In summary
The France Affiches group chose DataRoad for its IT audit and IT consulting services, with the team working on site in Paris. A Portuguese premium MSP at the service of an international group.
France Affiches chose DataRoad for a complete IT audit of its network and systems. The work is done in France: the DataRoad team travels to Paris, the group’s headquarters, to set up the infrastructure on site. The audit is then followed by IT consulting that translates the findings into decisions.
Founded in 1984 by Angelina Fontana, France Affiches is one of the leading independent large-format printing houses in France: advertising posters, point-of-sale material, signage and decoration, produced in offset and digital for agencies, advertisers and media buying centers. It is headquartered in Antony, in the Paris region, and operates three production units — Antony, Alcalá de Henares in Spain, and Vialonga, near Lisbon, which has been in operation since 1995.
A complete IT audit of the network and systems
A complete IT audit is not just a list of equipment. It is answering, with evidence, three questions: what exists, in what state it is, and what does this represent in terms of risk for those who depend on it every day.
On the side of network, That means lifting the real topology — not the one on paper — the active equipment and its end-of-support, the segmentation between production and the office, the connections to the internet and between sites, the firewall rules that someone opened years ago and no one has closed again, the coverage and saturation of Wi-Fi, and the cabling that supports all of this.
On the systems side, it is the state of servers and virtualization, Space and performance, updates being delayed, licensing, accounts with privileges that are too many and those left by people who have already left, job protection, and backup copies — they weren’t rushed, but they are being restored, which is the only question that matters.
In the end, what remains is a written portrait, with priorities: what is immediate risk, what is technical debt to plan for, and what is simply good and doesn’t need money. That’s where the consulting starts — translating the portrait into decisions, with cost and order, rather than a shopping list.
The work is done in Paris
The audit is not done remotely. The DataRoad team travels to Paris to conduct the survey on-site, among those who work with the infrastructure every day. There are things that only come out this way: the equipment that isn’t documented at all, the connection that was made in a hurry and remained there, the difference between what the diagram says and what is actually connected to the switch.
Being on the ground also changes the quality of recommendations. A suggestion made based on a spreadsheet is an informed guess; made after seeing the framework, understanding how the work is being carried out, and talking to people, it is a decision that can be defended with costs and priorities.
In a large-format printing operation, this conversation has very concrete ground realities. The production files are heavy and travel across the network all day long; the machines don’t wait for a server, and a missed deadline isn’t recovered the next day.
Working with foreign companies
DataRoad has a significant portion of its portfolio in international organizations: embassies and public agencies, hotel groups, clinics, and foreign companies operating in Portugal. This work has created habits that are the same here — speaking with the headquarters in the language of the headquarters, having a single responsible contact instead of a long list of contacts, and writing down response times instead of promising them.
This project adds a new direction to it: instead of supporting the operation of a foreign group in Portugal, DataRoad will work in Paris with the parent company.
What DataRoad does
DataRoad is a managed IT services company. The main model is called IT Unlimited: a fixed monthly fee per seat, with hours included instead of counted, in three tiers — Essential, with remote and phone support; Premium, with on-site assistance included; and Premium 365, with coverage for nights, weekends, and holidays.
Within this are the 24/7 monitoring and preventive maintenance; o user support, remote and in-person; the management of servers and virtualisation; networks, structured cabling and business Wi-Fi; firewalls, EDR and managed cybersecurity; Microsoft 365 and the cloud; managed and tested backup copies; and telephone and video surveillance systems. For those who want to hand over the entire department, there is also IT outsourcing. In addition to this, consulting and auditing — as in this case — are necessary for those who first need to understand what they have before deciding what to do.
DataRoad works exclusively on a contract basis and directly with the end customer, never in subcontracting. It has been on the market for 11 years, with 232 clients in Portugal and the Top 5% SME certification awarded by scoring.pt.
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DataRoad — premium company of managed IT services
A DataRoad it is a premium managed IT services company (MSP), Based in Alfragide and with support nationwide, for 11 years it has provided the IT infrastructure for organizations that cannot stop — public agencies, embassies, hotels, clinics and demanding companies — with a certified technical team, ongoing monitoring and an unlimited support model, the IT Unlimited. There are 232 customers with a contract and the Top 5% SME certification, awarded by scoring.pt.
No IT support, DataRoad takes full charge of the company's IT infrastructure: a helpdesk with a ticketing system, remote and on-site assistance, server management and Microsoft 365, backup copies, cybersecurity, and proactive monitoring.
DataRoad Services
- IT Unlimited — unlimited IT support: unlimited assistance with a fixed monthly fee, with permanent monitoring and alarm system.
- IT support for businesses: helpdesk with a ticketing system and defined response times.
- Computer networks and structured cablingDesign, installation and certification.
- Enterprise wireless networksCoverage study, Wi-Fi 6 and Wi-Fi 7, centralized management.
- Cybersecurity and firewalls: Perimeter protection and secure remote access.
- Information Technology for the Public SectorExperience with eight public entities and with the rules of public procurement.
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