Can't get into the office?

Although we may love snow, its a natural disaster for business. Staff can not get into the office because they are snowed in or trains are not running. The roads are blocked or too dangerous to drive. Even when the schools shut the parents are left to stay at home.  But the business needs to carry on. What do you do?

Using the right secure remote access technology is a real need these days. There are many solutions that offer a quick fix but now with explosion of home and mobile broadband communications, selecting the right fit needs to offer secure remote access to end points beyond IT control, without the costly overhead needed to deploy and maintain per-seat clients.

Secure Remote Access

SonicWALL Aventail SSL VPN delivers easy, scalable, secure solutions to fit every organisation, from small and mid-sized businesses to the largest global enterprise. In fact, the Aventail E-Class Secure Remote Access (SRA) family of SSL VPNs deliver the easiest secure remote access solution for enterprise.

• Remote Access: Provides secure remote access to the most resources from the most end point device platforms
• Mobile Enterprise: The only SSL VPN solution to provide support for Microsoft Windows Mobile PDAs and Smartphones
• Disaster Recovery: Allows your staff to remain productive from anywhere, anytime and anyplace - even during unexpected business-infrastructure disruptions like natural disasters, pandemics or terrorist activities
• Wireless: Centralised secure access control for wireless networks supporting multiple device platforms
• Extranet: Extends access to partners and contractors to increase collaboration in a way that does not compromise access control and security
• Enforcing Policy: Enables IT to enforce policy across disparate points of entry, allowing granular access control for collaboration and compliance
• Network Access Control: The easiest remote access controller on the market, providing the core elements of NAC today and the foundation for the evolution of NAC in the future

Flexible Access Options for Any End Point

Aventail WorkPlace provides out-of-the-box clientless browser access to Web and client/server applications and file shares from virtually any browser on an unmanaged device. Workplace supports common browsers found on Windows, Macintosh and Linux devices. This allows browser access from home computers, public machines, smartphones and PDAs (including Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian and DoCoMo devices).Administrators have even greater control over portal access, content and design with the newly-enhanced SonicWALL WorkPlace Portal. Aventail Connect adds a Web-delivered thin client on a broad range of platforms (including Windows 7/Vista, Macintosh, Linux and Windows Mobile) for managed devices for a complete "in-office" experience. In addition, Aventail Connect Service Edition delivers remote application-to-application access and Aventail Connect Mobile provides "in-office" access for Windows Mobile-powered device users.

Robust Features that Boost ROI and Lower TCO

SonicWALL Aventail SRAs deliver robust features and benefits that give you immediate return on your investment by allowing your workforce to be productive anywhere, anytime—while helping you reduce IT overhead and total cost of ownership.

Faster Return on Investment (ROI) by Increasing Remote Productivity

• Aventail Smart Access offers transparent, dynamic deployment of the appropriate access method
• The most robust set of access options in the industry, including Aventail Connect and Connect Mobile
• Easy access to more applications from more environments—including Windows, Windows Vista, Windows Mobile, Linux and Macintosh

Lower Total Cost of Ownership by Streamlining IT Overhead

• Web-based or thin client access, without requiring IT deployment and maintenance of per-seat fat clients
• Aventail Unified Policy delivers a object-based policy model with a single rule set on a centralised gateway
• Aventail Advanced Reporting offers powerful analysis of remote access to your resources

Enhanced Network Resource Security

• Aventail End Point Control (EPC) detects the security of an end point at user login and/or at administrator-defined intervals
• Aventail Unified Policy protects resources with granular policy based on that user and end point
• Aventail Smart Access connects the user only to authorized resources