Easy, Integrated Solution Gives Workers Remote Access, Improved Productivity

Overview

ROI, the Dutch Institute for Public Administration, is a nonprofit foundation based in the Netherlands that provides training to government offices in Europe. Many ROI training consultants work from home, accessing the ROI system through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). However, security management was difficult for administrators, because there was no integration between the VPN solution and the company's Windows-based IT infrastructure. The VPN solution was also unreliable, so remote employees often had to travel into the main ROI office to do their work. ROI recently implemented Whale Communications Intelligent Application Gateway, a remote-access solution that is part of the Microsoft Forefront line of business security products. Now employees can easily retrieve information from home, so they are more productive.