LexisNexis has 10,000 employees committed to delivering information and workflow solutions to legal professionals in over 100 countries worldwide. Support of our user community as well as our software-development team requires a highly focused IT department whose members offer a skillset as deep as it is wide. IT Security for Canada, however, has such a broad portfolio that we choose to leave it to the professionals whose focus is in that area.

Our Exposures

Dated appliances that did not function transparently…

Our Check Point Firewalls were great but they were getting older and we knew Check Point had better ‘Next Generation’ appliances available. Our web content security appliance was also a good solution, but did not function transparently within our environment. In addition, with our managed service provider experiencing a high level of employee turnover we were left feeling as though no one was really focused on us.

Challenges

We needed a fresh perspective from a managed services partner we could trust …

It was essential that our proposed solution be fully implemented, that our partners meet our strict security policies and that they deliver on their promises. We were also looking for stability in our account executives and engineers, providing consistency and the connection that enables a deeper understanding of our business needs. Finally, we needed the terms of our agreement to be flexible and meet our vendor specs.

A2N Solutions

A2N stood out above the rest.

We decided to assess new managed service partners, focusing on those whose knowledge of Checkpoint was clearly evident. A2N stood out above the rest. They are a Checkpoint Gold Certified Partner, an ATC (Authorized Training Center) and they also met all aspects of our stringent security assessment questionnaire and partner requirements.

After listening to our business needs, A2N recommended upgrading our firewalls to the new Check Point Next Generation platform. This solution offers us the world’s best firewalls in addition to providing transparent in-line unified threat management. With A2N, our annual contract is very flexible, enabling us to pay monthly. Then there is the bonus of their exceptionally low employee turnover generating consistency and trust.

Benefits

They made it easy!

The solution provided by A2N reduced our monthly-managed service fees and manufacturer maintenance costs by several thousands of dollars. The money we saved went into upgrading our Checkpoint Firewalls and we are now able to protect our web content against bad sites, viruses, spyware, botnets, instant messaging and attacks. Something we had not previously accomplished.

They made it easy! The transition was seamless and we now have a solid team of experts at our back. I would fully endorse A2N to any other company looking for a managed service partner they can trust.