Business Solutions

Managed Security from Bright House Networks is more than just security.  The technology used to deliver our state-of-the-art security solutions also helps solve every day business challenges.  Here are just a few examples:

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)

If you have more than one location, chances are there is a need to share information between those locations.  In the past, your only choice might have been expensive point-to-point networks.  With VPN solutions from Bright House Networks we can extend your network to anywhere in the world as long as there is Internet access.  In addition, we constantly monitor your network for health.  In the event of a failure at any locations we will quickly work to resolve the issue, even if the remote location has Internet service from another provider.

Remote Access

These days, notebook computers are outselling desktops by nearly 2 to 1.  The reason is simple.  People want to take their work with them while traveling on business or working at home.  As a result, more and more businesses need to be able to connect their remote users to resources on the corporate network.  We can help solve this challenge by deploying Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions for remote users.  It's easy.  Our security professionals will set everything up for you.  You simply install a software client on each remote PC and we help you make it work.  Tell us how you want to authenticate users and what systems you want them to be able to connect to and we do the rest.  Now everyone can have access to file servers, printers and other systems from anywhere in the world where there is Internet Access.

WAN/ISP Failover

As companies become more and more dependent upon the Internet for their business, it becomes more critical that their connection is up and running all the time.  Having an outage for even an hour or two can cost even small businesses money and productivity.  But outages happen to nearly everyone from time to time.  Bright House Networks can dramatically reduce the risk of outages by implementing a WAN/ISP failover solution.  Combining the features of the SonicWALL firewalls we use for Managed Security, we can add a second Internet connection to your network.  If your primary connection fails, the firewall automatically routes all traffic over the secondary connection.  Even if you have public servers such as Web or Email, the system can automatically update DNS records so that those services are not disrupted.

Content Management

A big challenge to many companies restricting inappropriate use of the Internet by employees.  Many companies have an Internet use policy, but enforcing those policies is sometimes difficult, if not impossible, without the help of technology.  Utilizing SonicWALL's Content Filtering Service and Gateway Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware/Intrusion Prevention capabilities allows businesses to determine how employees can use the network.  Access to objectionable sites can be blocked.   In addition, this technology allow you to control users ability to access and use streaming media, Peer-to-Peer networks and Instant Messaging.  Benefits include:

• Increased worker productivity

• Reduced legal risks from inappropriate Web browsing

• Increased network bandwidth

Secure Wireless

Virtually every notebook PC sold today has built-in wireless capabilities.  Many companies have been reluctant to deploy wireless because of concerns over security.  Our security experts will help you design a wireless solution that is highly secure.  In addition, we can help you solve other challenges.  For example, if you want to provide wireless access to your guests so they can connect to the Internet, we can help you deploy wireless guest services.  Your guests can connect to your wireless network, enter a user ID and password and have access to the Internet for Web browsing or email without having access to your private wireless network.

Wireless Hot Spot Services

Bright House Networks can help retail and restaurant organizations deploy "hot spot" services for their customers.  You can provide Internet services to your customers through your own custom login/consent page.  We help you create and deploy your consent page and we provide you statistics such as the number of unique users during a specific time period.  You can use the same network to provide secure connections from your remote locations to your corporate network.