OT Network Consulting
OT Network Consulting
Supporting You at Every Stage of the Design Process
Vernetzen offers comprehensive OT network consulting that fits seamlessly into the overall design and delivery process for complex network infrastructure. We can be engaged at various levels, from strategic high-level consulting to detailed network architecture and design.
Our flexibility allows us to support your business through full-time engagements, project-specific work, or retainer-based consulting depending on your operational needs.
Here’s how Vernetzen can integrate into and support each stage of your network design process:
Strategic High-Level Network Consultancy
Network Architecture
Network Design and Engineering
Establish The Vision
Strategic High-Level Network Consultancy
In the early stages of network development, having a clear vision of how your network will support your business goals is critical. Vernetzen provides strategic consulting to help your organisation:
Align network infrastructure with business objectives
We begin by understanding your operational requirements, safety needs, and long-term goals, whether it’s improving productivity, increasing automation, or enhancing safety. Our strategic consulting ensures that your network infrastructure is designed to support these key objectives.
Technology roadmaps and futureproofing
We assess your current network capabilities and create a roadmap for upgrading and scaling your OT network. This includes planning for future technologies like AI-driven processes, IoT devices, and increased automation, ensuring your network is scalable and adaptable.
Compliance and risk management
We provide high-level guidance on how to ensure your network meets industry regulations, safety protocols, and cybersecurity requirements, all while maintaining operational efficiency and resilience.
Reliable Wi-Fi Coverage
Network Architecture
Wi-Fi Over Coax (WoC), combined with leaky feeder coaxial cables, offers a superior alternative that directly addresses these challenges. The Vernetzen WoC system enables reliable Wi-Fi coverage over long distances, even in harsh and complex environments, without requiring the excessive infrastructure or handover mechanisms of traditional systems.
- High-performance network infrastructure: We design the architecture for high-bandwidth, low-latency environments, ensuring that critical systems—such as vehicle automation, teleremoting, and real-time process controls—are supported with the necessary throughput and reliability.
- Redundancy and failover: We build networks with multiple layers of redundancy to ensure uptime in critical systems. By integrating redundant connections, failover protocols, and real-time monitoring, we help minimise the risk of downtime or disruptions in operations.
- Security integration: Our network architecture includes multi-layered cybersecurity, customised to protect OT systems from both internal and external threats. We focus on segmenting IT and OT systems where necessary and ensuring secure access protocols for remote operations.
- Scalability and flexibility: Vernetzen’s architecture ensures that the network can scale as your operations grow, with the flexibility to accommodate new technologies such as AI, automation, and IoT in future phases of development.
Design the Framework
Network Design and Engineering
The network design phase is where we translate the architectural framework into a detailed and actionable plan. This is the hands-on phase where Vernetzen provides specific designs for network devices, connections, and deployment:
Detailed network mapping
We produce detailed network maps that define where routers, switches, access points, and cables will be placed, ensuring optimal coverage, bandwidth allocation, and redundancy.
Equipment and vendor selection
Based on the network requirements, we provide impartial advice on the most suitable hardware and software to support your network. We can recommend the best solutions from any vendor unless we have an upfront agreement to use Vernetzen hardware, ensuring you receive the most appropriate technology for your needs.
Wi-Fi Over Coax (WoC) and leaky feeder solutions
Vernetzen’s design process includes advanced solutions like Wi-Fi over Coax (WoC) with leaky feeder cables, which provide consistent and reliable connectivity in complex environments such as underground mines and tunnels. Our design ensures seamless handovers, high throughput, and low-latency performance.
Configuration and testing protocols
Vernetzen provides configuration guidelines for all network devices, ensuring they are set up according to best practices and the specific requirements of your network. We also develop testing protocols to ensure the network is performing to specifications before full-scale deployment.
Engage Your Way
Flexible Engagement Models
Vernetzen offers a variety of flexible engagement models to suit your project needs:
Full-Time Engagement
For large-scale projects requiring end-to-end consultancy, we can be engaged full-time to support the entire lifecycle of network design and implementation. This is ideal for long-term or complex installations where strategic oversight, architecture, and design phases all require continuous collaboration.
Project Delivery Focus
For more focused work, we can be engaged on a project basis to deliver specific components of the network, such as architectural design or deployment of Wi-Fi Over Coax systems. We tailor our involvement to deliver specific outcomes efficiently and effectively.
Retainer-Based Consultancy
For clients needing ongoing access to our expertise, we offer retainer models that provide flexible support over time. This is ideal for clients who need regular consultation, network audits, or incremental upgrades but do not require full-time engagement.
Contact Us
Unlock seamless OT network solutions tailored to your needs
Contact us today at 1300 781 218 to explore how Vernetzen’s expert consulting can optimise and future-proof your infrastructure. Call now to discuss your project or schedule a consultation!