Your Industry
Private Networks for Retailers
Don't Compromise Your Success
Every day is a big decision day in retail. You’re constantly facing decisions that will affect your bottom line tomorrow, into the next quarter, and through the end of your fiscal year. You have to be on top of the next best thing – you know your competition will be. More and better information helps your management make the right choices that will increase your sales and profits. So why would any retailer allow itself to be held hostage by its communications network?
If you’re running a frame relay network, you know that the bandwidth you need to run essential voice and data applications is expensive. To control costs, you’ve had to compromise your access to your stores. Maybe you limit the types of inventory that you track in real time. Perhaps you’re holding back on upgrading to a new point-of-sale (POS) system. You’re forced to delay or possibly lose potential productivity gains because paying for more bandwidth outstrips any return you expect to earn.
If you’re running VPN, you know performance is inconsistent and the equipment and software are so complex that you’ve had to add full-time employees. Your data are now traveling across the public Internet and is subject to security risks and variance in throughput. Without guaranteed bandwidth and end-to-end priority enforcement, your choice of applications to deploy is limited. Again, your operations have been compromised.
Jim Tierney, Vice President at Bag ’n Baggage, a leading luggage retailer, sums up his company’s experience: “With Straitshot, we have deployed a high-performance, fully managed, private network. For about the same price as dial-up, we have 100% private broadband connections to each store supporting our POS and inventory systems. And we have a bulletproof communications platform for future applications. Thanks to the attention of our personal project manager, Keith, and the preconfigured routers Straitshot installed, our rollout was practically plug and play.”
Your Future is Now
You either have or are planning to implement applications to help your company lower costs and improve employee productivity. POS systems, real-time inventory, and payroll are the obvious choices for any retailer looking to do more for less money. Perhaps you have even looked at IP telephony to lower your inter-store communications costs or video conferencing to reduce travel costs. Whether you have tens or thousands of stores, these technologies demand a network with guaranteed throughput and complete redundancy.
Straitshot Communications designed and built its network with your most demanding applications in mind. Our private application network delivers the performance and reliability of frame relay while saving you between 30% and 60% on per-store connection costs. Our pricing model is flexible and predictable.
We eliminate the complexity and risks inherent in VPNs on our fully private and secure backbone. Our network has no equipment to manage or software to update. Our trained and experienced service organization makes your transition easy. We will match your network settings and deliver preconfigured routers to your locations. We plug them in and thoroughly test them on site, ensuring that you are off to a good start with your new network.
Yes, You Can Have It All
In our world, as in yours, the customer always comes first. Straitshot is the leader in providing private networks for dispersed, multi-site businesses. We enable retailers like you to converge all of your data and voice communications onto a single affordable and secure network. You are the experts in retail. You shouldn't have to be experts in telecommunications too. With Straitshot you get a fully managed, private network that allows you to focus on your customers, not your infrastructure. Contact us to find out more about how Straitshot can help your organization make the most of your information, lower your communication costs, and increase your bottom line.
Completely Private and Secure Network
- Fully Managed
- Much Less Costly than Frame Relay
- Designed for Real-Time Applications, Including Voice and Video
- Preconfigured for Quick and Easy Installation
- Consistent Cost Predictability for Rollouts
- Single Provider Billing and Communication
- Flexible Contract Terms for Store Openings, Closings and Relocations
- Nationwide and International Coverage
- Industry-Leading Performance Guarantees