Never has the selection and preparation of your technology infrastructure been more important when building a new retail store.  Yet most owners treat this critical area as an after-thought by asking their electrician, their phone vendor, or an untrained employee to install low voltage cabling, and grossly underestimating the number of network jacks required throughout the building.  Literally everything in your business these days requires Internet access:  equipment, servers, printers, point-of-sale stations, computers, phones and security cameras are examples.  Wired networks are the safest and most robust way to connect devices to your network.  However, reliable wireless networks are also needed for handheld devices, tablets and laptop computers.

Your network should be designed in a segmented fashion so the PCI-compliant network, over which credit card data is transmitted, is separated from other networked devices used by your employees.  Any wireless connection to the PCI network must be secured with a VPN tunnel.  Your store may also want to have a separate guest network for vendors or other partners to use, as well as a separate public network where your customers can connect to use the latest self-service apps on their smartphones.  All of these considerations should be designed into the network when the store is being built.

DilSe.IT takes a holistic view of each retail business and designs your network infrastructure to last 10+ years without modification.  Network cabling and installation meets or exceeds all building codes, and we utilize commercial-grade wireless networks that offer maximum security.  Our elegant, functional equipment racks, network switches and punch-down panels are color-coded and labeled for easy troubleshooting or expansion down-the-road.  Remote monitoring capabilities allow DilSe.IT to know if there is a problem immediately – often before you do – which minimizes the impact of any downtime events. 

The time to think about your network is at the start of any new retail project, whether it is a new store or a remodel.  To get started right, contact us at sales@dilse.it