Changing Networks

 

The dilema that customer’s face. Do you go out to market for a new network and face disruption or stay with the current provider and hope you are getting the best deal available?

Listen to what NyNet have achieved in the North of England.

 

 

Can You change Network Supplier easily?

by Innopsis | The Innopsis Podcast

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Host

Lynne Magennis

Innopsis

Guests

 

Zoe Oxley

NyNet

Ben Mutch

NyNet

About the Episode

 

In the world of data networks, there tends to be a common perception that the transition of network services from one provider to another leads to problems.

 

Once installed, most networks run smoothly. It’s in the installation of new services that delays and outages are expected to happen.

 

Is this borne out by experience or is it a rumour spread by the current providers of services to dissuade customers from moving? 

Is this based on recent experience or is this based on when the network was last provisioned five or seven years ago. Has the process got better?

 

This episode of the Innopsis podcast looks at the recent experience with an SME provider based in Harrogate, North Yorkshire regarding their experience of migrating 500 health customers from the old NHS N3 network to the new HSCN model. Lynne Magennis talks to Ben Mutch and Zoe Oxley from Nynet about their experience.

At the of each year Innopsis renews its Directors. Three Directors step down and elections are held. This year, Kelvin Prescott has decided to leave his Innopsis post, as his work commitments at Telefonica are taking him away from the Government marketplace.

 

In this episode, Richard Barnes talks to Kelvin about his time at Innopsis; what he gained from the experience and what he has seen change during his time within the Public Sector. Kelvin also shares with us, his thoughts of the future.

Kelvin talks about Smart Cities, HSCN, Collaboration between Public Sector and Industry, the impact of the Carillon collapse, the rate of technology change and more.

In this episode, Des Ward is joined by Mike Barlow and Phil Siveter from Nokia. The conversation covers :-

* SDN, is it hype or better,

* Smart Cities: how Smart do they need to be or is it just in understanding the needs?

plus the need for more and better infrastructure across the whole of the UK to enable new technology, save the Public Sector money and improve the services to the citizen.  On top of that, helping local SME businesses to flourish.

We've got to think transformationally and at scale, if we're gonna deliver a really smart cities that can competitive on a global scale

Topics covered

* 0:11 Introduction

* 1:00 Overview of Nokia

* 3:28 SDN Potential

* 5:35 Skill Requirement

* 6:35 Network Investment

* 7:43 Smart City business Case

* 9:57 Carrier Neutral Fibre Networks

* 10:44 Information Governance Requirements

* 12:46 5G Devices

* 16:30 Upgrading Infrastructure to support Smart Cities

* 19:30 Does SDN provide savings?

* 20:39 Advice for Suppliers and Customers

* 22:46 End

 

Two and a half years ago, the government digital service put on their blog that the "Internet is Ok".

What does that do to the Public Services Network? What security model, and WAN model are we going to see in the near future?

None of us actually know the answers to those questions yet, including GDS, but they've already started work to define what the future Public Services Network will look like, through their initiative called The Future Network for Governments (FN4G).

The FN4G consultation is supporting the initial blog that the Government and Public Sector should abandon Wide Area Networks and adopt the Internet for its connectivity. To facilitate this, a Zero Trust model is proposed where irrespective of the connection, all connections and transactions should be treated equally as untrusted.

To draw a parallel in the physical world, we are used to guards and checkpoints on the entrance to our buildings. This removes a lot of the threats of outsiders being present in the building.However, we also ask all the people inside to wear identity badges and carry swipe cards for access, thus ensuring that if the first line of defence is breached, the second layer will catch the bad guys.

Similarly, in the IT world, just because someone is on a network, it does not mean we should trust them. This is where Zero Trust comes in. The most popular manifestation of Zero Trust is the Software Defined Perimeter. This allows the data owner to set the perimeter of what and where they find acceptable trust for users.

The 'Zero Trust' concept has been around for some time, however it was just a concept until Google decided to provide BeyondCorp for its own internal Network. This relied on near real time knowledge of all users, their devices and location to define what resources can be consumed for that session.

In this podcast, Paul German from Certes Networks, an Innopsis member, explains Zero Trust from the viewpoint of a Security Vendor and provides his view of the future of networks.

A white paper on Zero Trust Networking is available here

Of course, organisations don't use networks just for security, as explored in the podcast 'Why buy a WAN?", there are other issues such as Availability, Accountability, SLA;s, Latency and more. However, the adoption of a Zero Trust Security model across Government provides greater flexibility and combined with Software Defied Networking, should provide greater productivity for all workers.

