--- title: "France Affiches: three sites, no single point of failure" description: "Antony, Wissous and Vialonga with network, paired firewalls, separate fibre and 5G and cross-site replication, managed on Premium 365. No-obligation proposal." language: en url: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/france-affiches-it-three-sites-paris-lisbon/ source: https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/france-affiches-it-three-sites-paris-lisbon/ publisher: DataRoad IT (DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting), Portugal --- > Antony, Wissous and Vialonga with network, paired firewalls, separate fibre and 5G and cross-site replication, managed on Premium 365. No-obligation proposal. # France Affiches: three sites, no single point of failure At a glance For decision-makers short on time. - 01 France Affiches (founded in 1984) entrusts DataRoad with IT at three sites: Antony, Wissous and Vialonga. - 02 Network, Wi-Fi, firewalls, internet, servers, storage and backups built from scratch in 2026. - 03 High-availability firewalls, separate fibre and 5G, RAID and replication between sites. - 04 Managed under IT Unlimited Premium 365, the only DataRoad plan with 24/7 cover. ### In this article In a large-format print works, an hour without the network is an hour without machines printing. Founded in 1984, France Affiches, a printing and visual communication group headquartered in France, did not want that risk at any of its three units. So it entrusted DataRoad - IT Services and Consulting with the entire infrastructure of its plants at Antony, Wissous (both near Paris) and Vialonga, near Lisbon. Management is now carried out under **IT Unlimited Premium 365**. It is the next step after the [IT audit we carried out at the Paris headquarters](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/france-affiches-it-audit-paris/). | Fact sheet | | | --- | --- | | Client | France Affiches, large-format printing, founded in 1984 | | Sites | Antony and Wissous (France) · Vialonga (Portugal) | | Work | IT infrastructure from scratch and ongoing management | | Year | 2026 | | Contract | IT Unlimited Premium 365 plan | ## Why one partner for two countries? Three units that produce together need a single architecture. Several local suppliers would mean different standards, shared responsibilities and nobody answering for the whole. France Affiches preferred an MSP that designs, installs and then manages. For the board, the arithmetic is simple: one contract, one point of contact, the same security standard in France and Portugal. ## What was built Each component was sized for its site. Everything is managed from a central DataRoad console. - **Wired network** At the French sites, enterprise-grade Layer 3 switching with PoE, structured cabling and fast links between servers, storage and network. See [certified network infrastructure](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/structured-cabling-installation/). - **Wi-Fi** Professional access points, coverage surveyed site by site, staff and guests on separate networks. - **Perimeter security** Firewalls with encrypted VPN between units and to the DataRoad data centre, IDS/IPS and VLANs by function. Find out more about [managed cybersecurity](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-cybersecurity-services/). - **Internet** Fibre as the main connection and 5G as backup, with automatic failover at each site. - **Servers and storage** A recent server and enterprise-class storage, high-reliability disks, RAID and replication between units. See [managed servers and virtualisation](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/managed-servers-virtualisation-portugal/). - **Endpoints and backups** Protection managed from the cloud, a single console, and backups stored off-site at the DataRoad data centre. ## And if something fails? Production carries on. Redundancy was built in from the very first design, layer by layer. - **Paired firewalls** At Antony and Wissous, two units run in high availability. If one fails, the other takes over instantly. - **Independent connections** Fibre and 5G come in through different devices, each connected to both firewalls. Neither losing a line nor losing a device isolates the site. - **Data in duplicate** File servers with RAID and dual power supplies, replication between the two French units and an additional copy at the DataRoad data centre. - **Off-site backup** A DataRoad data centre powered by renewable energy, with redundant internet connections, failover and power autonomy. Result: the French critical systems no longer depend on a single component and the information now exists in three places. It is the same principle we follow in [disaster recovery and continuity](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/disaster-recovery-services-portugal/). ## What happens after installation? Day-to-day operations stay with us, under the [IT Unlimited Premium 365 plan](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/premium-365-24-7-managed-it/): designed for those who cannot stop and the only one that includes 24/7 cover. - **Support without counting** Remote and on site, also at night, at weekends and on holidays. - **Continuous monitoring** Alerts are dealt with before they reach the printing machines. - **One team for security** Firewalls, endpoints and backups in the same hands. - **A single annual contract** One point of contact for all three units. ## Why does a French group trust a Portuguese MSP? - **11 years** in the market and **232 clients**, with companies supported in Europe and the US. - **Top 5% PME**, according to scoring.pt. - A **5.0** rating on Google, across 52 reviews. - **No security incidents** at DataRoad in 11 years. ## FAQ: the France Affiches project ### Who is France Affiches? A large-format printing group of French origin, active since 1984, producing at Antony, Wissous and Vialonga. ### What work did DataRoad do? The complete IT infrastructure of the three sites, from scratch: cabling and network, Wi-Fi, firewalls, internet, servers, storage, security and backups. Then ongoing operation under the Premium 365 plan. ### How is a single point of failure avoided? By duplicating every layer: two firewalls in high availability, fibre and 5G through separate devices, RAID storage with dual power supplies, replication between units and backups held in our data centre. ### Does DataRoad support companies outside Portugal? Yes. We support clients in France and the rest of Europe, in the US and multinationals based in Portugal, remotely and from a data centre with redundant internet. See [IT for international groups](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/international-it-consulting/). ## Do you have more than one site to manage? We visit each site, design a common architecture and send you a [no-commitment proposal](https://www.dataroad-it.com/en/contact-dataroad-managed-it-proposal/), with a single team managing everything. **For companies with more than 10 workstations, under a support contract, with remote, on-site and phone support.** +351 211 459 950 * · sales@dataroad.pt **Call to a Portuguese landline.* We do IT right. Chosen by respected and international companies ★★★★★ 5,0 · 52 Google reviews ★★★★★ 5,0 · 52 Google reviews DataRoad ## Related articles [NewsManaged Ubiquiti UniFi: more than 138 sites and 1321 devicesA network made of different brands and installers fails at the joins. 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