2010, Mar 22
networking
Serving a population of approximately 330,000, the North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus (CTP) were faced with challenges when their network connectivity and connections were changed in a bid to reduce costs. The change meant confidential patient information was being transported over public and shared Internet connections, and network security became a serious concern. See how WatchGuard unified threat management (UTM) security appliances and the development of a resilient Virtual Private Network (VPN) mesh that included support for mobile devices and the reworking of all Internet Protocol (IP) addressed their concerns.
Midwest Eye Consultants, PC (MWEC) and it's 22 primary care offices, three surgical facilities, an optical lab, and a nursing home division needed to address connectivity and security issues. See how they implemented WatchGuard technologies to meet their needs
Survey finds that many IT decisions fail to consider the impact on the business network despite its importance
New switches and routers will be able to do the job of separate devices
The company will also use the servers internally to reduce costs in its own cloud infrastructure services
Company offers software-only alternative for WAN optimization
New plug-ins are free with current maintenance agreements
New server is meant to "change the Internet" and be more energy efficient
NGD Europe has about 750,000 square feet of floor space
Data center managers and equipment vendors looking for greener alternatives will begin to benefit this year from a major initiative aimed at reducing the power consumed by Ethernet equipment
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Midwest Eye Consultants, PC (MWEC) and it's 22 primary care offices, three surgical facilities, an optical lab, and a nursing home division needed to address connectivity and security issues. See how they implemented WatchGuard technologies to meet their needs
Serving a population of approximately 330,000, the North Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus (CTP) were faced with challenges when their network connectivity and connections were changed in a bid to reduce costs. The change meant confidential patient information was being transported over public and shared Internet connections, and network security became a serious concern. See how WatchGuard unified threat management (UTM) security appliances and the development of a resilient Virtual Private Network (VPN) mesh that included support for mobile devices and the reworking of all Internet Protocol (IP) addressed their concerns.
As the Neibauer Dental Care expanded, they found themselves needing to provide secure connectivity to better serve patients and ensure their privacy. See how a VPN solution built around WatchGuard devices protected patient privacy, added layers of redundancy to protect their business, centralized access to patient records – and saved more than a million dollars in just one year.
