Cisco Cisco Email Security Appliance X1050 信息指南
Customer Case Study
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PANHANDLE TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE
AT A GLANCE
AT A GLANCE
Headquarters: Guymon, Oklahoma
Business: Comprehensive communications
provider, offering high speed Internet, residential
and business telephone service, cellular phone
service, digital interactive and cable television
provider, offering high speed Internet, residential
and business telephone service, cellular phone
service, digital interactive and cable television
Email Users: Over 11,000
Service Area: Over 6450 square miles
THE CISCO IRONPORT ADVANTAGE
● Easy manageability with a 75 percent
reduction in operating costs
● Robust performance with no system crashes
or downtime
● Industry-leading spam and virus filtering at the
network perimeter
● Up to 6 million suspicious messages blocked
daily
● Nonintrusive, reliable results for superior user
satisfaction
Cisco Handles Email Security for a Regional Telecommunications
Leader
Overview
Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (PTCI), dominates its market
area, providing a full range of telephone, cellular, Internet, and
television services to commercial and residential customers. With roots
dating back to the mid-1950s, PTCI has long delivered exceptional
customer service and advanced product offerings in the dynamic
communications arena. To maintain its competitive edge, the company
required an email security so
lution able to stand up to today’s complex
threats.
The Situation
PTCI’s previous security systems failed to meet the demands of increased email traffic volumes, including system
stability and heightened pressures on network management. Realizing it needed to upgrade its security system, PTCI
researched Barracuda, Tumbleweed, and Cisco
®
. Based on that review, and the testimonials of satisfied customers,
the company selected the Cisco IronPort
®
C-Series Email Security Appliance to provide the stability and security it
required.
Technical Challenges
As PTCI grew, so did the number of email accounts it handled. Today, PTCI has in excess of 11,000 users who
expect rapid and reliable email service. PTCI had a range of email security requirements. It needed a system that
could provide maximum throughput of heavy volumes of email without crashing and compromising the integrity of its
system. The system had to be nonintrusive to customers and easy to manage and maintain, freeing network
administrators to focus their time and energies where they were needed most.
The Cisco IronPort Advantage
Powered by the Cisco IronPort AsyncOS
®
operating system, Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliances run on a high-
performance MTA platform, which delivers best-in-class protection through preventive and reactive technologies as
well as the problem-free management.
“We had to fight with our previous system,
which constantly crashed and lost
customer emails. We’ve not had a single
incident with the Cisco IronPort solution
since it was installed over a year ago. It’s
just a great product.
which constantly crashed and lost
customer emails. We’ve not had a single
incident with the Cisco IronPort solution
since it was installed over a year ago. It’s
just a great product.
”
— Rick Kerr, Broadband Network and Data Services Supervisor
Panhandle Telephone Cooperative, Inc.