Misconception 2: Remote Access is expensive!
Common VPN solutions:
In addition to (mostly rather low) acquisition costs for the VPN software the following factors influence the solution's total costs:
- Further costs for acquisition, rollout and operation of a dynamical, automatic and centrally manageable personal firewall.
- User-side: frequently costs for documentation, training and user helpdesk are hard to estimate. Documentation for internet dial-in alone frequently exceeds the capacities of the managers in charge
- Administrator-side: training, documentation and extensive routine tasks
- Time-consuming and expensive rollout and update processes
- Costs for security issues regarding the use of public hotspots are almost impossible to estimate. As a consequence, the use of public hotspots is frequently being forbidden, which, in turn, results in a loss in productivity. However, if the use of public hotspots is to be allowed, further highly expensive security measures are taken.
NCP's solution:
The statement that "remote access is so expensive" can only be verified with a detailed TCO - Total Cost of Ownership - analysis. ROI (Return on Investment), ROSI (Return on Security Investment) as well as NPV (Net Present Value) should also to be analyzed and taken into consideration, too. NCP's Secure Enterprise Solution allows for fully automatic remote access operation. A high number of automatisms drastically reduces the number of clicks that have to be made on either side - remote and centrally. Each click that has to be made has to be documented and trained, each click is a potential mistake, and each click may lead to a further help desk call. Therefore, NCP designs its solutions on the maxim "less clicks" and this directly influences the cost-effectiveness of the solution. The client software features a budget manager that helps to individually monitor and limit the current connection costs. This excludes the risk of surprisingly high 3G or Wi-Fi bills.
NCP would be happy to provide you with up-to date cost-benefit data and case studies (add a few links or webforms to request such studies, or ask users to contact their friendly NCP sales office).