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Everything your network needs, from the first design to the 3am call.

We are vendor-neutral and take no commission from suppliers, so our advice is in your interest. Most clients start with one of these services and add others as trust grows.

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Managed networks

Long-term operation of your core and edge network and the services around it, 24/7. This is the heart of what we do.

Our flagship service

Managed core & edge networks

We design, build and run your core and edge network as if it were our own, with our level-3 engineers on call around the clock. You concentrate on customers, products and growth.

How it works →
  • Core and edge network design, build and operation
  • Transit, peering and IXP connectivity, including vendor management
  • Authoritative and recursive DNS, NTP, AAA/RADIUS, route reflectors
  • DDoS mitigation and routing security (RPKI, filtering)
  • 24/7/365 monitoring, alerting, ticketed helpdesk and on-call engineers
  • Documentation, IPAM, dashboards and graphing you can see
  • Regular service reporting and architecture reviews
24/7 NOC & incident managementA round-the-clock NOC with a ticketed helpdesk, proactive monitoring, on-call senior engineers, and clear escalation through to a reason-for-outage report.24/7/365NOCHelpdeskMonitoringCritical services & server estatesDNS, NTP, RADIUS, route servers, databases and the Linux estate underneath them. We deploy in resilient pairs, automate the lot, and back it up properly.LinuxFreeBSDDNSRADIUSVoIP platforms & ColloquyColloquy is our carrier-grade voice platform, built on Kamailio, RTPengine and Asterisk. It gives operators a self-service portal for customers, numbers and routing, with fraud detection and billing through Billy built in. We also design and run bespoke softswitches.ColloquySIPKamailioRTPengine

02 · Advise

Consultancy & assurance

Independent, vendor-neutral advice. Design, review, audit, due diligence and regulatory readiness, with reports written for engineers and boards alike.

Network design, review & auditNew designs grounded in how networks actually fail, and independent reviews of the network you already have, or of a design someone else has drawn. How resilient is it, how secure, and what should you fix first?ArchitectureAuditResilienceBGPRegulatory readiness & certificationPractical help with NIS2, CER, DORA and the Cyber Resilience Act, and with certification to ISO 27001, Cyber Fundamentals or Cyber Essentials. From gap analysis and tabletop exercises to evidence for the auditor.NIS2DORACyFunISO 27001Due diligence & vendor-neutral procurementIndependent advice when money is on the table. Technical due diligence when you're buying or selling a network business, and procurement of equipment, transit, fibre and data centre services with no vendor commissions and no favourites.M&ADue diligenceRFPRFTPeering, RIPE, RPKI & IPv6Peering strategy, IXP connectivity, LIR management, routing security and IPv6 from people at the centre of the peering community, who have run IPv6 in production for over twenty years.PeeringRIPE NCCRPKIASPAFibre & network productisationTurning infrastructure you already own, such as the network, fibre, ducts and rights of way, into wholesale and retail connectivity products.Dark fibreDWDMWholesaleProduct designTraining & workshopsHands-on training from engineers who present at RIPE and Euro-IX, covering network fundamentals for frontline staff and up, routing, IPv6, VoIP and PHP/Laravel.TrainingWorkshopsBGPIPv6

03 · Build

Engineering

Hands-on delivery: automation, software, security and the physical layer.

Network & systems automationAutomate provisioning, configuration, monitoring and billing so changes are faster, safer and auditable.SaltStackNAPALMAnsiblePythonSoftware for network operatorsWe build the tools operators need. We lead IXP Manager, used by 270 exchanges worldwide, and build provisioning, CRM and billing integrations.IXP ManagerPHPLaravelAPIsNetwork security & DDoS resilienceFull-stack network security, from physical infrastructure and device hardening to DDoS mitigation and routing security.DDoSFirewallsRPKIHardeningData centre servicesSupply, design, installation and migration of data centre deployments, from racks and power to the last patch lead.ColocationMigrationsRemote handsSmart PDUs

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Not sure which of these you need?

That’s normal. Tell us what’s worrying you about your network and we’ll suggest where to start. Sometimes the answer is a two-day review, not a two-year contract.

Email hello@islandbridgenetworks.ieCall +353 1 531 3334

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