An Executive Guide to VPN TCO - A WatchGuard White Paper

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AN EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO VPN TCO. OVERVIEW. IPSec VPNs revolutionized the way that remote workers and business partners connected to a business, by …

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AN EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO VPN TCO
NOVEMBER 2005
WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. www.watchguard.comwww.watchguard.com page 2
AN EXECUTIVE GUIDE TO VPN TCO
OVERVIEW
IPSec VPNs revolutionized the way that remote workers and business partners connected to a business, by establishing a secure tunnel between a remote worker or business partner and the organization to which they were connecting. IPSec VPNs enabled employees to attain immense productivity gains while reducing the costs for the employers. From a total cost of ownership standpoint, IPSec VPNs provided significant cost reductions for organizations using Remote Access Servers (RAS) to provide secure remote access to their employees.
Unfortunately, IPSec VPNs bring along the administrative headaches and high costs of support and configuration, primarily from the installation and updating of VPN clients. Support costs associated with IPSec VPNs are the main reason for the high Total Cost of Ownership (TCO). The high TCO of IPSec VPNs is also the reason why SSL VPNs successfully emerged in the market. According to Forrester, 2005 will mark a transition in the VPN landscape, with some businesses continuing to use IPSec for site-to-site connectivity, while the majority will deploy SSL for remote access.
In addition to having high support costs, IPSec VPNs also prevent traveling users from…

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