The new network has been designed, implemented and supported by Melbourne-based Solutionware Pty Ltd, a system integrator in the Australian pharmacies market.
The group decided to work with D-Link because its previous network infrastructure was not up to date, communication between stores did not exist and those that did link back to head office did not have a stable connection.
"We don't know how quickly Nova Pharmacies/Priceline will grow in the future, what we do know is that within the last eight years they have grown from two stores to 60. If in the next eight years they grow to 150 outlets or more we will have the capacity with the D-Link solution to handle that growth," said Sebastian Giacone, general manager for Solutionware.
The Solutionware team proposed a solution based on D-Link Green Ethernet Web Smart switches, Wireless ADSL2/2+ VPN Routers and an Integrated VPN Firewall.
D-Link DSL-G804V Wireless ADSL2/2+ VPN Routers were installed at every store and a DFL-800 Integrated VPN Firewall at the head office in Melbourne to create a VPN (virtual private network) tunnel connecting all the outlets.
Within each store, VPN Routers connect to D-Link DGS-1216T Green Ethernet 16-port Web Smart gigabit switches.
At the national head office two D-Link DGS-3100-48 48-port Managed Layer 2 Gigabit Stackable Switches connect the internal network to the externally-connected DFL-800 Integrated VPN Firewall.
With the new networking solution, all the outlets are connected to the head office, allowing the transmission of confidential data including time clock data for around 1000 staff.
Applications such as payroll and time clock synchronisation are also centrally managed.
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