Fiber Optic WAN Upgrade

Initial Customer Environment:
Medical Imaging facility with 4 locations & broadband cable Internet with IPSec VPN tunnels between offices and trusted outside nodes, firewalls are configured for port forwarding and 1-to-1 NAT.

Foreseen Problem:
Converting to digital imaging from film—transferring this data between offices as well as to and from outside entities. With their current topology, this will result in extremely slow transfer rates and decreased Internet access speeds. 

Resolution:
Installed Point to Point fiber optic connection between offices and fiber optic Internet into main location utilizing IPSec VPN tunnels for outside entities only. 

Results:
Internal network up to 10x faster, more secure data transmissions, 4x faster Internet speeds to main office. Speed increases resulted in higher productivity, less downtime, better network support through provider, decreased overhead on existing firewalls, no longer a need for separate cable Internet in 2 of the 4 locations, resulting in dramatic monthly savings.