Enterprises increasingly opting for SSL VPNs to maintain business continuity

Enterprises are opting increasingly for SSL VPNs to provide access to e-mail and other business critical applications from anywhere, ensuring business continuity in times of crisis.

"SSL VPNs are the perfect solution when you need a technology to ensure that your executives and employees can access the information they need to do business and collaborate with each other if they can't get to the office," said Dan Harman of Lewis Operating Corp., a leading developer of commercial and residential properties. "We selected Whale Communications' e-Gap Remote Access SSL VPN. It not only gave us the assurance that we could continue to operate remotely in times of emergency, but it also gave us the functionality that we need on a daily basis - the ability to access applications from anywhere, securely."

Adopted by Fortune and Global 1000 enterprises, Whale's SSL VPN enables enterprises to provide their executives, employees and partners with secure access to a wide-range of applications from any Web browser.

"SSL VPNs are a good option for enterprises looking to continue business and maintain contact with employees during times of emergency or disaster," said Richard Stiennon, vice president at Gartner. "We are increasingly seeing more enterprises opt for SSL VPNs when preparing for these situations."

Whale's president Daniel Steiner added: "The fact that enterprises are selecting SSL VPNs to ensure business continuity is yet another testament supporting our vision that the robustness of the technology, if built on a flexible platform, can and should go well beyond mere networking and instead become an integral part of an enterprise's IT platform."

An effective business continuity plan must include methods for ensuring that the business operates in situations in which employees and other personnel cannot physically access their offices. Reasons for needing such access could include: bad weather conditions, transportation disturbances, strikes, facilities problems, natural disasters, terrorism or personal problems such as illness. SSL VPN Technology helps satisfy this important component of business continuity by enabling access to business-critical applications and files from any Internet-connected location, without the need to install, configure, or maintain any complicated or special infrastructure.

To learn more about SSL VPNs for business continuity, see Whale's white paper at: www.whalecommunications.com/businesscontinuity

•Date: 13th November 2003 •Region: N.America •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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