Managed Cisco Networks

Advantages of Managed Network Services from Qube

✓ Firmware Upgrades
At a mutually agreed schedule or time (out of business hours)

✓ Firewalls
Cisco ASA firewalls (high-availability pairs)

✓ IP Routing
Static routing, BGP, OSPF

✓ Switching
STP, VTP, high-availability Layer-2 architectures

✓ Load-balancing
Layer 4 & 7 load-balancing, SSL termination, high-availability pairs

✓ Leased lines and Metro Ethernet circuits
Ordering, line quality monitoring, Internet access and transit

✓ Multi-site IP VPN architectures
Secure access for your staff at the office, on the road, overseas or home workers

✓ 24/7 proactive network monitoring
All managed devices are proactively monitored

✓ Network device backups
Backup of device configurations, allowing quick recovery and business continuity

State-of-the-art Managed Cisco Networks

Qube offers fully managed network services in all of our data centres. We make use of Cisco equipment extensively and our standard managed network devices are the Cisco ASA Firewall and Cisco Catalyst Switch product lines. These devices are extremely reliable and scalable.

In-depth Managed Network Services

Our managed IP network team consists of experienced, Cisco certified engineers who will design, deliver and manage your solution from start to finish. Changes are as simple as having your named technical contacts open a support ticket. You get access to quality Cisco networking products and advanced networking skills, without the need to employ dedicated network engineers. Think of us as your dedicated IP engineering team, all of the skills, knowledge and advice your business needs, at a fraction of the cost.

Advanced Network Management and Monitoring

We keep a stock of full spares on-site so that in the unlikely event of a failure, we can simply swap out the affected hardware. Your managed network equipment is connected to a secure out-of-band management network for easy access and troubleshooting should the unlikely occur.

Managed IP VPN Services:

Qube offers fully managed IP VPN services to our hosted customers.
IP VPN services allow for secure network communications over the Internet using standards based encryption protocols.

We can securely connect your remote sites and offices to your Qube hosting environment using IPsec VPN connections.
Traffic is transported over the Internet using encrypted tunnels between Cisco firewalls to ensure privacy and security.

Additionally, we can deploy remote access VPN's to allow your remote or home-based workers,
travelling staff or other users who require mobile but secure access to company resources.
Qube network engineers will design, manage and monitor your IP VPN services from start to finish

Enterprise Virtual Load-Balancer Appliances:

Qube's VMware cloud server customers have the option to go completely virtual from start to finish by using a new, highly cost-effective load balancer product from Loadbalancer.org. These virtual machines are VMware certified and are the perfect addition to any high-traffic web site solution that requires load balancing.

The appliances have all the functionality of a traditional hardware bound device, with the flexibility of virtualisation.
Qube can host a pair of Loadbalancer.org Enterprise V Appliances in clustered mode on our cloud platform for additional high-availability protection of your site. These VM load balancers feature Layer 4 and 7 multi-protocol traffic balancing capabilities - with SSL termination as standard