Enterprise Networking
From SD-WAN to campus switching, enterprise wireless to SASE — System Squared designs, deploys and manages networks that are fast, secure and observable end to end. Operated by senior engineers. 24×7 Australia-wide.
The challenge
Traditional hub-and-spoke WAN architectures were designed when data lived in the data centre and users sat in the office. Today, your applications are in Azure, AWS and SaaS platforms. Your users are everywhere. Your threats are coming from every direction.
The result is a network that backhauling cloud traffic through MPLS, applying security policies inconsistently across sites, delivering a poor experience to remote users, and giving your team near-zero visibility into what's actually happening on the wire.
SD-WAN transforms the WAN from a cost centre into a strategic asset — carrying traffic intelligently across broadband, 4G/5G, MPLS and direct cloud links, with security and observability built in from day one.
Controller-based WAN with integrated security, replacing complex legacy routers with intent-based, policy-driven edge devices — change control in hours, not months.
Real-time path selection keeps critical workloads — M365, ERP, cloud voice — on their best available path. SLA monitoring detects degradation before users do.
Direct breakout to Azure, AWS and leading SaaS providers from every branch, with consistent DLP and content inspection policy enforced at the edge.
Localised DIA with DNS security, secure web gateway and CASB built into the edge — reducing backhaul and improving user experience without sacrificing visibility.
Concentrate cloud access and security inspection at regional colocation facilities close to Azure and AWS availability zones — reducing latency for interstate branches.
User and device identity-aware access policies replace implicit trust — applied consistently across branch, campus and remote workers without a VPN hairpin.
Technology partners
System Squared holds advanced certifications across Cisco, Fortinet and HP Aruba Networking — so you get the right platform for your environment, not the one we happen to sell the most of.
Cisco's dual-platform networking portfolio covers the most demanding enterprise requirements — from Catalyst SD-WAN (formerly Viptela) for large-scale intent-based WAN, to Meraki for cloud-managed simplicity at scale.
Fortinet's Security Fabric converges networking and security into a single operating system — FortiOS. The world's most deployed NGFW platform powers the WAN edge, campus, branch and cloud with no separate SD-WAN appliance required.
Aruba's Edge Services Platform (ESP) brings together AI-powered AIOps, zero-trust security and unified management across the wired, wireless and WAN edge — with Aruba Central as the cloud-native single pane of glass.
Capability
From the WAN edge to the access layer — and everything in between.
Managed SD-WAN across Cisco Catalyst, Fortinet Secure SD-WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect — application-aware routing, DIA, MPLS offload and multi-cloud connectivity. Day-2 operations and 24×7 NOC monitoring included.
Software-defined access with Cisco Catalyst Center, Fortinet SD-Branch and Aruba CX — automated provisioning, micro-segmentation, and AI-driven assurance across every access, distribution and core layer.
Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 6E high-density deployments on Cisco Catalyst, Aruba 802.11ax and Fortinet FortiAP — RF design, controller architecture, WIPS and ongoing performance optimisation.
Zero-trust network access, NGFW policy at the WAN edge, FortiSASE and Aruba SSE for remote users — identity-aware segmentation and consistent threat prevention whether users are on-campus or working from home.
Direct cloud on-ramps to Azure, AWS and Microsoft 365 via Cisco vManage, Fortinet FortiGate-VM and Aruba EdgeConnect gateways — consistent policy and encryption from every site to every cloud workload.
Aruba Central AIOps, Cisco ThousandEyes and Fortinet FortiAnalyzer deliver ML-powered anomaly detection, end-to-end path analytics, and synthetic testing — your network, understood before it degrades.
SASE & Zero-Trust Networking
SASE converges SD-WAN with cloud-delivered security — Secure Web Gateway, CASB, ZTNA and DNS security — into a single service edge. It treats user identity and device posture as the new network perimeter, not the office building.
System Squared architects SASE across Fortinet FortiSASE, Aruba SSE and Cisco+ Secure Connect — designed around your identity stack (Entra ID, Okta, CrowdStrike) and delivered as a managed service so your team isn't operating a second platform.
Identity-first
Every access decision verified against user identity, device health and application risk — not network location
Inline
SSL inspection, IPS, DNS filtering and CASB enforced at the SASE PoP — malware stopped before it enters your environment
Optimised
Intelligent breakout routes M365, Salesforce and cloud voice to the nearest SASE PoP — latency drops, call quality improves
Business case
Growing cloud traffic backhauled through MPLS or a central data centre — M365 feels slow, video calls drop, Teams performance is inconsistent across sites.
Intelligent DIA and cloud on-ramps mean cloud traffic takes the shortest path to the nearest Azure or AWS region — SaaS performance improves materially, often on day one.
Expensive MPLS circuits with rigid contract terms. Provisioning a new site takes weeks. Change control measured in months, not days.
Broadband and 5G transport reduces carriage spend. Zero-touch provisioning brings a new site online in hours. Policy changes deploy centrally across all sites simultaneously.
Inconsistent firewall rules across branches. Guest Wi-Fi on the same VLAN as production. No visibility into encrypted traffic leaving remote sites.
Unified security policy enforced at every edge — NGFW, IPS, SSL inspection and DNS filtering consistent from HQ to the smallest remote site, with full east-west segmentation.
How we work
We start with a no-obligation review of your current WAN topology, switching architecture, wireless coverage, security policy and observability capability. You leave with a clear picture of where you are and what the highest-value moves look like.
Senior network architects produce a target-state design — WAN topology, SD-WAN overlay model, switching fabric, wireless RF plan, SASE integration and day-2 management platform. Vendor-neutral until we agree what's right for your environment.
Zero-touch provisioning where possible, structured change windows where not. Our field and remote engineering teams handle staging, configuration, site cutover and post-migration validation — with a tested rollback plan at every step.
Our Network Operations Centre monitors your environment 24×7 — threshold alerts, AIOps anomaly detection, proactive circuit health checking and regular performance reviews. Continuous optimisation keeps your network aligned to how your business actually uses it.
Prefer a single monthly opex? Our NaaS model bundles hardware, software licensing, implementation and managed operations into a predictable per-site fee — removing capital expenditure and giving you a fully supported, always-current network.
Learn about NaaSWe track your hardware and software end-of-support dates, plan refresh cycles ahead of time, and execute migrations with minimal disruption — so you're never operating unsupported infrastructure or scrambling for emergency replacements.
Why System Squared
Most organisations deal with at least three vendors to run their network — a WAN carrier, a hardware reseller and a managed services provider who may not have designed the thing they're now responsible for. We collapse that into one relationship.
Our network engineers hold current certifications across Cisco (CCNP/CCIE), Fortinet (NSE 4–8) and HP Aruba — and they work alongside our security and cloud practices, so your network design is never an island from your security policy or your cloud architecture.
Start with a no-obligation Network Assessment. Our senior engineers will map your current state, identify your highest-risk gaps and model what a modern SD-WAN or SASE architecture looks like for your environment — with vendor-neutral recommendations and a realistic cost model.
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