The Problem
While wireless broadband delivers continuous access to enterprise networks and boosts the productivity of mobile professionals, it also makes it increasingly difficult for IT managers to ensure the health of mobile laptops and the security of the sensitive data they contain.
For the enterprise IT organization, the wide adoption of laptops and mobility offers unique productivity gains, but also introduces a mobile blind spot. When a mobile laptop leaves the enterprise, the IT department loses visibility over the laptop and therefore the ability to protect the sensitive data it contains. In the "mobile blind spot", corporate resources cannot be protected by a simple perimeter security approach because mobile laptops can connect to the public Internet using network interfaces that are no longer subject to the security controls of the IT organization.
The Alcatel-Lucent OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian puts continuous laptop visibility and control back in the hands of the enterprise. With this control, enterprises can proactively safeguard the sensitive data on employees’ mobile laptops anytime and anywhere, even when the laptop is powered off. From off-hour transfers of patches, updates, and backups to proactive, real-time response to security loopholes arising through public Internet access, the OmniAccess 3500 Non-stop Laptop Guardian increases productivity, helps enforce IT policy compliance, and improves business continuity.
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Improving the End User Experience
While security threats, data protection and laptop management issues must all be addressed, enterprise IT organizations must also ensure ease-of-use and a high quality of experience for end users.
For employees who are regularly on the move, remote access often means nuisances such as:
- Having to manually select the access interface (3G, WiFi, LAN, dial-up modem) based on network availability
- Having to run multiple interactive sessions to establish secure connectivity into the corporate network
- Inconsistent network application performance
- Abrupt degradations of computing capacity during bulky transactions such as backups and patch downloads
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