    Having worked with GR Lane since 2012, DTP already had a good relationship with the healthcare brand, and when approaching this task the primary goal was to research the various solutions networking vendors to see which would meet requirements.

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    After discussing his needs with DTP, IT Manager Jamie Hamblin learned about Aruba, a network platform that could operate alongside the existing infrastructure using the Aruba “Instant” mode, while offering a range of powerful Wave 2 access points. And as the Aruba platform would come from HPE and include support from DTP, Jamie knew it would be reliable and backed up with full technical assistance.

  • “Throughout our partnership with DTP, we’ve always known that if there was a problem, DTP would be there to fix it. They’ve always been available and looked after us and our equipment. We knew if we went with Aruba we could count on that level of support. We weren’t sure if we’d get the same treatment from Dell if we chose Aerohive.”

    Jamie Hamblin, IT Manager, GR Lane

THE SOLUTION

After just a week of testing, the Aruba platform was ready to go live. Since then, both Jamie’s team and other users at GR Lane have noticed significant improvements over the legacy wireless network.

The Aruba network platform has also enabled GR Lane to do entirely new things that would have been impossible on its previous MSM system.

  • “DTP was great at showing us not only the benefits of Aruba, but also how other businesses are using new features of the platform. One example is Bluetooth beacons. We can now put Bluetooth tokens in various company assets and track and manage them as they move around our complex – improving our security and reducing risk.”

    Jamie Hamblin, IT Manager, GR Lane

While GR Lane went to DTP for advice on current wireless network updates, they were also able to better understand how to futureproof their entire networking infrastructure.

DTP recommended security, network and guest management tools, such as Aruba ClearPass, as next steps for GR Lane. After rolling out Aruba and ClearPass, there are plenty of other investments GR Lane is now considering.

To learn more about DTP’s solutions or our wider partnership with GR Lane, get in touch with one of our experts today.

 

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