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PSBA Collateral - 23rd March 2010

PSBA Collateral - 23rd March 2009

PSBA has a range of collateral that provides an overview of PSBA, its history, benefits, how PSBA addresses the Public Sector needs, an overview of PSBA services and a case study on Countryside Council for Wales, the first non-founding partner of PSBA.

‘Services’

Click here to view the English version or click here for the Welsh version.

PSBA provides a portfolio of services to meet a diverse range of needs from small groups with relatively simple requirements, to very large communities requiring complex and varied network services.

The PSBA network is a virtualised, flexible, scalable, information platform helping those in the public sector to deliver the best services at the best price to the people of Wales.

Core network services

Bandwidth from 1Mbps to 1Gbps
Technical advice and capacity planning
Internet Access
Gateway Services to third party networks
IP multicast capability
Domain Name System (DNS) Services and domain registry
Content Filtering to meet the Internet Watch Foundation standards
Secure connections to shared resources and to enable shared services
Support and fault resolution service

All the services described are subject to a detailed monthly report outlining performance against the Service Level Agreement. In most cases, end-users have the option of requesting additional features at an agreed cost.

Advanced network services

The PSBA network, in addition to the core network services can provide:

Managed Firewall service
Local NAT services
Enhanced Content Filtering
Greater Resilience
Custom Resilience Requirements
Local VPN termination services
Support for Protectively Marked traffic up to IL3 (RESTRICTED)

Professional services

To maximise the benefits of PSBA a growing number of additional services are available;

Technical advice, including detailed capacity planning
Advice on the implementation of Voice over IP (VoIP)
Implementation of video-conferencing
Advice on the use and implementation of an unified communication system.

New services

Over time, the range of services offered through the PSBA portfolio will increase. This will help organisations with local voice and video projects; data storage and co-location requirements and other network related projects.