August 2010 – O-bit Telecom has added IPVPN to their extensive and impressive product portfolio to offer an even wider range of data network solutions. The new services are provided via Surfwise, a data network wholly built and owned by O-bit Telecom, and allows resellers to offer their customers a range of flexible networking solutions to connect remote sites efficiently and cost effectively.

The Surfwise IP VPN utilises IP technology to provide high speed and secure remote access to a company’s network. The good news for End Users is that providers are able to offer this solution as a cost effective alternative to traditional VPNs, with high levels of resilience provided by an experienced support team. The Surfwise IP VPN is easily scalable, allowing additional sites to be easily added to the network, providing businesses with a VPN solution to grow with their needs.

“With more people working from home, the ability to securely and quickly access a corporate network is becoming very important.  At the same time, bandwidth demands are becoming greater, and VPN users don’t want the connection itself to be a bottleneck,” explains Dave Breith, CEO, O-bit Telecom. “The Surfwise IP VPN allows resellers to offer a high-bandwidth VPN solution that many businesses are crying out for, at a price that is much more reasonable than traditional VPN solutions.”

Paul Cloudsdale, Technical Director, O-bit Telecom ads “With modern routers making VPN setup easier and quicker the complex skills needed to setup VPN’s isn’t always needed these days. Simple VPN’s on broadband routers can be setup quickly and with little fuss, couple this with PC’s and Mac’s supporting VPN encryption out of the box it’s possible for most IT people to get these up and running even if it means 20 minutes on Google!”

Most small office and home office users will of course want to reduce costs so good connectivity at the right price is key. Internet breakout and connectivity to a corporate network with telephony all over the same connection is ideal. Security should always be high on the agenda especially when connecting remote computers in to the main corporate network. Private IP VPNs can only be accessed from the physical connection it is supplied on where as VPNing over the Internet can be accessed from anywhere using a computer so it’s key to have sensible measure to authenticate and log devices that do or even try to connect to a network. Productivity is much less of an issue as this tends to increase once people settle in to the home working routine.

Because O-bit has a multi carrier network they can mix and match our IPVPN and MPLS across different carriers. O-bit have the opportunity to offer best bandwidth and commercials over multiple sites and back haul all sites onto their network and secure the network onto IPVN or MPLS.

This service if available to anybody who wants to connect in a secure manner. Ranging from SME’s to corporate to central local government.

When resellers are selling normal broadband they should try and identify quickly how many sites the customer has even if they only have one office, generally at least a handful of people have broadband at home and that’s where the IPVPN product comes in.

What makes O-bit stand out from the crowd is the multi carrier option and can offer internet breakout at our core network. The customer doesn’t need to have a separate internet circuit.

Because O-bit is also a voice carrier we have our voice network in tandem with our data network. Converged technologies come at ease. There are only 2 companies that can offer this but unfortunately don’t. This makes O-bit’s opportunities endless.