Extract taken from The Data Chain

Claranet has launched a new 3G service integrating mobile working and back-up connectivity, which links directly to its private network. The new service avoids the need for its customers and their end-users in turn, to use the public internet for any flow of data.

Using either a SIM card for mobile users or a 3G router to provide extra connectivity for office locations, the service provides a new level of flexibility and simplicity to connect with Claranet’s private network.

While most mobile carriers price their private 3G offerings to discourage small and mid-market businesses through excessive set-up charges, Claranet doesn’t charge to enable its private network, so customers can start small and grow as they need. This drastically reduces the cost of entry for companies wanting to create secure remote working access for their employees. It also allows for greater flexibility to meet changing demand as the trend for bring your own device (BYOD) develops.

The service will keep data within an organisation’s firewall, removing costly and bureaucratic authentication processes from IT departments and the need for virtual private networks to encrypt data on the public internet, constraining bandwidth and data flows.

According to the latest research 35 percent of CIOs, IT Managers and business decision-makers believe that their mobile workforce will grow over the next year. A quarter of those questioned in the recent IDC EMEA Enterprise Mobility CIO Survey[1] also stated that they would spend more on mobile technology over the next 12 months.

Michel Robert, Managing Director at Claranet UK says:

Our new 3G service is an important part of our offering to a market that is adjusting to the rise of BYOD. CIOs need to be confident that this new mobile way of working will reduce complexity while maintaining the integrity and security of their data. If mobile working or back-up connectivity are not fully integrated with the private network, then IT departments effectively have to run 3G as a separate system. Different levels of security and specific authentication processes are then needed for the rest of their IT platform.

Find out more:

• To read the full article, visit The Data Chain.
• To see the press release, visit Claranet launches integrated 3G service
• For more information about Claranet’s new 3G service, visit Claranet Wireless Services
• For more information about Claranet’s hosting services, visit Hosting Services

Extract taken from Inside Networks’ August issue

Claranet has announced its Virtual Data Centre (VDC) is now live in Germany and France.

The award winning service was launched in the UK in late 2011 and enables users to build their own data centre in the cloud and provision it with compute, storage and networking resources with a few clicks of a mouse. The Claranet VDC also provides a burst capability for periods of unexpectedly high demand, so users pay only for the assets that they use.

The French and German version are based on the successful UK model, including the groundbreaking software orchestration layer that makes it compatible with every type of hypervisor, and the portal-based ‘drag-and –drop’ interface. Early positive feedback from the French and German markets has focused on VDC’s use of in-country data centres and integration with Claranet’s own European MPLS network.

Find out more:

• For more information about Claranet’s Award-winning service, visit Virtual Data Centre
• To see a demonstration of Claranet’s Award-winning service at Virtual Data Centre
• For more information about Claranet’s new 3G service, visit Claranet Wireless Services
• For more information about Claranet’s hosting services, visit Hosting Services

Extract taken from The Data Chain

Claranet has launched a new 3G service integrating mobile working and back-up connectivity, which links directly to its private network. The new service avoids the need for its customers and their end-users in turn, to use the public internet for any flow of data.

Using either a SIM card for mobile users or a 3G router to provide extra connectivity for office locations, the service provides a new level of flexibility and simplicity to connect with Claranet’s private network.

While most mobile carriers price their private 3G offerings to discourage small and mid-market businesses through excessive set-up charges, Claranet doesn’t charge to enable its private network, so customers can start small and grow as they need. This drastically reduces the cost of entry for companies wanting to create secure remote working access for their employees. It also allows for greater flexibility to meet changing demand as the trend for bring your own device (BYOD) develops.

The service will keep data within an organisation’s firewall, removing costly and bureaucratic authentication processes from IT departments and the need for virtual private networks to encrypt data on the public internet, constraining bandwidth and data flows.

According to the latest research 35 percent of CIOs, IT Managers and business decision-makers believe that their mobile workforce will grow over the next year. A quarter of those questioned in the recent IDC EMEA Enterprise Mobility CIO Survey[1] also stated that they would spend more on mobile technology over the next 12 months.

Michel Robert, Managing Director at Claranet UK says:

Our new 3G service is an important part of our offering to a market that is adjusting to the rise of BYOD. CIOs need to be confident that this new mobile way of working will reduce complexity while maintaining the integrity and security of their data. If mobile working or back-up connectivity are not fully integrated with the private network, then IT departments effectively have to run 3G as a separate system. Different levels of security and specific authentication processes are then needed for the rest of their IT platform.

