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Heritage YMCA Sheds Telecom Pounds to Gain Network Security Muscle

Until recently, Heritage YMCA’s IT functionality filtered
through its main branch in Naperville, IL, which was housed in a 100-year-old
building prone to power and telecommunication connection failures. Staff relied
upon multiple e-mail systems, including their internet service provider (ISP)
and an antiquated internal email system. The combination of systems presented
administrative challenges and functional limitations. The organization
desperately needed system redundancy, updated internet security, remote access,
new messaging functions, as well as independent Internet connections for each of
its seven locations. Further, rising telecommunications costs were making
matters worse for the budget-constrained organization.
In October 2007, IT Manager Joe McBride brought in BAI Security and their
telecom partner to evaluate and recommend more secure and efficient network
solutions. The team proposed reducing the YMCA’s existing telecommunications
expense with a more cost-effective VoIP solution. The plan phased in replacement
of the existing telecommunications circuits with a VoIP solution in remote
offices as each approached contract expiration. This VoIP migration, said the
telecom and BAI team, would yield significant savings – enough to offset the
cost of the proposed solutions.
With telecommunications systems improved, the Y began to work with BAI Security
to map out specific objectives to improve IT security to protect information
assets. The organization needed to implement a more secure infrastructure with
an improved firewall, intrusion prevention, web content filtering, spam
prevention, perimeter antivirus, spyware protection, and Blackberry e-mail
access. Further, they wanted to reduce growing demands on limited IT resources
within the organization by outsourcing routine IT administrative tasks. The
solution: Heritage YMCA needed BAI Security’s Managed Security Services (MSS)
and Secure Application Hosting (SAH for Microsoft Exchange).
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