VPN is a Virtual Private Network. This entails all the availability, visibility and security you currently associate with your in-house server BUT with the freedom and accessibility of the internet. In short a VPN allows computer users to access a network via an IP address other than the one that actually connects their computer to the Internet.
Many companies have facilities spread out across the country or around the world, and there is one thing that all of them need, a way to maintain fast, secure and reliable communications wherever their offices are you can achieve this through VPN. Businesses are no longer limited by office space, geographic location, or the 9-5 working hours.
A well-designed VPN can provide great benefits for an organisation. It can:
- Extend geographic connectivity
- Improve security where data lines have not been ciphered
- Reduce transit time and transportation costs for remote users
- Simplify network topology in certain scenarios
- Provide global networking opportunities
- Provide telecommuter support
- Provide broadband networking compatibility
