Tiscali, the broadband, telephone and media company, has partnered with IT services provider Wirebird to deliver an IPVPN solution for John Laing, one of the UK's leading investors, developers and operators of public sector infrastructure projects. Wirebird is managing the network roll-out across 37 John Laing sites under construction and management.
John Laing is currently using the network to exchange data between sites at various stages of completion.
When the company wins a new project it sets up a temporary site which becomes a working project site with many employees. Once the construction of the project is complete John Laing then manages the site for a period of usually around 25 years.
All sites are using the communications network for email exchange and Citrix access and all John Laing employees can access their desktop remotely from any of the 37 sites.