Find out more:

• To read the full article, visit The Data Chain.
• To see the press release, visit Claranet launches integrated 3G service
• For more information about Claranet’s new 3G service, visit Claranet Wireless Services
• For more information about Claranet’s hosting services, visit Hosting Services

Extract taken from The Data Chain

Claranet has launched a new 3G service integrating mobile working and back-up connectivity, which links directly to its private network. The new service avoids the need for its customers and their end-users in turn, to use the public internet for any flow of data.

Using either a SIM card for mobile users or a 3G router to provide extra connectivity for office locations, the service provides a new level of flexibility and simplicity to connect with Claranet’s private network.

While most mobile carriers price their private 3G offerings to discourage small and mid-market businesses through excessive set-up charges, Claranet doesn’t charge to enable its private network, so customers can start small and grow as they need. This drastically reduces the cost of entry for companies wanting to create secure remote working access for their employees. It also allows for greater flexibility to meet changing demand as the trend for bring your own device (BYOD) develops.

The service will keep data within an organisation’s firewall, removing costly and bureaucratic authentication processes from IT departments and the need for virtual private networks to encrypt data on the public internet, constraining bandwidth and data flows.

According to the latest research 35 percent of CIOs, IT Managers and business decision-makers believe that their mobile workforce will grow over the next year. A quarter of those questioned in the recent IDC EMEA Enterprise Mobility CIO Survey[1] also stated that they would spend more on mobile technology over the next 12 months.

Michel Robert, Managing Director at Claranet UK says:

Our new 3G service is an important part of our offering to a market that is adjusting to the rise of BYOD. CIOs need to be confident that this new mobile way of working will reduce complexity while maintaining the integrity and security of their data. If mobile working or back-up connectivity are not fully integrated with the private network, then IT departments effectively have to run 3G as a separate system. Different levels of security and specific authentication processes are then needed for the rest of their IT platform.

Find out more:

• To read the full article, visit The Data Chain.
• To see the press release, visit Claranet launches integrated 3G service
• For more information about Claranet’s new 3G service, visit Claranet Wireless Services
• For more information about Claranet’s hosting services, visit Hosting Services

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Extract taken from Computer Weekly

Space NK apothecary is one of a number of retailers using 3G as a replacement for ISDN to back up store IT systems.

The retailer is using the service, supplied by Claranet, to reduce the risk of “copper theft”,which can take out all connectivity, preventing stores from taking card payments.

“In the face of repeated incidents with copper lines and long repair times, we decided to implement a ‘no wires’ solution rather than a second line or ISDN back-up,” said Anthony Baldwin, IT manager at Space NK.

The Claranet service uses an multiprotocol layer switching (MPLS) based private network that can be accessed over 3G. It is being run across 60 UK Space NK stores.

A new offering from Claranet, the service supplies 3G SIMs that run a secure connection over mobile operator 3’s network to allow businesses to connect mobile devices into the Claranet datacentre.

“We designed the service to allow people to plug mobile devices into the network,” said Martin Saunders, product director at Claranet.

While companies can use overlay virtual private networks (VPNs), based on IPsec, or secure socket layer (SSL) VPNs to create secure network connections, Saunders said that these generally only work well on sophisticated devices.

“Typically, iPad devices don’t work well due to browser compatibility issues,” he said.

The MPLS approach from Claranet replaces the generic log-in credentials that mobile networks normally use, with customer-specific username and password pairs to provide secure authentication.
Along with branch network applications, Saunders said Claranet was also seeing interest in the mobile workforce.

The Claranet service is an alternative to private APNs (access point names), which, according to Saunders, are designed for large deployments costing upwards of £10,000 to set up.

“We can scale from a small number of SIMs upwards, making it suitable for small numbers of workers,” he said. “If you are an organisation with 50 SIMs, the Claranet service can save £10,000 on the set-up costs of a private APN.”

Find out more:

• To read the full article, visit Computer Weekly.
• To see the press release, visit Claranet launches integrated 3G service
• For more information about Claranet’s new 3G service, visit Claranet Wireless Services
• For more information about Claranet’s hosting services, visit Hosting Services

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