Integrated IT & Telecom Networking at the Municipality of Heraklion in Crete

10 June 2001: The IT & Telecommunications Networking company Computerbank Networking SA, acting in its capacity as Value-Added Distributor, supplied the active and passive networking material and equipment for the demanding project of the Municipality of Heraklion, titled "Integrated IT & Telecom Networking of All Services". Main contractor of he project was OTE SA, the Greek Telecommunications Organisation.

The project covered the networking needs of all the municipal buildings. The local networks of each building is WAN-linked to all the others, aiming at offering full electronic services to users. Such services include
· e-Mail
· Data transfer
· Access to data bases located either in the Municipality or in other locations
· WEB server
· Videoconference
· Multimedia applications, etc.

Molex Premise Networks' structured cabling and Cabletron/Enterasys Networks' SmartSTACK/Vertical Horizon stackable switches are used for interconnection of workstations within buildings, while the central WAN router is X-Pedition/SmartSwitch Router of the same manufacturer. Cabletron/Enterasys NetSight Element Manager software is used for the network control, administration and management.