Solution.

Since 2012, AIP US has partnered with the City of North Miami to provide technology solutions and managed services, including:

• Ongoing architectural and design recommendations

• Escalation support for troubleshooting and resolution of voice, data, and security issues

• Implementation of Cisco Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions for the North Miami Police Department

• Deployment of an MPLS-based enterprise WAN network

• Implementation of Cisco Firepower-based security solutions

• Migration of the City’s voice service to a SIP-based voice solution

• Remote working solutions for voice and data during COVID

Network Security Initiatives
Network security has been a top priority for the Town of Davie—as it has been for many public and private IT organizations—for several years. In response, AIP US assisted the Town of Davie in implementing a multi-vendor, layered security strategy that includes:

• Intrusion prevention

• Intrusion detection

• “Zero-Day” malware detection services

This strategy also supports remediation activities as required, ensuring the Town’s IT infrastructure remains resilient and secure.

Station 86 – Fire Station & Community Center
Most recently, the Town of Davie IT Department began building out a state-of-the-art Fire Station and Community Center (Station 86). AIP US partnered with Davie IT to design and implement a robust architecture for this facility, which includes:

• BGP Multi-homing Routing of Internet-facing traffic with two diversified ISPs

• Provisioning of ARIN public IP address spaces to enable seamless routing, failover, and optimized connectivity

• VXLAN capabilities to support proper replication of data and private Cloud infrastructure

This architecture ensures real-time replication, high availability, and seamless user access to mission-critical applications across the Town.

Leadership Perspective
Town of Davie CIO, Nelson Martinez Jr., shared:

“AIP US has played a critical role working with Davie IT since 2015, helping us establish a solid foundation as the Town embarks on various Smart City initiatives. Having a network and security architecture that can scale both ‘East–West’ and ‘North–South’ is critical to the long-term success of any Smart City program.”

He continued:

“AIP US works very well with the Davie IT organization. As a result, they have provided the Town of Davie with enterprise-wide, day-to-day operational support—as well as after-hours network support—that has been both cost-effective and extremely efficient.”

Business Result.

With the support of AIP US, the City of North Miami has achieved key results:

• Maintained a stable data and voice network for years

• Preserved a strong security posture to protect city information assets

• Enabled technology-driven services for both government operations and citizens

• Successfully passed every PCI compliance audit

Through its long-term partnership, AIP US has enabled North Miami to provide robust IT services to city operations and the Police Department.

Ricardo Castillo, Director of IT, City of North Miami, stated:

“We have passed every PCI audit and have not had any major security breach over the years with the support of AIP US. AIP has always been ready and available to help when needed.”