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- Improve Branch Office Admin with Flexible Server Solution
- Paul Smith, a global fashion designer, wanted to improve management of its remote infrastructure. A small IT team in England centrally managed the company's entire infrastructure, including distant branch offices. Without local IT support, branch offices could be difficult to manage. Further, local systems could place the whole network at...
- Tags: Administrator, Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-04
- Success Story: Western & Southern Financial Group
- Western & Southern Financial Group (Western & Southern) needed to replace an outdated caching solution in the branch offices of one of its insurance subsidiaries, Western & Southern Life. The company implemented SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server for 25 percent of the cost of a proprietary caching solution, and increased caching...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Financial, Branch Office, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Insurance, Open Source, Financial Planning, Servers, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-03-14
- Indonesian Bank Champions Platform for the Future, Bolsters Branch Office Security
- With nearly 800 branches and 5,500 automatic tellers across Indonesia, Bank of Central Asia BCA is a regional leader in financial services for businesses and consumers. Restricted by physical security concerns and the high cost of bandwidth, BCA relied on Novell servers to authenticate users at branch offices. As support...
- Tags: Security, Branch Office, Platform, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Financial Services, Operating Systems, Software
- Case studies 2008-02-26
- TechNet Webcast: BOIS and Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
- This webcast discusses the overall goal of the branch office design: to provide a positive branch office user experience in a secure, efficient, and affordable manner with minimum ongoing management and support overhead. It uncovers Branch Office Infrastructure Solution BOIS 3.0 and how the Windows Server 2008 operating system provides...
- Tags: Secure, Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-02-20
- Leading Advisory Firm Secures Branch Office Data With Windows Server 2008
- McGrathNicol is Australia's leading independent advisory firm. From 2005 to 2008, its staff doubled in size and the practice expanded into forensic and transaction services. As professional staff move frequently between branch offices, they need to work in a familiar desktop environment. The firm also needs to securely back up...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., McGrathNicol, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Hardware Upgrade, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Fashion Designer Improves Branch Office Administration With Flexible Server Solution
- Paul Smith, a global fashion designer, wanted to improve management of its remote infrastructure. A small IT team in England centrally managed the company's entire infrastructure, including distant branch offices. Without local IT support, branch offices could be difficult to manage. Further, local systems could place the whole network at...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Administration, Servers, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-02-01
- Empowered Branch: Make Your Branch Office as Productive as Headquarters
- In today's business environment, branch offices are enjoying unprecedented productivity, decision-making authority, and innovation. This paper introduces the factors that are elevating the importance of the branch office, the significance of transforming the branch office for the business, and how Cisco delivers value through the Empowered Branch. Because branch-office employees,...
- Tags: Branch Office, Microsoft Office, Cisco Systems Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management
- White papers 2008-02-01
- TechNet Webcast: Branch Office Solutions With Windows Server 2008 (Level 300)
- More and more, the branch office is becoming an important part of a successful enterprise, and with the Windows Server 2008 operating system, great strides have been made in enhancing the functionality, manageability, and security of the branch office environment. The presenter of this webcast looks at both the challenges...
- Tags: Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software
- Webcasts 2008-01-04
- Drug Producer Upgrades Server Software, Enhances System Security and Availability
- ratiopharm is Germany's largest manufacturer of generic pharmaceutical products and has branch offices in 24 countries. The company wanted to enhance the security of its enterprise network by upgrading its server software to Windows Server 2008. ratiopharm became an early adopter of the operating system, turning to KUMAtronik Systemhaus, a...
- Tags: Security, Server Software, Branch Office, Ratiopharm, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2008-01-01
- Optimizing Branch Office Security and Productivity in the Financial Services Sector
- This white paper examines the problems that financial services sector companies face when attempting to provide secure and efficient data access to branch offices. It also provides solutions based on the features and capabilities included with ISA Server 2006, Whale IAG 2007 and Windows Server 2003 R2. This paper specifically...
