There may be
occasions when you have offices that are geographically separated. For example,
one office is in Ontario, Canada, and another office is located in Sydney,
Australia. You may also have the need for both offices to share data and
services privately and securely. This can
be achieved by setting up what is known as a site-to-site virtual
private network (VPN) between both locations, using the internet as a medium.
Using a VPN between
both locations provides the simple benefit of being able to access data and
services on your private networks, while encrypting that traffic to preserve
its authenticity as it moves from one location to the other.
There are many other
options available to achieve this result, yet using the omnipresent internet
connection provided by the ISPs in the different geographies provides a more
cost effective solution.
