THIS SORT OF FLEXIBILITY IS GOING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING GOOD STAFF .
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While work continued during the lockdowns , the final launch did not take place until late October 2021 . table to service to patrons who did not have to queue at bars to order food and drinks .
“ We were pleased to confirm the initial design was still in progress after the lockdown period ,” said Brodie . “ This demonstrates an academic approach to project resolution .”
“ Although we were delayed , we were still very pleased that our initial design remained appropriate for our
THIS SORT OF FLEXIBILITY IS GOING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTING AND RETAINING GOOD STAFF .
operations after the lockdowns were eased . Once work was able to continue , everything was completed in a very short period of time .”
With the new VPN network links in place involving cloud solutions , Riverland ’ s staff had full function capacity that focused on performance and reliability with the level of advanced service to patrons .
“ The performance of this application is critical for our operations and it runs flawlessly via the WatchGuard firewalls and over the network links .”
Brodie says the new network infrastructure has also enabled the company to create a ‘ work-fromanywhere ’ environment . Staff can move between venues and expect the same level of service while back-office staff are now able to work from any location including at home .
“ This sort of flexibility is going to become increasingly important when it comes to attracting and retaining good staff ,” said Brodie . “ Seamless access to applications and data is essential for a company like ours .”
Brodie says the WatchGuard firewalls and DNS monitoring capabilities have served to significantly improve the overall level of IT security at all venues and within head office . It is now possible to monitor all data traffic and have better oversight of resources at all times .
“ Our patrons also benefit because the data traffic from public Wi-Fi networks in each venue is also routed through the WatchGuard firewalls . This improves their level of security and reduces the chances of them receiving malicious code .”
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Brodie says having itro in place as the company ’ s MSP means Riverland will be able to continue to invest in new technologies and services as they emerge in the future .
“ We don ’ t have a dedicated in-house IT team and so itro provides us with the level of technical expertise needed to keep our infrastructure running . They also keep an eye on what we might need in the future as the business grows .”
At this stage , future plans include the use of SD-WAN technology to provide fail-over networking capabilities for each venue using public mobile networks .
“ Our venues are very reliant on network connectivity and having this capability in place will ensure we can serve our patrons efficiently at all times ,” said Brodie . “ At the end of the day , that ’ s what Riverland Group is all about .” p
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