Title
Biblionet Groningen
The Challenge
Secure Internet use for the members of the libraries. Secure use of the centrally hosted applications for Biblionet’s employees. Central and remote management of the workstation PCs and the security.
Summary
Biblionet Groningen is an organization that unites 67 libraries across 24 communes in the Dutch province of Groningen. The organization’s network infrastructure is based on two separate networks. The one network facilitates the office applications and the library system Vubis Smart, for managing the lending. The database with all the data is centrally located in Groningen. The libraries have a VPN connection to the central location. A number of PCs in the libraries are connected to the second network, allowing members to access the Internet for at no charge. In total, there are about 180,000 members, about a third of the total population of the province. Via the PCs, they can access the libraries’ catalogues, as well as specific Web sites and databases, such as certain historical archives, Web sites of newspapers and magazines, etc. Via the SonicWALL® solutions, from its central location, Biblionet Groningen manages the security of all PCs connected to one of the networks.
File Information
Netherlands / English / A4 Size / 03-Dec-2007 / PDF / 0.18 MB
