THE NEED FOR FAST & SECURE IP NETWORKS

The rise of the Internet and IP-based applications provides multi-site retail enterprises with a unique opportunity to realize cost savings in their external and internal communications. However, the Internet was not originally designed with security in mind. Because of this, retailers are presented with a special challenge when it comes to managing their network environment, securely transmitting financial transactions and supporting mission critical Internet based applications through cost effective means. 

The complexities of protecting the privacy of their customer’s personal information (i.e. credit cards and customer loyalty programs), and the ability to safeguard the integrity of their own internal data from outside intrusion creates even greater challenges when dozens, hundreds, or thousands of retail locations are at risk. 

packetPointe’s VPN solutions are supported by the same equipment manufacturers that run most of the world’s major stock exchanges, 80% of the top 100 U.S. banks, 100% of the largest telecom companies around the world, and even the U.S. department of defense. Because we realize the importance of protecting you, your customers, and your enterprise, we have invested in the best equipment available on the market and we have incorporated the finest best practices known in the IT industry. This allows you to reap the same benefits as fortune 500 companies without the high costs associated with purchasing and maintaining this type of equipment and environment.

TRUE CARRIER CLASS SOLUTIONS

packetPointe’s VPN solutions are supported by the same equipment manufacturers that run most of the worlds major stock exchanges, 80% of the top 100 U.S. banks, 100% of the largest telecom companies around the world, and even the U.S. department of defense.  Because we realize the importance of protecting you, your customers and your enterprise, we have invested in the best equipment available on the market and we have incorporate the finest best practices known in the IT industry.  This allows you to reap the same benefits as fortune 500 companies with out the high costs associated with purchasing and maintaining this type of equipment and environment.



PACKETPOINTE’S VPN SOLUTION KEY FEATURES:

• Cost-effectively – extends IP-based remote access to locations needing multiple tunnels per location -- performing as both a dedicated VPN device and as a stateful firewall in a single unit.

• Supports Dynamic Routing – Support of dynamic routing and load-balancing for tunneled and non-tunneled traffic.

• Encryption – Incorporates hardware encryption accelerator and supports a second optional accelerator for maximum VPN performance.

• Full Hardware Redundancy – Full hardware redundancy incorporating multiple units at the core with each unit having multiple disks, processors, and power supplies for high reliability.

• Multi Carrier Routes – Full connectivity redundancy with multiple routes to multiple carriers.

• Centralized Management – Support of centralized management via a secure, encrypted Internet tunnel -- using VPN Router Multi-Element Manager, Web-browser, or command-line interface.
  
  
  

OTHER ATTRIBUTES OF PACKETPOINTE’S VPN SOLUTION:

• Support of IP Tunnels – for retail organizations that need to extend secure remote access to many remote retail locations, teleworkers and branch offices.

• Complete VPN – features including IP routing, virtual private networking, stateful firewall, encryption, authentication, policy services, quality of service (QoS), and bandwidth prioritization and management services.

• Support of Standard Protocols – We support standard IPsec, L2TP, PPTP, and L2F tunneling protocols to interoperate with a wide range of multi-vendor VPN software and hardware.

• Encryption of All Outgoing Traffic – We support encryption of all outgoing traffic with DES, 3DES, or Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) to prevent eavesdropping of data en route.

• Secure Authentication – Acceptance of incoming traffic through authenticated, tunneled connections, and logging of  all transactions for audit and trend reporting.

• Multiple Authentication Methods – Authentication of users via RADIUS, LDAP, SecureID, X.509 digital certificates, token cards or smart cards; works with enterprises' existing directory-based authentication services.

• Protocol Support – Support of industry-standard routing protocols that enable dynamic routing of traffic around network trouble spots and load-balance traffic across parallel paths, both for tunneled and non-tunneled traffic.

• Simple Management – Integration management, access, routing, and policies into a consistent security structure -- which in turn supports dynamic routing over secure IPsec tunnels, service turn-up on demand, and common policies across VPN, firewall and routing services.

• QoS – Sophisticated Quality-of-Service (QoS) and bandwidth management features to support Differentiated Services (DiffServ), RSVP, sophisticated IP traffic prioritization and queue management.

• Multi Interface Support – Support of multiple interface types -- 10/100/1000 Ethernet, T1 CSU/DSU, HSSI, V.35, X.21, ISDN -- for maximum flexibility in network placement and failover capabilities if a primary WAN link fails.

• Interoperability – Interoperation with existing firewalls, routers, and servers; requires no changes to network, user workstations, sub-netted intranets, or user applications and operating systems.

• Firewall – Support of stateful packet inspection firewall capability, which accepts or denies traffic based on full examination of incoming and outgoing packets for more than 100 application protocols.

• Policy Based Security – Support of granular security policies, where each user, group, or branch office connection -- internal or external -- can have a unique filtering profile with different access rights.

• Full Hardware Redundancy – dual disks, processors, power supplies -- for high reliability.

• Full Reporting via the Web – Web graphical interface and reporting.
  
  
  

BENEFITS:

• Security – Enables both large and small retail organizations to extend the reach of the secure corporate network to include thousands of simultaneous connections to remote retail locations, teleworkers, small offices, and business partners.

• Fast Deployment – Enables enterprises to turn up services as needed and to scale without limitations.

• Encryption – Protects transmissions from eavesdropping through DES, 3DES, AES, or RC4 encryption; optional accelerator card speeds processing-intensive encryption.

• Firewall – Protects user workstations and corporate network resources from unauthorized access by supporting firewall services, packet filtering, and accepting only authenticated, tunneled traffic.

• Reduced Administration Costs – reduce cost through centralized, integrated management of remote units over the Internet.

• Saves Money! – Lower cost through third party support and administration.