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With the rapid development of Internet technology, especially the rise of mobile Internet, it not only brings more convenient business experience to enterprises, but also saves most of the necessary IT investment. While enjoying these conveniences, enterprises will also face many problems in IT operation and maintenance, security, management and so on. Limited by the size and resources of enterprises, the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises in IT is seriously insufficient. Usually, a network administrator must have multiple roles. They must understand management and understand the network. They must also install the system and kill it. Virus, play exchange. In small and medium-sized enterprises, such composite talents are few and far between, and the quality of personnel also directly affects the ability of small and medium-sized enterprises.
On the other hand, the input cost of IT is also a key factor restricting the ability of SMEs to improve their IT capabilities. High security, wireless, exchange, behavior management and other equipment make SMEs discouraged. For SMEs, isn't there a good solution? Of course, we recently walked into the 3W coffee shop in Beijing Zhongguancun, which is known as the Internet entrepreneurial platform, and interviewed 3W coffee CIO Han Wei. Tell us about the success story of 3W coffee.
Han Wei said that the SMEs' choice of networking solutions will first consider the cost issue, followed by the applicability of the solution. With the deepening of the BYOD trend, wireless networking has become the first choice for SMEs, but at the same time it must also take into account the deployment of wired networks. The deployment and management ideas of wired and wireless integration have become the future trend of SME IT architecture selection.
Han Wei introduced, "The network environment of 3W coffee is quite special. The first floor is a public coffee shop; the second floor is an open conference room; the third floor is an incubator. There are many entrepreneurial teams working here every day. Here you need to consider At the third level, we chose to deploy the Fortinet Connect & Secure solution.
Fortinet product marketing manager Zhai Yitao introduced: "The Connect & Secure solution is Fortinet's solution for SMB users with integrated wired and wireless management capabilities, and on the ForitGate-140D-PoE, the core device of the Connect & Secure solution. It also integrates security, firewall and other functions such as switching, wireless controller AC, behavior management, etc. One device helps SME users to effectively improve IT capabilities at a lower cost." "In addition, the device has a higher interface density." 40 interfaces, 16 of which are PoE, which also means ultra-flexible division of secure VLANs."
Case Study: SMEs' Integrated IT Architecture Selection
Han Wei also calculated an account for us. For the current IT architecture selection of SME users, if you choose the traditional solution, you need POE exchange, routing, wireless, Web security gateway, behavior management and other equipment. The added cost is a big investment for SMEs, and the operation and management of multiple devices is also a major challenge for SMEs. For ForitGate-140D-PoE, one device has solved all the problems. First, the cost is reduced for SME users. Secondly, the unified operation and maintenance and management also reduce the work pressure of SME IT administrators.
In addition, for the SME IT administrators, the learning cost of the ForitGate-140D is relatively low, and it is often necessary to operate and manage multiple devices. On the ForitGate-140D, one device can be easily configured and the device can be online. To wired and wireless networking, completed in more than two hours. According to reports, Fortinet also deliberately provided a video guide for refining the configuration of common functions, further close to the needs of users.
In particular, the ForitGate-140D integrates the wireless controller function into the firewall. All FortiAP wireless access devices can be directly connected to the security platform, and wired and wireless traffic is forwarded centrally. That is, the wireless network can be configured with security and access as the wired network. Strategy. For SME IT administrators, they can achieve integrated management of both wired and wireless networks through an interface.
At the same time, ForitGate also has a good performance in report generation, and the ForitGate-140D, which is the most important data for IT administrators, has an overall presentation. Han Wei introduced that it is a habit to open and browse the log report of the device every day. From the detailed report of the previous day, the network can have a comprehensive and meticulous control, and effectively prevent the potential security threats and network problems of the network. .
Written in the end: For the selection of IT architecture for SMEs, the problem of real business can be solved with low-cost IT investment, while simplifying the operation and maintenance of IT administrators is the primary consideration for selection. The Fortinet Connect & Secure solution, which integrates network access and switching, wired and wireless integration, and cloud-to-end integrity, can be said to be the gospel of the IT architecture selection of SMEs, and this is also the trend of IT development in SMEs in the future.
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