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How we've helped businesses build more reliable networks.

Anonymized, representative engagements across retail, healthcare, warehouses, hospitality, manufacturing, and office environments in North Carolina and Texas. Each case shows the problem, the deployed solution, and measurable outcomes. Names are withheld at the client's request; numbers and configurations are real.

100+Sites supported
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2States covered
/ 01MULTI-SITENCRetail

Standardizing 14 retail locations on a single network template across North Carolina

A regional specialty retailer with 14 stores across NC was running a different network at every site — three different firewall vendors, mixed switching, no documentation. We replaced the patchwork with a single Cisco Meraki template.

Measured outcomes

Branch open time
From 3 weeks → 2 days
Mean time to recover
From 4 hours → 18 minutes
Vendor count
From 5 → 1 (Meraki)

Technology stack

  • Cisco Meraki MX
  • MS switching
  • MR access points
  • MV cameras

Related

Multi-site standards Retail industry Cisco Meraki
/ 02SEGMENTATIONNCHealthcare

Privacy-aware network segmentation for a multi-location healthcare clinic

A four-location clinic group needed clinical, guest, IoT, and surveillance traffic separated cleanly — and a documentation trail their compliance officer could actually audit. We built a segmentation plan and deployed it across all four sites.

Measured outcomes

VLANs added
From 1 (flat) → 5 (segmented)
Clinical bandwidth
No more guest-WiFi contention
Audit prep time
From days → hours

Technology stack

  • Fortinet FortiGate
  • FortiSwitch
  • FortiAP

Related

Segmentation Healthcare Fortinet
/ 03WIRELESSTXWarehouses

Eliminating scanner roaming dead zones across a 220,000 sq ft Texas distribution center

A Texas distribution center had a wireless system designed for an office — 16 ceiling APs in a high-rack environment. Scanner roaming was failing constantly, dropping pick lists. We re-engineered the wireless from scratch.

Measured outcomes

Scanner roaming failures
From dozens/hour → 0
AP count
From 16 → 32 (industrial)
Pick list dropouts
Eliminated

Technology stack

  • Cisco Catalyst 9100 APs
  • Catalyst 9300 switching
  • 802.11r/k/v fast roaming

Related

Business WiFi Warehouses Cisco
/ 04GUEST WIFITXHospitality

Property-wide guest WiFi redesign for a Texas resort with 180 guest rooms

Guest WiFi reviews were the #1 driver of negative scores at a Texas resort. We surveyed every floor, deployed per-room APs with seamless roaming, and built a branded captive portal with tiered bandwidth.

Measured outcomes

WiFi-related guest complaints
Down 87%
Coverage
100% of rooms + outdoor amenities
Back-of-house impact
Fully isolated

Technology stack

  • Aruba Instant On
  • Captive portal
  • Outdoor mesh

Related

Guest networks Hospitality Aruba
/ 05OT/ITNCManufacturing

OT/IT segmentation rollout at a North Carolina manufacturer

A North Carolina manufacturer was running production HMIs on the same flat network as the office. We built an OT/IT segmentation strategy with industrial firewalls, dedicated camera VLAN, and OT-aware policy.

Measured outcomes

Production network exposure
Eliminated
Camera bandwidth contention
Resolved
Documented config baseline
Established

Technology stack

  • Palo Alto NGFW
  • Cisco Catalyst
  • Industrial-grade APs

Related

Segmentation Manufacturing Palo Alto
/ 06OFFICE BUILDTXOffices

New 28,000 sq ft office network deployment for a Texas tech firm

A growing Texas tech firm needed a complete network build for a new office — wired, wireless, firewall, conference rooms, and security cameras. We delivered the project end-to-end on a 6-week timeline.

Measured outcomes

Day-one readiness
All 80 desks + 12 conference rooms
Wireless density
Sized for 250 concurrent devices
Cabling
320 drops, 100% labeled

Technology stack

  • Cisco Meraki
  • UniFi switches
  • UniFi Protect cameras

Related

Routing & switching Offices Cisco Meraki
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