Ideco Gateway Benefits

Simple to install, configure, and maintain

The installation of Ideco Gateway is fully automatic; it does not require any additional software. The distribution disk contains all the required components. Ideco Gateway does not require introducing any changes into the existing enterprise network; you simply plug in a new server on the borderline separating the corporate network and the Internet.

After installation and initial configuration have been completed, Ideco Gateway does not require constant maintenance, so the maintenance costs are close to nil.

The friendly and clear administrator's interface features user management, subscriptions management, access control, Firewall configuration, and so on. The basic actions are available not only to the system's administrator, but also to regular users who has been granted appropriate permissions.

Robust and secure

Ideco Gateway offers a wide range of features for protecting users and resources on the corporate networks from any types of Internet attacks.

The Ideco Gateway distribution is based on the Linux kernel and utilizes unique solutions that achieve an unprecedented level of reliability and security comparable to that provided by hardware routers. The reliability of the system has been proven by large companies with over 3000 users adopting Ideco Gateway.

With Ideco Gateway, you can hook up with several providers or external networks, which guarantees continued connectivity even in cases when one of the channels temporarily goes down.

Fine-grained handling, control, and accounting

Ideco Gateway provides every employee of the company with full personal access to the Internet and other network resources. Enterprise Edition integrates with Active Directory services and LDAP servers.

For convenience purposes, you can build a hierarchy of users (departments, subdivisions, offices) and put trusted officers in charge of these groups.

Ideco Gateway allows planning and restricting costs on per-user and per-group basis as well as on the enterprise scale. Statistics are gathered in real time, with capability for automated user warnings and user access suspension on overdraft.

An important benefit for the administrator is the fact that all users' actions are recorded. You can analyze the network sites a user visits, calculate time, traffic, and the money spent.

Unified workspace

Ideco Gateway contains all the components necessary for building an enterprise workspace:

A powerful email server complete with an anti-virus and a spam filter for building a secure corporate mail system. This component has a friendly Web mail interface accessible over a secure channel from conventional Web browsers.
A multi-site Web server. Includes use examples and a production ready content management system (Joomla), allowing for creating and maintaining organization's public sites as well as internal portals for employees. The forum and wiki engines built into the system are preconfigured and ready for use.
An FTP server for creating shared file storages for the company's employees and customers.

Take remote employees on board

One of the strengths of Ideco Gateway is providing remote employees and people on field trips with access to the enterprise network over a secure channel. Using secure connections and a single platform, you can unite several remote departments into a single corporate network.

Returns on investment

Ideco Gateway pays off in a few months, because it has low maintenance costs and saves the time of your network support specialists. With our friendly policies, a company of any size can easily select a suitable licensing scheme: 10 to 20 users for small companies, 50 to 200 users for medium companies, 500+ users for large companies.