VIP-Retail
Business agility is important in every sector, but none more so than in retailing where geographically diverse locations in a fast moving environment accelerate the process of change. Against such a background having up to date information available greatly aids management decisions and can mean the difference between success and failure. To get this information means investing in IT and a communications network that can grow and adapt to changing business needs.
The Vodat solution
The VIP-Retail network connects a retailer’s head office with stores, warehouse and remote workers. This network is implemented as a Managed Private Network and is therefore secure and reliable - not subject to the vagaries of the Internet.
Our standard offering is DataStream, a fully meshed MPLS network. We provide a totally managed service where the network and all its components are pro-actively monitored on a 24/7 basis.
Benefits
The VIP-Retail network will provide a fixed cost, managed, communications network, significantly faster than PSTN or ISDN. This will vastly improve communications between stores and head office, and cut costs. Specifically it will:
- Enable faster card authorisation with data being routed via Head Office
- Reduce polling times and trickle feed of a range of in-store transaction data
- Allow the effective deployment of a company intranet
- Open up the opportunity to implement VOIP and free voice calls within your estate
- Above all the network enables you to think “outside the box” with a host of other applications not previously possible - CCTV, VoIP, E-learning etc.
To find out more about the Vodat retail network, download our fact sheet
