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Internet is one of the greatest sources of information ever. It is a means to research customers, competitors, products, markets and solutions. It also a means to promote your organisation and a platform on which many services are delivered – from online training and sales to purchasing systems. Internet supports everything from email to telephony. What your organisation needs on the internet will be dependent on many factors: the number of users, the traffic into and out of your site etc. Internet can enable offsite backup, file transfers between your site and users to work from home or in mobile scenarios. It can also support commerce systems Intranets and E Business – where customers order and suppliers provide stock through ‘just in time systems’. Control & Optimisation Controlling and managing Internet can be a sophisticated process for larger organisations – for example where applications need priorities – sometimes by time of day and day of week. Bandwidth will always be an issue and often solutions such as Expand can self-amortise in a short period and save on bandwidth costs. We supply optimisation hardware that can enable you to get the best usage out of any bandwidth through its compression and file management - typically this pays for itself in 3-9 months against any need to upgrade bandwidth. We also provide optimisation tools that can prioritize applications, departments, users at layer 7 (OSI) by time of day, day of week and on a monthly basis (e.g. for payroll & banking). Proxy servers can help you get the best 'bang for your bucks' out of any given bandwidth by caching sites locally and sharing connections between many users in a seamless manner. These also offer a platform for user control - through the use of software that protects against visits to porn, gambling and hacking sites. This control can often be tailored - for example allowing visit to sports sites only at lunchtimes. Which proxy solution suits you will depend on your site and equipment - sometimes a proxy card in a Watchguard firewall will be enough. Virus protection is a critical component for any organisation with web access - at desktop and server level; firewalls are also a key component - with protection matched to risk and throughput. We are a Watchguard reseller and provide protection for small businesses through to enterprise class businesses and government. We also provide Citrix Access Gateway, ISA server and other authentication gateways. Connectivity Connecting your sites together and getting onto the Internet can be effected by a variety of solutions from a range of providers. This is an area where many companies make costly mistakes that involve expensive setup charges and cannot be quickly rectified because they involve long-term contracts.
We provide a range of solutions including ADSL, SDSL Leased-Lines VPNS MPLS LES circuits up to Gigabit and beyond. We can also arrange microwave connectivity where line of sight or intermediate masts are available. Fail-over connectivity for key sites and applications can also be an issue as can Qos for VoIP - we solve both problems.
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