ICAP

Client
A global energy broker providing specialist intermediary execution and clearing services for base and precious metals, emission credits, crude oil and oil products, electricity, natural gas, coal, freight and weather derivatives in ten centers throughout the world.

Challenge
Like many multi-location enterprises, the client wanted a less expensive and more productive means to communicate internally. Since their employees were constantly connected and working with commodity sales, they required a communications partner that not only provided a reliable, quality service, but could do it under budget.

Solution
Managed MPLS WAN with a Cisco–based network infrastructure and desktop IP phones, fully managed voice services and a unified threat management solution.

Benefits
Where other carriers told the client what they had, Smoothstone asked what the client wanted and then delivered it. Smoothstone provided a complete network infrastructure quickly and easily, finishing the process a few weeks ahead of schedule. Now, the client enjoys a scalable, reliable communications infrastructure and has worked with Smoothstone since to add on new hosted applications, like our unified threat management solution.