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In today's business environment there is an
ever increasing need for faster and flexible access to the corporate
communication infrastructure. Employees want to access the intranets wherever they are.
Business partners want to join
together in extranets to share information.
Businesses are finding
that previous networking solutions, like ISDN dedicated leased lines or
frame-relay circuits, don't provide the flexibility required to create new
partner links or support project teams in the field. Meanwhile, a rise in
telecommuting and mobile sales forces is eating up resources as more money
is spent on modem banks, remote-access servers, and worst of all
"line charges".
Broadband
VPN promises to solve most of these
business
networking problems
VPN allows network managers to economically
connect remote branch offices and project teams to the main corporate
network. They also provide remote access to employees and reduce the need
for in-house equipment and support.
Rather than depend on dedicated leased
lines or frame relay, an
Internet-based VPN uses the open, distributed infrastructure of the
Internet to transmit data between corporate sites.
Companies using a Broadband VPN, set up
point to point connections via DSL services. Internet-based VPNs include
measures for encrypting data passed between VPN sites, which protects the
data against hackers and tampering by unauthorised parties.
In addition, VPN is not limited to
corporate sites and branch offices. A VPN can also provide secure
connectivity for mobile workers. They can connect to their company's VPN
by dialling into of a local ISP, reducing the need for long-distance
charges and the cost of installing and maintaining large banks of modems
and routers at corporate sites.
Consider the potential benefits of a
Broadband VPN:
- Faster downloads of large data files and
other information from the Internet
- Web pages that pop up the instant you
request them
- No waiting for internet connection
- Save on staffing, technical and
administration costs by streamlining infrastructure.
- Reduction in maintenance costs, and hardware
redundancy
- Savings in Branch Office equipment costs
- Easy connection for telecommuters.
By connecting multiple sites like branch
offices, suppliers, clients or even staff working from home, you'll all
share the benefits. And that has to be simply better for business.
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