Educational ICT & AV Specialists

Internet Connectivity

The need for stable and flexible broadband within schools is now a key component for all establishments looking to maximise its online potential. Historically schools have utilised their local authority when sourcing these services, but as technology has developed, schools are now looking to the private sector to achieve “BEST VALUE” and a more individual package, whether that be internet speed, or control of areas such as filtering and reporting.

Our connectivity services spread across the full range of options open to the UK market ranging from Broadband to leased lines. As part of the managed service we provide to our customers we include comprehensive content filtering and pupil reporting via a intuitive management console. Benefits include:

Easy, Affordable, Flexible

• With the Fluentblu / Untangle system, you get ease of use, affordability, and flexibility to accommodate student, teacher, and staff needs. We make it straightforward to manage your network.
• Dynamic Web Filter – Filter websites by critical categories, as well as manage access to web mail, shopping, proxies, and other sites.
• Control Internet usage based on 53 categories that covers over 100 million URLs.
• URLs that have not been seen before are processed and classified in real-time, allowing you to stay one step ahead of your students.
• Block https/ssl sessions by IP, thwarting a popular work around for standard web filtering solutions.
• Control Instant Messenger and other P2P applications – port hopping applications such as instant messenger and bit torrent can bypass standard firewall rules, consume network traffic, introduce malware, and open a door for child predators. Untangle allows you to control these applications and set reasonable restrictions for your network.
• Block Viruses, Spyware, Spam, Phish, and Other Malware – Untangle scans all traffic including http and ftp for viruses, worms, spyware, phishing, and other threats to protect your network and the personal information of your students.
• Monitoring - Untangle Reports lets you see who’s doing what on your network, including reporting by active directory user name. This lets you monitor for violations of your acceptable use policy and identify suspect behaviour.
• Policy Management – Create an unlimited number of web usage policies based on user and/or time of day, including rules appropriate for teacher, staff, and students as well as different age groups.

Included as part of our Premium Educational package:

Web Filter

For dynamic enforcement of your web policy including blocking inappropriate content, https, and proxy sites. Over 450 million sites in 53 categories for precise policies and easy management.

Kaspersky Virus Blocker

A best-of-breed anti-virus application for schools that require an extra layer of protection, to prevent viruses even reaching school computers.

Commtouch Spam Booster

A premium extension to Spam Blocker that adds an extra layer of protection against bulk email, cutting Spam by 98%.

WAN Balancer

Increase performance and throughput by allocating traffic across up to six separate Internet connections.

WAN Failover

Improve reliability by automatically detecting an Internet outage and switching traffic to an alternate connection.

Bandwidth Control

Increased visibility and control over your network, with monitoring, rules and quotas.

Web Cache

Web Cache stores copies of online files passing through it; subsequent requests for the same files may be satisfied from the cache if certain conditions are met, rather than being re-downloaded each time.

IPsec

Untangle's easy to configure IPsec module allows for seamless integration with third-party firewall products.

Policy Manager

Create an unlimited number of user and time based policies for web and remote access. Examples include providing more liberal web access to specific employees, to staff during lunch and breaks, or guests.

Directory Connector

Leverage your Microsoft Directory server to simplify policy management and enrich reporting. Can be used for enforcing policies and reporting by user name.

Configuration Backup

Automatically saves your Untangle server's settings to Untangle's datacenter every night, making restoring your custom setting a snap if your Untangle Server ever experiences a hiccup.

Broadband

The most popular and often the most suitable solution for schools. Offering excellent value for money and potential speeds in excess of 40mb for FTTC customers, options include ADSL, ADSL +2, SDSL (dependant on location and service availability)

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Leased Lines:

For larger schools, or those that need even greater upload or download speeds, a leased line is often the way forward. Offering speeds of up to 10Gbps this is the perfect solution for schools looking at higher upload and download speeds at 1:1 and ultra low contention.

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