ISDN to Dual Media Migration made easy

Sarian Systems have the perfect solution for company’s who are looking for the simplest and most reliable method of migrating from ISDN to a high speed ADSL solution.

Many retailers have stayed loyal to their ISDN lines for as long as possible for fear of disrupting their business critical functions such as EPOS, which often relies upon a serial port connection on their ISDN Router or Terminal Adaptor. Sarian ADSL products support both serial and IP connections meaning retailers can continue to use their legacy equipment and upgrade to IP based card machines, should they wish to in the future.

Sarian routers also have the ability to identify the different types of traffic being sent thus they can distribute accordingly. For example, all EPOS information transmitted over broadband now has to be encapsulated in SSL (Secure Socket layer) protocol. Another example might be CCTV footage which is usually sent via a secure VPN (Virtual Private Network) to a control centre. Sarian devices can simultaneously manage and direct multiple data sources and even prioritise functions according to bandwidth availability.

The risk of channelling all communication links through a single network is something which Sarian aims to eliminate; A major network provider’s ADSL network recently went down in Harrogate for an entire Saturday. Even with best intentions from the provider, the knock on effect for businesses reliant on ADSL supported EPOS facilities was critical, in many cases stores might as well have just closed for the day. Consequently Sarian devices can be specified with built-in mobile GPRS/3G/HSDPA that can support similar speeds to their wired broadband solutions meaning in such instances it’s business as usual. The router can even be setup to send a text message to the company IT department to inform them that the network is down and the router has automatically switched to a mobile network such as 3G or HSDPA. It will even switch back when the ADSL is back up- keeping costs to a minimum.

To find out more about how Sarian, Secure Retail and Mobius Networks can help you build a robust and cost effective Dual Media network please contact us on enq@mobiusnetworks.co.uk