We highlight case studies where Internet Contrasts has helped clients reach successful solutions and mentions of Internet Contrasts in the press.
CellularOne of Arizona provides comprehensive communication solutions to more than 80,000 customers in Northern Arizona and New Mexico, equipping them with state-of-the-art phones and services. The company offers everything from air-cards for laptops to Mobile Web capabilities, giving customers a way to stay connected to every aspect of their lives through the CellularOne global communications center. See how Internet Contrasts consulted with CellularOne to safeguard their networks and take them to Next-Generation Security using WatchGuard products.read more +
Brandon Zumwalt (right) - President of Internet Contrasts Company accepting the 2011 Aggie 100
trophy from Jerry Strawser (left), Dean of the Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.
Internet Contrasts Company of San Antonio, TX is among the top 100 companies named to the 2011 Aggie 100 honoring the fastest-growing companies in the world, owned or operated by Texas A&M University former students. Internet Contrasts Company was recognized as number 38th on the list with a growth rate of 34.29%. The Aggie 100 honors graduates from across disciplines and is a program created by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship in Texas A&M University's Mays Business School.
The 100 Aggie-owned or managed companies with the highest compound annual revenue growth from 2008 to 2010 were recognized at a formal luncheon at Texas A&M University on Friday, November 4, 2011. read more +
Representatives from 32 San Antonio businesses were among the guests gathered on October 6, 2011 at Morgan's Wonderland for a technology event hosted by Internet Contrasts. Internet Contrasts provided all IT infrastructure for Morgan's Wonderland and currently maintains their technology.
As guests entered, they were each given a RFID tag to wear in order to maximize their technology experience. RFID tags are a special technology utilized at Morgan's Wonderland that tracks the person in the park. They also contain personal information such as allergies or medications. A more entertaining function of the RFID tags is that they allow a guest to email a picture or message to themselves from the park. Many of Internet Contrasts guests experimented with this during their tour of Sensory Village. Among other attractions, Sensory Village hosts a Weather Station and Build A Car Station. read more +
Alcatel-Lucent's switches enabled Morgan's Wonderland to achieve this comprehensive coverage while keeping both construction and operating costs down and delivering excellent network fault-tolerance, by allowing Internet Contrasts to install an Ethernet ring protection network rather than traditional hub-and-spoke cabling, based on a ring of twelve strands of fiber laid around the park.
"We sought bids for the fiber install for both traditional hub-and-spoke and Ethernet ring protection topologies. The hub-andspoke configuration would have cost $750,000 compared with around $200,000 for the Ethernet ring protection configuration," Zumwalt says. "We were able to save half a million dollars just in fiber and labor by using Alcatel-Lucent switches." Making use of Ethernet ring protection has also allowed Internet Contrasts to create a fault-tolerant network that delivers excellent uptime. "If the park suffers a cut in its fiber line or a switch needs to be taken down for maintenance, the park's data and voice traffic still flows around the other side of the ring," Zumwalt explains. "The systems suffer no packet loss and there's no interruption of service to end users. All the phones, alarm systems, lighting controls, park exhibits, cameras: everything stays up without any degradation of service." read more +
Don't ever let it be said that relationships don't matter. Internet Constrasts won the park project because it had done some previous work for the park's developer, who was a home builder and had started several other profit and non-profit organizations himself, Zumwalt said.
"Someone on his advisory council asked us to take a look at what they were [planning]. They were having issues with distance and they needed a network. They didn't understand the distance problems with Ethernet. We looked at their site plan, got rough estimates and told them they needed fiber optics to go from Point A to Point B."read more +
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