Entanet’s new Mirada management portal gives partners and customers insight into their IP networks

August 6, 2015

Telford, 06 August, 2015 – Entanet has launched Mirada – a unique management portal that gives IP VPN and private wide area network (PWAN) partners and customers detailed, real-time insight into their network and its performance.

Mirada, which means ‘look’ in Spanish, gives Entanet’s IP VPN/PWAN customers a unique and custom-built interface via which they can monitor the performance of their network in real time. The highly secure site requires two-factor authentication to gain access and provides a variety of useful performance statistics including:

Device and connection statuses across the network
SmokePing and packet loss statistics
Round Trip Times (RTT)
Router CPU and memory percentage usage
Download/upload utilisation for each connection
Live view of who’s online

Enormously useful is Mirada’s dynamic network topology map detailing the entire network, with real-time status and capacity utilisation statistics and dynamic traffic graphs with custom date range options. This enables administrators to view current and past usage data to trouble-shoot network resources and make better decisions about bandwidth allocation. Customers can even log into a virtual machine within the portal to collaboratively run a suite of diagnostic tools, working alongside Entanet’s support technicians.

Commenting on the new portal, Entanet’s Chief Technical Officer Steve Lalonde, said: “This is a unique and extremely useful tool for our partners and their customers’ technical departments. Through Mirada they can manage their own networks in real time, assess network performance and capacity utilisation and, when necessary, work alongside our own support and NOC teams to rectify any issues. We believe this is the most comprehensive portal of its kind within the channel that delivers additional and significant value for customers and – in addition to the exceptional reliability and support we offer – really sets Entanet’s IP VPN and PWAN offerings apart.”

The portal was thoroughly tested during a period of internal and customer beta testing prior to launch, throughout which Entanet received extremely positive feedback.

Bill Naylor, Office Manager at Lawyers Online Ltd, which has an extensive IP VPN, stated: “Mirada has proved itself an excellent addition to our support system. It saved support calls as soon as it went live and gives great visibility of the entire customer network. Being able to quickly identify upstream saturation at branch office sites has enabled us to manage expectations.”

The portal has been developed in-house by Entanet’s software development and NOC teams and will be reviewed and enhanced continually, based on customer feedback and industry developments.

To find out more about Entanet’s network services and its new Mirada portal please visit www.enta.net or call 0333 101 0000.

Picture: Steve Lalonde, Chief Technical Officer, Entanet.

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For screenshots of the portal please visit http://www.enta.net/images/mirada1.JPG and http://www.enta.net/images/mirada2.JPG.

About Entanet
Entanet is a leading wholesale voice and data communications provider and operates via a network of wholesale and resale channel partners. It was founded in 1996 and employs over 80 staff at its offices in Telford, Shropshire.

In February 2014, mid-market equity investor Mobeus Equity Partners made an initial £6 million investment to support a £14 million management buyout.

Entanet offers an extensive portfolio of connectivity services, including wholesale and packaged broadband, leased lines, EFM, IP VPNs, hosting and co-location, VoIP and traditional telecoms. The company operates its own fully-resilient nationwide next generation network which enables it and its partners to provide up to 10Gbps capacity to customers right across the UK. In addition, it has further connectivity into Amsterdam and Frankfurt and over 900 peering relationships across Europe.

The quality of Entanet’s services and its commitment to partners has been widely recognised. The company was recently named ‘Wholesale Provider of the Year – Large’ in the 2015 Comms Business Awards and received the 2015 ISPA award for ‘Best SME Business Broadband’ and CRN Sales and Marketing Award for ‘Best Vendor Account Management Team’. The company has also been listed on a number of occasions in the Sunday Times Tech Track 100, Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA and other listings of fast-growing, privately-held UK companies.

For more information contact:
Darren Farnden, Head of Marketing
Entanet International Ltd
Tel: 0333 101 0000