The benefits of participation in the WARRENNET program for our consortium includes:

• Highly Available Internet access through an OC-3
• Connectivity options to WARRENnet include: ATM, T-1, ISDN, Frame-Relay
• Highly Available Wide Area Network access
• Access to Video Portal and High Quality Video Conferencing Architecture
• Quality of Service (QoS) Engineering

• Secure Internet Protection (firewalls) with regularly scheduled penetration tests, vulnerability tests, and audits
• VPN Access
• Content Filtering using Sophisticated Filtering Techniques
• E-mail Anti-Spam Software
• Anti-Virus Protection on all Servers
• SSL Certificates Available for Web Based Applications

• Highly Available and Secure Email and Web Servers
• Email is available through POP3 or Web Based
• FTP Access to Web Servers
• CGI/PERL/ASP/SSI Enabled Web Servers
• MySQL Database Hosting
• DNS Management and Maintenance
• Domain Name Registration and Maintenance
• E-mail accounts for ALL employees with a separate server for student email
• Ability to create closed listservs to "bulk" email all staff, "community" announcements to parents or for Emergency Messages regarding school closings

• 24x7x365 Proactive Monitoring including Wide Area Network Connectivity, Server Availability, URL Availablity, and Application Monitoring
• Change Management (Scheduled Maintenance) Reporting and Notification
• Continual Performance and Reliability Assessments and Upgrades
• Bandwidth and Utilization Reporting

• Expert Engineering and Support Staff
• Access to WARRENnet's Ticketing System

• IP Telephony Connectivity through WARRENnet resulting in high Return on Investment (ROI) and cost savings.