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Western Networks Offers In-House Hosting and Spam Protection
Seeing a need for better web, e-mail, and FTP hosting solutions, as well as superior spam-filtering solutions, Western Networks has begun offering in-house answers.
Using a group of servers to offer redundant, fail-safe hosting, Western Networks servers are high performance machines that provide reliable hosting for customer websites and e-mail. Scalability has been achieved through server virtualization, with quick and monitored fail-over in the event of an unresponsive server.
In addition, Western Networks has begun offering spam-filtering solutions via SonicWALL's outstanding Email Security appliance products. SonicWALL's Email Security products offer the best spam and virus protection available, and Western Networks is proud to be able to offer that protection to it's clients at a low cost.
Between the two new service offerings, Western Networks is able to offer an end-to-end e-mail and hosting solution that provides maximum security, excellent spam and virus filtering, and complete control over e-mail flow and hosting for easy diagnostics of any issues that may present themselves.
Western Networks Moves into New Data Center
Western Networks has moved into the Radiant Communications data center on brand new server equipment utilizing dual Intel XEON dual core processors with redundant RAID hard drives, redundant power, and redundant Internet uplinks for maximum up time and performance.
Western Networks' data center servers (as well as their customer's servers) are protected by a SonicWALL PRO 1260 Internet Security Appliance, a 24-port stateful packet inspection firewall, providing maximum security while enabling maximum throughput. Mail servers are protected by SonicWALL's Email Security product to eradicate spam and viruses from their e-mail infrastructure, eliminating producivity loss and security concerns revolving around e-mail communications.
The Radiant Communications data center is state of the art, providing a secure environment served by fire suppression, climate control, secure access, redundant battery and generator protected power, and dual gigabit redundant Internet uplinks. Western Networks monitors all of the servers around the clock for up time and problem resolution to ensure minimal down time.
Outstanding Supplier Of The Year 2002
Western Networks is named "Outstanding Supplier Of The Year 2002" for "Exceptional Service" by Craftsman Panel Cutters Ltd. Craftsman provides full service component manufacturing with CNC technology combined with direct mill sourcing.
Craftsman Panel Cutters has been a Western Networks client since October, 2001. Since then, Western Networks has upgraded their server, printers, and several workstations. Western Networks has also advanced Craftsman's technology platform to include broadband Internet access, network wide centrally controlled virus protection, top-shelf firewall protection, and instant remote support for problems via a protected virtual private network (VPN) and Western Networks' network operations center.
Western Networks Partners with SonicWALL
Western Networks becomes a SonicWALL Silver Reseller. Founded in 1991, SonicWALL, Inc. designs, develops, and manufactures comprehensive Internet security solutions that are used by companies of all sizes to both protect their networks and provide secure remote access connectivity.
After several months of researching the security market for a company and product Western Networks feels can provide the best protection available, Western Networks has selected SonicWALL. SonicWALL is widely respected and recognized as both an outstanding company and an outstanding product, one Western Networks is proud to recommend to their clients.
Western Networks Partners with Radiant Communications
Western Networks becomes a Radiant Communications Reseller. Radiant Communications has been providing full-service Internet solutions to industry-leading company across the United States and Canada since 1996. Today, Radiant provides full-service Internet solutions to over 8,500 businesses, organizations, and government agencies throughout North America.
Western Networks required a way to provide comprehensive Internet services to it's clients. After speaking with several providers, Radiant Communications emerged with not only the most comprehensive service roster, but outstanding support personal to go with it. Radiant Communications has proven to be extremely reliable through their proactive approach to problem resolution. When problems do occur, they fixed so efficiently that clients rarely so much as notice an interruption in service. That is exactly the kind of people and service Western Networks looks for in the companies we work with.
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