South African consulting company opts for Kerio WinRoute Firewall Founded in 1990, CSIPER Consulting has considerable experience and an outstanding track record in the field of implementing and integrating Enterprise Management Systems (EMS) With several offices across South Africa, the company employs over 125 highly skilled professional consultants Its objective is to remain at the cutting edge of “best-of-breed” technology and to add value by delivering practical working solutions that meet everyday business requirements CSIPER seek to develop strategies that enable clients to optimise ICT investments www.kerio.co.uk Constant Viruses Previously CSIPER had been using an offsite solution There were constant viruses and bandwidth use problems with this firewall No value added services were offered with the previous firewall setup As a result of high costs and poor protection CSIPER decided it was time to change to a new firewall and a new service provider Kerio WinRoute Firewall Clientless SSL VPN Bandwidth Limiter Anti-Virus Gateway Protection Excellent Statistics & Reporting Web Content Filter Option “Bandwidth administration has been simplified Bandwidth abuse has been eradicated and bandwidth usage controlled, resulting in greater productivity and cost saving.” Intense Investigation IT Challenge Bandwidth Abuse Banished There was an intense three-month investigation led by Hendrik Krüger, Systems Administrator for CSIPER The company chose InfoFX to help them in the search for a new firewall product Key requirements for the firewall were a secure encrypted VPN solution, bandwidth management, content filtering and cost effectiveness In the end there was one real choice, Kerio WinRoute Firewall, as this was the only solution able to comply with all these requirements Planning for the restructuring of the entire company’s IT network architecture took some time The biggest challenge was to complete the firewall implementation without any immediate impact on users To avoid any interruptions and loss of staff productivity, it was decided that this work should be done after hours and over the weekend The actual installation of Kerio WinRoute Firewall took less time than with traditional firewalls The new service provider, InfoFX, coped very well with this whole IT challenge and CSIPER has been pleased with the high standard of their ongoing technical support Hendrik Krüger is very happy with Kerio WinRoute Firewall There are several key features that have made a big difference to the business He confirms, “Bandwidth administration has been simplified Bandwidth abuse has been eradicated and bandwidth usage controlled, resulting in greater productivity and cost saving.” He adds, “The VPN facility is a great benefit.” Also, as a result of the early warning facility, immediate action can be taken on various network events Hendrik concludes, “Network administration has decreased by 30% and Network productivity has increased by 67%.” © 2007 Kerio Technologies Inc All rights reserved Kerio Technologies Inc | 111 W Saint John Street, San Jose, CA 95113, USA | T 408.496.4500 | www.kerio.com Kerio Technologies UK Ltd | Enterprise House, Vision Park, Histon, Cambridge, CB24 9ZR, UK | T +44 1223.202.130 | www.kerio.co.uk ... There was an intense three-month investigation led by Hendrik Krüger, Systems Administrator for CSIPER The company chose InfoFX to help them in the search for a new firewall product Key requirements... traditional firewalls The new service provider, InfoFX, coped very well with this whole IT challenge and CSIPER has been pleased with the high standard of their ongoing technical support Hendrik Krüger