Networks have a habit of growing one switch, VLAN, firewall rule and new site at a time. Eventually something that once worked becomes difficult to understand, troubleshoot and change. Polar designs and improves networks as complete systems — across users, sites, applications, cloud infrastructure and connectivity.
Slow applications. Intermittent connectivity. Unexplained outages. Flat networks that have grown too large. Firewall rules nobody wants to change. Sites connected in different ways. Cloud systems that feel disconnected from the physical network. Wi-Fi blamed for problems that aren't actually wireless. These are rarely solved by buying another piece of equipment — the first job is understanding how the network behaves as a whole.
Wired and routed network architecture designed around users, systems, locations and operational requirements.
Separating users, infrastructure, devices and systems where there is a technical or security reason to do so.
Connecting offices, facilities, hosted environments and other locations into a coherent architecture.
Designing the boundaries between networks, sites, users and external services.
Infrastructure supporting appropriate remote connectivity for staff, engineers and authorised third parties.
Connecting physical sites and local infrastructure to cloud and hosted services.
From users and devices, through wired and wireless access, the local network, segmentation and routing, the firewall edge, and out across the internet or WAN to cloud, hosting and remote sites. Modern network architecture extends from the device in someone's hand to applications running hundreds of kilometres away — treating each part separately can create problems at the boundaries. Polar looks at the complete path.
You don't need to diagnose the network before calling a network engineer. Tell us what users are experiencing, what has changed, and where the problems appear — we'll work from symptoms towards the underlying infrastructure.
Not every network lives in an office. Polar also works with infrastructure for laboratories, technical facilities, farms, estates, distributed buildings, outdoor environments and research sites. Explore Rural & Research Connectivity →
Whether you're designing something new or trying to understand something old, start with the problem.