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 How
To Select Your Services Provider
What
does an ISP do?
In simple terms, an ISP provides users with internet access for fees. Users
can dial into the ISP's point of presence (POP) through the Public Switched Telephone
Network (PSTN) or over a dedicated connection. When a home user selects an ISP,
the selection is usually based on connection options. When a business selects
an ISP, these options are still important, but there are many other considerations.
As an owner of a growing business, you should view your ISP as an important business
partner, especially if you plan to expand your presence on the Internet. There
are numerous important criteria to consider in choosing an ISP:
Solutions
and services
Connection
options
Points
of presence (POPs)
Price
Reliability
Support
In the newsletters to come, we will explain each of these factors in details.
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Our first MPLS VPN customer
In this issue
of our newsletter, NOOR interviews Dr. Mohammed Abdel-Monem, PACS consultant for
Alpha Scan, our first
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Q: Why did you choose MPLS-VPN other than legacy VPN technologies like FR?
A: It is a new technology; I like to test new technologies. It was proposed
by NOOR as the latest VPN technology, and it proves very efficient.
Q: Did you need to change or upgrade any
hardware to use MPLS-VPN?
A: Nope. I did not change anything of the existing hardware to move to MPLS.
Q: Part of your MPLS-VPN is based on dialup
(VPDN Telecommuter), why you chose this technology and how it helps you?
A: The first reason is cost saving. With MPLS telecommuter access, we do not
need to invest building a full dialup infrastructure, meanwhile it is more reliable
to use a powerful infrastructure of a data carrier like NOOR with all the advantages
including technical support, maintenance, upgrade and configuration.
Q: What do you love most about NOOR?
A: Different things.. but in a nutshell, I will say
personnel, especially the technical support team: helpful and professional.
Q: And finally, how do you evaluate NOOR's Engineering,
NOC and Technicians departments?
A: Excellent!
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More on NOOR services and products? Please visit:
www.noor.net
, www.noorgroup.net
, www.noorservices.net
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Basel Dalloul
He is the Chairman and CEO of NOOR Group. Basel
Dalloul, a recognized authority in IT, founded Magnet Interactive Group, Inc.,
a pioneer in Web design and interactive multi-media applications, and one of the
largest, most successful firms in its field in the US.
Under Basel's direction, Magnet provided multi-media services and Web solutions
to Microsoft, America Online, IBM, Mercedes-Benz North America, Nissan, Harvard
Business School, Eastman Kodak, Bayer, Kellogg's, M&M/Mars, Citibank, Bank
of America, Twentieth-Century Fox, MCA/Universal Studios, Discovery Network, Time-Warner,
The Vatican, and SABIC (Saudi Basic Industries Corporation), among others.
Basel holds a Bachelor of Science in finance from the American University, and
a Juris Doctor and MBA from Georgetown University.
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