- Tags: Branch Office, Financial Service, Microsoft Office, Financial Planning, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Financial Services, Security, Finance, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- White papers 2007-12-01
- Accessing Network Resources via IPSEC VPN
- Ok, here goes..I am a lawyer not a network admin so please go easy on me if I have made some horridly glaring error.I have set up an IPSEC VPN between our existing office and our newly established branch office. The VPN being handled by routers in both offices.All the...
- Tags: Linux, File servers, VPNs, NETWORKING, Routers & switches, Microsoft Windows XP, Network security, network, OK Here, tony_kingtobinlawyer@..., branch office, main office, IPSec, IPSec VPN
- Discussion threads 2007-11-13
- Logging into a domain over VPN
- I request your assistance with what may be a simple question. We have a domain controller / server running W2K SP4 at our main office. We have recently setup a branch office, and a gateway-to-gateway VPN thru a couple of Firebox VPN routers.The branch office has a different subnet...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, VPNs, Network security, NETWORKING, asagar00@..., branch office, main office, VPN
- Discussion threads 2007-09-24
- Branch Office management with AD
- Our office consist of 1 Head office and 15 branch office on different locations.Head office has its own domain controller and the other branches (1,2,3...15) has a DC too.All branches works on their local domain and connected to head office via 512Kbps wireless link.Now, for some security reasons, I'm going...
- Tags: SECURITY, moghimi56@..., advertisement, branch office, Head Office
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- active directory and number of domain controllers
- We have 11 branch offices and 40 remote offices.In Branch offices we have 10-20 users and in remote offices we have 1-3 users. One branch office is head office and there is database and intranet website. All other branch offices have need to access that database and all offices have...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, senad.hukic@..., active Directory, branch office, domain controller
- Discussion threads 2007-07-11
- Branch office VPN
- We are currently connecting Neoware thin clients to Windows 2003 Terminal servers. Our firewall is an ISA 2000 Server with the Terminal servers published. We have a branch office that is setup with 3 thin clients connecting via RDP session to the published Terminal servers. We have...
- Tags: Modems, Printers, VPNs, Cable, Thin clients, conleys@..., VPN, modem, printer, branch office, cable modem, thin client, server
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- New branch office, add to existing Windows server 2003 AD domain or not?
- I'm setting up a new branch office, which is technically a different company owned by the company I work. I was wondering what the general consensus was regarding adding them to our 2003 Active Directory domain. Should I create a totally separate AD domain or a...
- Tags: Servers, estacy@..., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, EC1, WC3 WC1 & WC2, branch office
- Discussion threads 2007-06-01
- TechNet Webcast: Windows Server 2008: Branch Office Solution Scenario (Level 300)
- Windows Server 2008 provides integrated, secure, and cost-effective solutions that can help IT administrators efficiently manage the applications and services they must deliver to remote or branch office locations. Catastrophes and ongoing security threats increasingly require resilient distributed IT solutions for both public and private organizations. This webcast presents the...
- Tags: Webcast, Branch Office, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Digital Media, Operating Systems, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2007-05-23
- Empowering Greater Branch Productivity with Distributed Communications
- The branch office is undergoing a transformation for many companies. In organizations in verticals such as retail and financial services, branch strategies are critical to a company's success. Yankee Group defines this type of organization as a "distributed enterprise" with the value of the company being spread across the...
- Tags: The Yankee Group, Branch Office, Avaya Inc., Organization, Financial Planning, Financial Services, Strategy, Finance, Management
- White papers 2007-05-07
- How to prevent users from branch office authenticate in main site?
- I have one main site and two branch offices.In all site there are DC that running Windows 2003 server.How to prevent users from branch office authenticate in main site and users fron main site authenticate in branch offices.Thanks
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, kkassabow@..., main site, branch office
- Discussion threads 2007-04-01
- Branch Office Networking
- I need the best solution for networking a new branch office. The home office consist 2 W2K3 servers with 65-70 full time staff.W2K3 server(DC,DNS,DHCP,File Server)W2K3 server(DC and Exhange Server 2K3)The branch office is 300 miles away from the home office and will consist of (2) people initially with expected growth...
- Tags: branch office, home office, sc2k4, W2K3 Server, windows, networking, server
- Discussion threads 2007-02-09
