Mobility Access

Outsource your mobility requirements and concentrate on your core business

With expert end-to-end management for all your mobile needs, Mobility Access keeps your staff connected, your costs more visible and predictable and your end users satisfied.

Overview

Mobile workers require reliable and secure access to corporate applications and messaging while they are on the move. Previously this was achieved through low bandwidth (dial-up) access, principally from fixed locations where ISDN or traditional telephone connections were available. However, more recent technology advances have seen the proliferation of public WiFi services at airports, hotels, restaurants and other public places, allowing workers to wirelessly connect to the internet or their corporate network.

This convenience is not without challenges, such as accurately tracking WiFi access costs, the security of corporate networks and the compatibility of remote access services with existing hardware and software.

Mobility Access is a global mobile access solution specifically designed to meet the needs of the air transport industry. It reduces the complexity of managing remote access requirements by offering a single global contract which covers dial-up access, public WiFi, broadband and mobile data (including GPRS and 3G) options.

Users access corporate applications and data from any location by using the SITA Mobility iPassConnect software dialer. Single sign-on simplifies administration. Once the connection is established, users can specify which applications they want launched.

Benefits

Benefits of this solution include:

Regained control of untracked internet and phone expenses
Outsourced mobility requirements so you can concentrate on your core business
Convenience
Simple and easy to use
Optimised support costs
Reduced complexity
Robust security
Increased productivity

Features

Features include:

Partnership with a leading hotspot aggregator to deliver Public WiFi services
Integrated with the SITA IP VPN service
Single sign-on
Uses SITA’s architecture and services for all VPN requirements
Flexible pricing with a fixed monthly fee for unlimited access for heavy users (minimum of 100 users)
Fully managed service option, including helpdesk and hardware support, and third-party management
More than 100,000 WiFi hotspots
Fast, broadband access to your business applications
A global managed remote access service
365x24x7 support
A single invoice with details on a per end-user basis via a web-based portal to enable inter-departmental cross-charging of costs
Web-based reporting

About iPassConnect

Using iPassConnect − the industry-leading software client from iPass − users can connect via the following network bearers to access the organization’s IP VPN or to connect directly to the Internet:

WiFi – approx 100,000 hotspots in 70+ countries. SITA has WiFi coverage in 90 percent of the top 150 airports in the world; plus Starbucks and popular hotels chains such as Marriot, Ramada, Hilton, Hyatt
Dial – more than 200 countries
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) – customer provided connection in more than 90 countries
DSL – uses an existing Internet-based DSL connection

Additionally, SITA Mobility Access offers:

Single client iPassConnect software enabling multi-bearer access (Dial, WiFi, GPRS, DSL), together with automatic updates (users will automatically have access to newly added WiFi hotspots as they come available). Users are also able to use toe software to connect to any Private WLANs they have access to
The option to have a managed authentication service fully integrated into the solution iPassConnect is interoperable with popular customer VPN clients such as Nortel, Cisco, Microsoft
iPassConnect provides hardware integration and compatibility with hundreds of popular WiFi cards and GPRS mobile data cards