Overview The University Hospital of the West Indies is an internationally recognized medical facility with 579 beds which continues to facilitate …
Overview Access Financial Services Limited was established in 2000 and listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in …
Overview FirstRock Capital Holdings Limited (FCH) is an IBC incorporated in and under the laws of St. Lucia. FCH is …
Overview General Accident Insurance Limited is an insurance company offering insurance to businesses and consumers, that operates in Jamaica, Trinidad …
Overview Tony Thwaites Wing The University Hospital of the West Indies Private Wing —known affectionately as the Tony Thwaites Wing— …
Overview Kingston Wharves Limited operates multipurpose port terminal in the Caribbean. It engages in the operation of public wharves and …
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 Kingston Wharves Limited operates multipurpose port terminal in the Caribbean. It engages in the operation of public wharves and logistics facilities. The company also rents and repairs cold storage facilities; and provides security and property rental services. In addition, it offers verified gross mass services for full container load shipment, and transshipment services. Its port terminal provides a range of cargo handling and logistics services, including mooring and unmooring of vessels; stevedoring; equipment rental; stripping and stuffing of containers; and storage and warehousing. | Kingston Wharves needed a network to support the new ultra-modern Total logistic hub that was built to support the Jamaican governments vision to create a global transshipment hub to fuel economic growth and development. The project requirements included a local area network to support staff and encourage productivity by facilitating wired and wireless connectivity for servers and IoT devices. They also required a mesh Wi-Fi network providing ubiquitous access to tablet PCs and RFIDs used to maintain inventory tracking within the 160,000 Square feet all while keeping security at the forefront of the solution. | Salus was hired by Kingston Wharves based on our proven track record to deliver innovative standards-based solutions backed by best in class engineering expertise and professionalism to design, plan and implement a Cisco based routing, switching and security infrastructure. Ongoing optimization and seasonal network management is also a key part of the offering. The solution was implemented within schedule and allocated budget by our certified network engineers and installers. | Improved network scalability Network resilience – Multiple dynamic network paths 99.99% network uptime Ease of management - single pain of glass across the entire network 100% Wi-Fi network coverage in the warehouse – Zero dead zones |
| Tony Thwaites Wing The University Hospital of the West Indies Private Wing —known affectionately as the Tony Thwaites Wing— is a 54 bed non-profit healthcare facility and is the private wing of the University Hospital of the West Indies (UHWI), the largest public hospital in Jamaica and the largest teaching hospital in the region.
The Wing is well regarded as the premier facility within Jamaica and | The UHWI Private wing had a disparate IT infrastructure with some aged infrastructure. They were also embarking on the implementation of a Health Information Management (HIMS) system as a pilot alongside the UHWI hospital. The HIMS project necessitated the modernization of their network, Wireless and server infrastructure. Secondarily, the hospital needed to employ systems with the requisite scalability that would allow them to integrate other types of medical technologies seamlessly without having to rip and replace equipment. | UHWI Private Wing partnered with Salus to assess their current infrastructure and provide a plan to transform the technology systems to allow the hospital to employ modern technologies such IoT devices used in healthcare and portable devices, tablets, and wall Carts. Salus designed, planned, implemented, and optimized a detailed solution stack providing ubiquitous Wi-Fi connectivity across the entire facility along with next generation firewalls to improve security. Salus also upgraded the server infrastructure and implemented cloud backup and disaster recovery. | Improved network stability and scalability Improved staff productivity Improved availability (99.99% uptime) Ubiquitous Wi-Fi network coverage Compliance and security |
| General Accident Insurance Limited is an insurance company offering insurance to businesses and consumers, that operates in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados. GENAC offers a wide range of services to include auto insurance, property insurance, travel insurance and other insurance. | General Accident Insurance Company had outlined the need for a solution to meet the following business requirements: • Build a regional network connecting all three markets to include Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados with Jamaica being the hub • Increase business efficiency through IT optimization and standardization across the network • Improved end to end network security facilitating secure communications across the wide area network regionally • Implement a scalable solution allowing the organization to grow organically without having to fully replace any components to add additional staff or computing systems • Structured network for ease of management through a single pane of glass • Implement IT infrastructure that supports all functionality required to achieve industry compliance (such as PCI DSS) Needed a provider manage their network allowing them to focus on their core business | Salus was hired by GENAC based on our proven track record to deliver innovative standards-based solutions backed by best-in-class engineering expertise and professionalism to design, plan and implement and manage. Ongoing optimization and network management are also a key part of the offering. The solution was implemented within schedule and allocated budget by our certified network engineers and installers. The Fortinet security fabric was deployed across General Accident’s wide area network spanning across Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados and Miami providing superior protection against sophisticated threats such as malware and botnets.The solution was also designed with redundancy should the main site operations become unavailable due to a disaster such as network outage, power failure, sabotage or act of God. | The main benefits of the solution include: • • Broad visibility and protection across the network with real-time visibility across all devices and applications • • Integrated detection and response to advance threats by streamlining communications among the different security solutions, thus reducing detection and remediation timelines • • Automated operation and analytics through a single pane of glass facilitating coordinated automated response and resolution to threats detected anywhere across your extended network • • Designed with modularity and scalability in mind – Allowing for easy network expansion or realignment by adding or rearranging the required components rather than having to completely replace assets. • A fully interconnected Wide-Area Network across all regional locations integrating data, voice and video communications amongst branch offices. This allows all locations to appear as a single network from a user standpoint whilst maintaining a high security posture•Reduced operational expenditure through consolidation of technical network functionality and lower support costs than the existing Cisco equipment •Proactive management, fault management, incident resolution and reporting |
| Access Financial Services Limited was established in 2000 and listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange in 2009. Access is one of the premier providers of loans to Jamaica’s Microfinance Sector. Access provides both personal and business loans island-wide through a retail network of seventeen (17) branches. The company’s head office is located at 41B Half-Way Tree Road, Kingston 5.
