RE: VPN

Hi Yuri,

I think one of the major factors when deciding the type of remote access
method to use is the applications that need to be remotely accessed. Can the
applications run over a term serv / Citrix model? Are there low bandwidth
links involved? What control do you need to have over the end points? AV /
Security considerations? Pricing / licensing?

Then there are the users. What will be easiest for the user? What will be
easiest in terms of technical administration? When you ask these kinds of
questions and weigh up the pro's and con's between the different remote
access solutions I think you will be better geared to make a decision on
what is best for the company.

Cheers,

-Aaron.

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody_at_groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody_at_groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Cisco Fanatic
Sent: Saturday, 6 August 2011 8:10 AM
To: ccielab_at_groupstudy.com
Subject: VPN

Gents - What to look for when you are implementing a VPN solution for a 500+
users company?
As for VPN, there seem to be two different schools of thought from various
vendors. One is more of a Server Based Computing model, which essentially is
running applications and sessions either on a Windows Terminal Server (with
potentially layering Citrix on for more functionality). The other
alternative
would be a traditional remote access model, where network access is allowed
through an appliance (i.e. Juniper) and applications are run from the
endpoint
as if they were in the office.
Any Thoughts from people who have implemented VPN solution? Appreciate any
help in this regards.
-Yuri

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Received on Sat Aug 06 2011 - 09:00:10 ART