Designing data networks has never been simple. Today, there is so much technology available that there are just too many choices. The old adage that no one ever got fired by buying (insert networking vendor here) may still rule, but times are changing. DataLogic International Network Services provide turnkey network design and implementation services, and if you require a competitive procurement, we can manage that process for you as a management partner and not a bidder. First, we evaluate your network needs through a rigorous analysis of your business, your current requirements and forecasted applications needs. We characterize your environment by constructing a model that helps you understand the bandwidth, response time and availability needs of each application. Second, we determine your near term and long term network requirements by investigating what is changing and where you're going. We interview the people you identify as customers of your network both inside and outside your organization to learn from them how they view the "network" and their specific needs. We deliver a Requirements Analysis that becomes the basis for a new design. Third, we build a vendor-neutral model of the new environment based on the Requirements Analysis. This model is and represents the data flows required to meet the requirements. Finally, the network design creates the specific implementation to meet the requirements. Depending on your desired approach, we can deliver the design with detailed bills of material, project plans and proceed to implement it. If you choose the competitive approach, we can prepare the Request for Procurement and manage the process for you. After vendor selection, we can continue to support your project with project management and independent verification and validation services to ensure the job gets done right.