Network and backup solutions for London SMEs

Network and Backup Solutions

Business Wi‑Fi, LAN design and backups you can restore — so connectivity and recoverability are engineered, not hoped for.

Teknikal designs and supports networks for London and East London sites, with backup verification that survives the Monday-morning test. Pairs with managed IT and IoT deployments that need reliable site connectivity.

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What network & backup cover includes

  • Business Wi‑Fi — coverage, guest separation, sensible SSIDs (not one password forever)
  • LAN & switching — cabling advice, VLANs where justified, less “flat network chaos”
  • Firewall / edge — basic perimeter hygiene and remote access that is not an open RDP advert
  • ISP & failover — primary/secondary links and monitoring where downtime hurts revenue
  • Backup design — what to protect, where it lives, retention that matches risk
  • Restore tests — evidence you can recover files, mail or a critical server — not just green ticks

Guidance we align to includes the NCSC Small Business Guide backup and network advice, and Cyber Essentials-minded controls where tenders require them.

“Backed up” vs recoverable

A backup job that has never been restored is a rumour. We separate product choice from proof:

Green-tick backup Verified recovery (Teknikal)
Focus Job completed overnight RTO/RPO you can explain to an insurer
Testing Rare or never Scheduled restore checks
Scope Whatever the previous admin chose Critical systems, SaaS exports, endpoints as needed
Best for Checkbox compliance theatre Teams that cannot afford data loss drama

Site networks for SMEs (what we fix first)

  1. Dead zones and overloaded consumer routers posing as “the office network”
  2. Guest Wi‑Fi sharing the same LAN as finance machines
  3. Single points of failure (one ISP, one switch, one “that PC under the desk”)
  4. Unmonitored edge devices that quietly stop working until Friday afternoon
  5. Shadow IoT / cameras bolted onto the same flat network as accounts

For multi-site or cold-chain style monitoring, see our anonymised IoT case study and Automation & IoT service.

How engagement starts

  1. Site & risk review — sites, users, critical data, current backup product
  2. Design & quote — Wi‑Fi/LAN changes, backup target, monitoring
  3. Implement — change windows that respect trading hours
  4. Prove restore — documented test, not a slide deck promise
  5. Steady state — alerts + periodic re-tests under IT support

Network & backup FAQs

Yes. Cloud-first firms still need SaaS backup strategy, identity hygiene and reliable office/home Wi‑Fi. We size the work to the risk.

Often yes. We prefer fixing configuration and monitoring over rip-and-replace — unless the kit is end-of-life or unsupportable.

Depends on risk and change rate. Many SMEs need at least quarterly sample restores of critical data, plus after major system changes.

We help remediate common gaps (firewalls, access control, secure configuration). See our Cyber Essentials guide.

Test restores, not just backup ticks

Tell us sites, current backup product and how long you can afford to be down.

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