PSN was developed to address a problem in the Public Sector where organisations were not able to interoperate and collaborate. When Zero Trust offerings are able to federate and common open standards are created, we can see this as being a de facto standard for the UK Government, Public Sector and Private Sector to adopt.

Two and a half years ago, the government digital service put on their blog that the "Internet is Ok".

What does that do to the Public Services Network? What security model, and WAN model are we going to see in the near future?

None of us actually know the answers to those questions yet, including GDS, but they've already started work to define what the future Public Services Network will look like, through their initiative called The Future Network for Governments (FN4G).

The FN4G consultation is supporting the initial blog that the Government and Public Sector should abandon Wide Area Networks and adopt the Internet for its connectivity. To facilitate this, a Zero Trust model is proposed where irrespective of the connection, all connections and transactions should be treated equally as untrusted.

To draw a parallel in the physical world, we are used to guards and checkpoints on the entrance to our buildings. This removes a lot of the threats of outsiders being present in the building.However, we also ask all the people inside to wear identity badges and carry swipe cards for access, thus ensuring that if the first line of defence is breached, the second layer will catch the bad guys.

Similarly, in the IT world, just because someone is on a network, it does not mean we should trust them. This is where Zero Trust comes in. The most popular manifestation of Zero Trust is the Software Defined Perimeter. This allows the data owner to set the perimeter of what and where they find acceptable trust for users.

The 'Zero Trust' concept has been around for some time, however it was just a concept until Google decided to provide BeyondCorp for its own internal Network. This relied on near real time knowledge of all users, their devices and location to define what resources can be consumed for that session.

In this podcast, Paul German from Certes Networks, an Innopsis member, explains Zero Trust from the viewpoint of a Security Vendor and provides his view of the future of networks.

A white paper on Zero Trust Networking is available here

Of course, organisations don't use networks just for security, as explored in the podcast 'Why buy a WAN?", there are other issues such as Availability, Accountability, SLA;s, Latency and more. However, the adoption of a Zero Trust Security model across Government provides greater flexibility and combined with Software Defied Networking, should provide greater productivity for all workers.

PSN was developed to address a problem in the Public Sector where organisations were not able to interoperate and collaborate. When Zero Trust offerings are able to federate and common open standards are created, we can see this as being a de facto standard for the UK Government, Public Sector and Private Sector to adopt.

Two and a half years ago, the government digital service put on their blog that the “Internet is Ok“.

What does that do to the Public Services Network? What security model, and WAN model are we going to see in the near future?

None of us actually know the answers to those questions yet, including GDS, but they’ve already started work to define what the future Public Services Network will look like, through their initiative called The Future Network for Governments (FN4G).

The FN4G consultation is supporting the initial blog that the Government and Public Sector should abandon Wide Area Networks and adopt the Internet for its connectivity. To facilitate this, a Zero Trust model is proposed where irrespective of the connection, all connections and transactions should be treated equally as untrusted.

To draw a parallel in the physical world, we are used to guards and checkpoints on the entrance to our buildings. This removes a lot of the threats of outsiders being present in the building.However, we also ask all the people inside to wear identity badges and carry swipe cards for access, thus ensuring that if the first line of defence is breached, the second layer will catch the bad guys.

Similarly, in the IT world, just because someone is on a network, it does not mean we should trust them. This is where Zero Trust comes in. The most popular manifestation of Zero Trust is the Software Defined Perimeter. This allows the data owner to set the perimeter of what and where they find acceptable trust for users.

The ‘Zero Trust’ concept has been around for some time, however it was just a concept until Google decided to provide BeyondCorp for its own internal Network. This relied on near real time knowledge of all users, their devices and location to define what resources can be consumed for that session.

In this podcast, Paul German from Certes Networks, an Innopsis member, explains Zero Trust from the viewpoint of a Security Vendor and provides his view of the future of networks.

A white paper on Zero Trust Networking is available here

Of course, organisations don’t use networks just for security, as explored in the podcast ‘Why buy a WAN?“, there are other issues such as Availability, Accountability, SLA;s, Latency and more. However, the adoption of a Zero Trust Security model across Government provides greater flexibility and combined with Software Defied Networking, should provide greater productivity for all workers.

PSN was developed to address a problem in the Public Sector where organisations were not able to interoperate and collaborate. When Zero Trust offerings are able to federate and common open standards are created, we can see this as being a de facto standard for the UK Government, Public Sector and Private Sector to adopt.