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There are a number of ways that the internet and advancements in internet technology has helped businesses. These include ways that make it easier for businesses whose employees are not always in the office or are in multiple offices. Some of these are outlined below.

VPN (virtual private network) is a technology that allows a secure network between two computers. Examples of this include the internet and internal networks within a business where users are able to log in remotely over the internet. Here is a glossary of some important terms related to VPN.

Interoute offers customers the choice of two IP Transit services at a great price; Global Transit, which is an IP Transit services advertising routes to all Internet destinations, and Euro Transit, which advertises a partial routing table of Interoute's direct customers and peers. Interoute is a member of 20 of the worlds top Internet exchanges, routing customers traffic as directly as possible and delivering consistently high performance.

MPLS is the Cadillac of enterprise WAN services, having earned its stripes as the link option of choice because of its reliability, flexibility and controls. But upstarts are saying that, with a little ingenuity, they can use Internet pipes to achieve the same ends at a better price.

VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and is a secure way of being able to connect to a network, whether it is an internal business network or the internet. There are many reasons for using a VPN and many situations where they can be beneficial.

Information, articles and industry news relating to Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and other Unified Communications

Virtual Private Networks or VPNs have become commonplace for millions of users across the world in both their personal lives and their workplaces. In essence they allow computers on separate local networks (LANs) in different locations to connect to each other across the public connections of the internet without anyone else being able to see or intercept the information that is travelling between them.

VoIP, or Voice over internet Protocol to give it its full title, is a concept at the vanguard of the telecommunications industry which, if you haven't already heard about, will become an increasingly familiar part of all our lives in the near future. But what is it and how can it benefit small business users?

Millions of internet users in Pakistan will be unable to send emails and messages without fear of government snooping after authorities banned the use of encryption software.

Last week, the Government of Pakistan informed all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) that they must discontinue all virtual private network (VPN) services within the nation.

Read a basic tutorial on how to set up a VPN, or Virtual Private Network on Windows 7 from ghacks.net. You can use this to set up your own VPN server. This assumes you are using a router to connect to the Internet, and you have permissions to add port forwarding to the settings. You'll also need access to a second computer to test if your VPN is working correctly.

The idea of managed hosting is not one that is restricted to a particular hosting platform, rather it is a package of additional support features that you receive with whichever set up you have.

The following article aims to provide a brief introduction to the concept of mobile VPN, how it works and its potential applications in business and the public sector.