Private, resilient connectivity for an award-winning legal firm
How Stream helped Gardner Leader meet rapidly increasing demand across the Thames Valley with dedicated Fibre Ethernet and private Point to Point connectivity between offices.
A business-only technology partner you can build around
Founded in 2007, Stream Networks is an independent UK provider of secure connectivity, communications, managed IT and cyber security — one provider, one umbrella. Our services are backed by a carrier-grade network monitored 24/7/365, with a personal, non-corporate approach that keeps us by your side as your business grows.
About Gardner Leader
gardner-leader.co.ukGardner Leader are an award-winning legal firm who have been at the heart of the Berkshire community for over 125 years. Offering their services to both the commercial and consumer markets, they work closely with their customers to come up with a solution for every situation, ensuring every need is met.
As the firm continued to expand across multiple Thames Valley sites, their network requirements grew more advanced — employees needed to travel and collaborate between offices, share data securely, and rely on connectivity that simply didn't go down.
Growing site-to-site demands and no room for downtime
As Gardner Leader continued to expand, personnel from different offices needed to interact and share data securely, and any loss of internet connectivity had the potential to cost the business both financially and reputationally.
What Stream delivered
Through discussion with Gardner Leader, Stream recommended a dedicated connectivity and network security refresh, designed around reliability, security and room to grow.
Dedicated Fibre Ethernet
A dedicated Fibre Ethernet internet connection was installed at each main office, giving high-speed access backed by thorough SLAs protecting against downtime.
Private Point to Point links
Private Point to Point connections exist only on Gardner Leader's own network and never touch the public internet, so no outside party can gain access.
Secure, private data sharing
With traffic handled entirely off the public internet, sensitive legal and client data moves between sites securely and reliably.
Ready for the Cloud
A stronger network foundation put Gardner Leader in a position to embrace further Cloud technologies, hosted on Stream's own ISO 27001-accredited infrastructure.
"We benefit from an increased internet performance and reliability which allows the business to take advantage of new technologies whilst emphasising a focus on our core business operations and providing the best client service. The investment we have put into our network with Stream now means we are in a position to embrace further Cloud technologies. As Stream also own and manage their own Cloud infrastructure we know our data remains in the UK and under the control of an ISO 27001 organisation."
Ready for connectivity you can depend on?
Let's talk about how Stream can support your business — with the same care we gave Gardner Leader.