Polar Networks, the technology infrastructure business within the JDGS portfolio, provides networks, hosting and technical services — and contributes much of the infrastructure capability used across the group.
An engineering-led consultancy
Polar Networks is an infrastructure engineering consultancy specialising in cloud platforms, networking and wireless systems. Its work spans Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure, secure network architecture and segmentation, high-performance wireless across distributed sites, and security-focused review of infrastructure and cloud systems. The practice is led by engineers with more than twenty years of experience, including work in regulated and high-reliability environments.
The emphasis throughout is on infrastructure designed for the conditions it actually has to operate in rather than ideal ones. That is a less glamorous proposition than it sounds, and it is the difference between a network that works in a datasheet and one that works across a farm with several buildings, a laboratory with regulatory obligations, or a production platform that cannot afford to be down.
Where it works
Four environments account for most of the work. Cloud platforms covering Kubernetes systems and scalable services; enterprise and technical organisations needing reliable networking; rural and agricultural connectivity across farms, estates and distributed sites, including coverage between multiple buildings and outdoors in difficult physical conditions; and research and specialised environments such as laboratories, technical facilities and regulated settings.
That last pair matters particularly within the group. Rural connectivity is a precondition for on-farm data capture of the kind HerdWare depends on, and secure infrastructure for regulated environments is the ground floor beneath any claim about data integrity. Polar Networks also contributes network and security capability to the Applied Livestock consortium alongside The BioChain.
How it works with clients
Engagements begin with a short conversation about the infrastructure environment and operational context, move to scoping and design, then to engineering-led delivery, with continued involvement afterwards where it genuinely helps. Senior engineers lead every engagement rather than handing work to a junior team, and the stated aim is to leave clients with systems they can implement and maintain without ongoing dependency on the consultancy — which is an unusual thing for a consultancy to say out loud, and a good indication of how the business is run.
Services, solutions and consultations are at polar-networks.com.
Questions & Answers
What does Polar Networks actually do?
It is an infrastructure engineering consultancy covering cloud platforms, network architecture, wireless connectivity and infrastructure security, alongside hosting and related technical services.
What kind of environments does it work in?
Cloud platforms and Kubernetes systems, enterprise and technical organisations, rural and agricultural sites including farms and estates with distributed buildings, and research or regulated environments such as laboratories and technical facilities.
How does it relate to the rest of JDGS Holdings?
Polar Networks sits in the JDGS portfolio as its technology infrastructure business, and supplies infrastructure, hosting and technical capability used across other group businesses. It also contributes network and security capability to the Applied Livestock consortium.
Who leads the engineering work?
Engineers with more than twenty years of experience, including in regulated and high-reliability environments. Every engagement is led by senior engineers rather than passed to a junior team.