VPN | Interoute

A secure private network with the flexibility of IP

Interoute IPVPN services provide customers who have multiple office locations with secure and high performance wide area connectivity. IPVPN services are provided using the Interoute high capacity MPLS enabled core network and offer a wide range of connectivity speeds and options, and includes a wide range of options including Internet Access, Quality of Service, and Remote Access.

If you have office locations spread over a number of different cities or countries, but still require secure connectivity and information sharing, the Interoute IPVPN service could be exactly what you are looking for. Private Networks have been a feature of corporate communications for decades however where as in the early days they were the sole preserve of the very largest companies, technologies such as Frame Relay and IP, have succeeded lowering the cost of Private Networks, by allowing multiple private corporate customers to share a common network platform (the so-call Virtual Private Network or VPN). Recently, technology innovations such as Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) have succeeded in making multi-service VPNs, carrying voice, video and data over one network, a reality.

You should consider an MPLS based VPN if you are an organisation that is looking to deploy new technologies like Voice or Video over IP in the near future, as it can provide you with economies of scale by delivering these services at a low incremental cost. Most corporate customers use VPN services to provide secure and perhaps just as importantly predictable performance across all of their locations and Interoute provides a range of fully managed integrated VPN services that cover speeds from 512kbps through to 1000Mbps.

Benefits at a glance

Your VPN can be constructed to suit all of your corporate requirements, from single home or mobile workers, small branch offices, high capacity central offices to very high capacity data centres or disaster recovery locations.

Our MPLS enabled high speed core network offers you almost limitless scalability, so you needn’t feel that you’re locked in to a long term solution that may not suit your future needs.

The network is fully secure and private, you have the option of public Internet access through your own Firewall or via an Interoute managed Firewall but if you wish the VPN can be kept totally separate from any public network.

You will receive the highest levels of professional services both pre and post sales, including dedicated solution design consultancy, project management and service delivery management, together with an individual migration plan where appropriate to move your corporate wide area network from an existing provider.

The IPVPN service comes complete with an end to end Service Level Agreement that is backed by service credits in the unlikely event that key performance criteria are not met. This provides you with peace of mind that your corporate network is being taken care of by a professional organisation who recognises its value to the continued operation of your business.

The service is fully managed on a 24x7 basis with one central Customer Service Centre that is operated by multi-lingual staff that has access to management systems that cover the whole network.

Because of the way that Interoute is structured, with a combination of our centralised Customer Support Centre (CSC) which operates 24x7, together with local field service organisations, you get the best of both worlds. There is someone waiting to deal with any problems that you may have with any part of your solution 24 hours a day, who has access to a team of local people in each country who can deal with suppliers in their own language and resolve any issues much faster.

Features at a glance

Full Cisco Powered Network MPLS coverage in 19 countries with backbone network capacity of up to 10Gb/s.

Access from leased lines, Ethernet (at speeds upto and including 1Gb/s) and DSL.

Private DSL interconnects in 13 European countries (and in the USA as of Q4 2006)

MPLS level interconnects with a small number of strategic partners to extend the Interoute IPVPN footprint across the globe, but still under one SLA and one customer service organisation.

Full Quality of Service (QoS) functionality with support for up to 5 different traffic classes.

Fully managed service including the core network, the local access circuit and the customer premise router

End to end Service Level Agreements (SLAs) covering all major performance parameters including Installation Time, Delay, Packet Loss, Mean Time To Repair, and perhaps most importantly end to end Availability.

A range of backup options, including ISDN, DSL and a full suite of resilient network designs that include dual circuits, dual CPE routers and connectivity into dual Interoute Points of Presence (POPs)

Remote access options for off-net access including IPSec and SSL based VPNs, both for fixed locations or mobile workers.

VPN product sheet (PDF 270Kb)
For more information and a detailed technical specification listing, download the VPN Services product sheet.