ifs School of Finance delivers secure online learning with Zeus
ifs School of Finance has deployed Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) to manage web traffic for the estimated 50,000 users of both its student portal and public web site.
Zeus Technology, the acknowledged leader in Internet infrastructure solutions, today announced that the ifs School of Finance has deployed Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager (ZXTM) to manage web traffic for the estimated 50,000 users of both its student portal and public web site.
ifs School of Finance is one of the leading bodies for the provision of both education and life-long career support services to the financial services industry as well as formal financial education to the public at large.
Alongside its public web site (www.ifslearning.com) ifs School of Finance has developed a secure student and membership portal, providing access to study materials, student records and personal details. It needed to provide secure access to this resource as well as to converge its separate web architectures to ensure a single, more easily managed and monitored service.
"We needed a solution that combined security with high performance to ensure that our members and students always had fast access to the information they need," commented Dot Carrier [Director of IT], ifs School of Finance. "ZXTM enables us to secure, enhance and manage all our applications as if they were a single, integrated service, guaranteeing maximum uptime for all users."
ZXTM was deployed as a software solution in a resilient cluster for ifs School of Finance. This provides the ability to upgrade server hardware as necessary, easily and cost-effectively. The solution is currently running on six Dell 650s. Future plans include using ZXTM to provide full site-to-site fail-over between ifs' two sites and to allow secure, remote access to email.
"To achieve its aim of being a school of finance recognized for the excellence and relevance of its courses and services the ifs School of Finance needed a web infrastructure that delivered matching levels of performance," commented Steve Palmer, VP Marketing, Zeus Technology. "ZXTM is not only accelerating traffic, but providing the security to deploy new services such as its student and membership portal in a simple, fast and easy to manage solution."
Zeus Extensible Traffic Manager is the next generation in high-availability, application-centric traffic management and load balancing, providing unparalleled control, intelligence, security and resilience for all your application traffic.
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