By now you’ve no doubt gathered that we don’t do anything in half measures. With External IT you have a particularly robust Managed WAN network.
We have direct fiber connections to multiple Tier 1 providers – including AT&T, Sprint, Level 3, and other backbone networks. This effectively gives you unlimited elastic capacity to meet any bandwidth needs.
In fact, our facilities maintain rigorous, ongoing maintenance, boasting an uptime of up to five nines (99.999%) Less than perfect? Nobody is closer.
External IT security? Think safe inside a vault inside a mountain, transposed to IT.
A secure pipe to your hosted Data Center
and the Internet
Enterprise class Cisco ASA firewalls and Tipping Point Intrusion Prevention Systems protect your connection security. We achieve even higher levels of reliability and security by connecting our Data Centers with a private, Intra-Data Center network for internal communications, data replication, and failover traffic.
Connectivity and network services
Since the External IT hosted cloud networks are always on and available, a reliable connection on our client’s side of the equation is also a critical component in guaranteeing trouble-free access to the cloud network.
To make this happen, just choose a primary External IT Data Center facility based on geographic proximity, then select from a number of connectivity options, including our DirectConnect.
DirectConnect
DirectConnect offers a fully managed, private connection for the most demanding connectivity needs and is available at most External IT Data Centers. Direct Connect includes:
| Performance, security, and reliability built on top of MPLS technology |
| End-to-end management, 24/7 monitoring and support |
| Highest level SLA’s |
| Bundled Cisco routing and firewall equipment for a complete solution |
| QoS optimized for access to hosted resources as well as specific application needs, such as VoIP |
Site-to-site VPNs
External IT also offers solutions to extend your existing private network to one of the External IT Data Centers, site-to-site VPNs for specific application needs, and a secure gateway to the Internet utilizing External IT as your Internet gateway. Further options and ad hoc network management services include:
| 24/7 NOC to address any WAN management and connectivity needs |
| Friendly network design to optimize a local network for External IT access |
| Emergency support, so if anything goes wrong at your site, you’re fully supported |
As is the case with everything we do, we give you management and connectivity options to match your needs, from economical to robust.