Since inception, Access has disbursed more than J$9 billion in loans. The company contributes significantly to the Microfinance Sector, the development of which is essential to job creation and economic growth. The company’s micro business clients operate in all major sectors of the economy, including Service, Manufacturing, Trading and Agriculture.Solution | Access Financial Services outlined the need for the solution to meet the following business requirements: • Increase business efficiency through IT optimization and standardization • Improved end to end network security facilitating secure communications across the wide area network • Implement a scalable solution allowing the organization to grow organically without having to fully replace any components to add additional staff or computing systems • Structured network for ease of management through a single pane of glass • Implement an IT infrastructure that supports all functionality required to achieve industry compliance (such as PCI DSS) • Reducing communication network operating costs | Broad visibility and protection across the network with real-time visibility across all devices and applications. Integrated detection and response to advance threats by streamlining communications among the different security solutions, thus shrinking detection and remediation timelines. Automated operation and analytics through a single pane of glass facilitating coordinated automated response and resolution to threats detected anywhere across your extended network. Network redundancy, higher capacity WAN bandwidth, and the use of multiple WAN connection types through SD-WAN technology | Enabling remote sites to securely access Cloud services without the need to backhaul traffic through the Head Office Internet connecting using SD-WAN technology Reducing networking operating cost by substituting expensive site to site VPN circuits with cheaper Internet services to interconnect remote site using SD-WAN technology |
| FirstRock Capital Holdings Limited (FCH) is an IBC incorporated in and under the laws of St. Lucia. FCH is an investment holding company, with a core focus on real estate and private equity investments. FCH deploys its capital for the ultimate benefit of Shareholders. | FirstRock, as a startup investment firm, required a professional outsource IT provider to handle all their technology and security requirements. The Firstrock management team indicated that their main business focus was to create value for investors by investing in key areas such as real estate and not on managing non-core functions such as their IT infrastructure. | Firstrock partnered with Salus to embark on a digital transformation project to implement key infrastructure required for their unique business model. Salus also employed systems to enhance productivity and overall Cyber Security. Salus provides day to day user helpdesk support, Infrastructure management, IT security, backup and disaster recovery, IT Policy development, Business continuity planning and strategic IT planning. | • Improved staff productivity • IT Network scalability and stability • Compliance & security • Data protection • Compliance and security |
| The University Hospital of the West Indies is an internationally recognized medical facility with 579 beds which continues to facilitate the clinical training of health care professionals. This type A regional referral hospital has over time expanded its services to meet the health needs of the region. Cutting edge technology is used in the provision of services thus ensuring excellence in teaching, research and patient care. | The UHWI was embarking on a major modernization project to improve patient care through the implementation of the Health Information Management Systems (HIMS). The project involved digitization of the hospital’s operations and the eventual migration away from paper records. This involved utilizing HIMS for the entire health management cycle such as appointment, prescriptions and electronic medical records. In order to facilitate digitisation, the hospital needed to modernize and standardise the existing network. The network contained unsuitable, disparate technologies. They experienced frequent outages and was difficult to manage. | At the network layer, Salus planned, designed and implemented a hybrid network consisting of Cisco, Cisco Meraki and Fortinet equipment. We also implemented a server cluster architecture and network attached storage to facilitate storage and archiving of patient imaging and surveillance data. The hospital now boasts a solid local area network with 802.11AC Wi-Fi network supporting wireless medical carts, patient monitors, digital displays and guest access. The system is also designed to support a planned baby monitoring system to prevent child theft. Salus also implemented cloud storage and managed desktop solutions | Improved network scalability Network resilience – Multiple dynamic network paths 99.99% network uptime Ease of management - single pain of glass across the entire network 100% Wi-Fi coverage in targeted areas |
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