--- title: "France Affiches: an on-site IT audit in Paris | DataRoad IT" description: "DataRoad audited the France Affiches group's network and systems on site in Paris and turned the findings into costed priorities. No-obligation proposal." language: en url: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/france-affiches-it-audit-paris/ source: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/france-affiches-it-audit-paris/ publisher: DataRoad IT (DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting), Portugal --- > DataRoad audited the France Affiches group's network and systems on site in Paris and turned the findings into costed priorities. No-obligation proposal. # France Affiches: an on-site IT audit in Paris At a glance For decision-makers short on time. - 01 France Affiches hired DataRoad to audit network and systems at two Paris locations. - 02 The survey is carried out on site, at the group's head office, not remotely. - 03 Result: a written picture with priorities and consultancy with cost and sequence. - 04 DataRoad now works directly with the parent company of an international group. ### In this article **In a large-format print house, a slow server or a saturated link does not just delay emails: it delays posters with a fixed display date, and a missed deadline cannot be recovered.** It was to measure that risk that the France Affiches group hired DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting: a complete IT audit of the network and systems at two locations in Paris, carried out on site by our team, followed by consultancy that turns the findings into decisions. ## Who is the client? France Affiches was founded in 1984 by Angelina Fontana and is today one of the leading independent large-format printers in France. It prints advertising posters, point-of-sale materials, signage and décor in offset and digital, for agencies, advertisers and media buyers. The group is headquartered in Antony, in the Paris region, and has three production sites: Antony, Alcalá de Henares (Spain) and Vialonga, near Lisbon, operating since 1995. ## Why did the team go to Paris? Because a serious audit is not done over a video call. Only on site do you find the switch nobody documented, the temporary cable that became permanent, the gap between the network diagram and the reality of the rack. Being there in person also raises the value of the recommendations. Without seeing the server room, a recommendation is a hypothesis. After following production and listening to the people who run the systems, it becomes a decision backed by cost and priority. In the print sector this is decisive: large production files cross the network non-stop and the presses do not wait for a server. ## What does a complete IT audit check? Three things, always with evidence: which assets exist, what condition they are in and what risk they create for day-to-day operations. ### Network infrastructure - **The real map** The actual topology, not the one drawn years ago. - **Lifecycle** Active equipment and its manufacturer end-of-support date. - **Traffic separation** The boundary between production and the administrative area. - **Connectivity** Internet access and links between locations. - **Firewall rules** Old exceptions that are still open. - **Wireless** Coverage, interference and saturation. - **Physical layer** The cabling that supports everything else ([networks and structured cabling](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/structured-cabling-installation/)). ### Systems - **Servers and hypervisors** Capacity, performance and pending patches ([managed servers and virtualisation](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-servers-virtualisation-portugal/)). - **Licences** What is paid for versus what is used. - **Identities** Excessive permissions and former employees' accounts. - **Endpoints** Protection status of the workstations. - **Backups** Running is not enough; they must restore. It is the only test that counts. ### The deliverable A written report in three columns: immediate risk, technical debt to schedule, and what is solid and needs no investment. The consultancy takes that picture and returns a plan with costs and sequence, not a shopping list. ## What changes for DataRoad? We already serve many international organisations: embassies, public bodies, hotel groups, clinics and foreign subsidiaries in Portugal. From them we bring three habits: speaking to head office in head office's language, a single person accountable for the project, and response times committed in writing. What is new is the direction of the work. Usually we support a foreign group's operation in Portugal; here, we are the ones going to Paris to work with the parent company. DataRoad's coverage now includes Paris. ## Which services sit behind this project? DataRoad is a premium MSP headquartered in Alfragide, with support across Portugal. The core model is IT Unlimited: a fixed monthly fee, hours included rather than counted, and three plans, Essential (remote and telephone), Premium (unlimited on-site support) and Premium 365 (Premium plus nights, weekends and bank holidays). - **Prevention and helpdesk** Preventive maintenance and user support, remote and on-site; 24/7 monitoring on Premium 365 only ([managed user support](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-it-helpdesk-portugal/)). - **Servers** Ongoing administration and virtualisation. - **Wireless networks** [business Wi-Fi 6 and 7](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/business-wifi-installation/). - **Security** [managed cybersecurity](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-cybersecurity-services/), EDR and [managed firewalls](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-firewall-services-portugal/). - **Cloud** [managed Microsoft 365](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/microsoft-365-management/). - **Data, voice and video** Tested backups, phone systems and CCTV. - **External IT department** [IT outsourcing](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/it-outsourcing-portugal/). - **Audit and consultancy** To decide on the basis of what actually exists. We work only under contract and directly with the end client, never as a subcontractor. We have 11 years in the market, 232 clients and Top 5% PME status according to scoring.pt. 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