The complete absence of a spam filter at Kauffman Tire, a wholesale and retail distributer of tires, was inhibiting employee productivity. Associates were sifting through numerous spam emails every day, taking time away from their primary responsibility of working with customers. Their biggest concern was reducing the amount of spam in their associates' inboxes, and they wanted a solution which was simple to implement and easy to use on the backend. Get this case study to find out how the Astaro Security Gateway solved this problem and allowed Kauffman Tire employees to have more time to work with their customers.
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Astaro Security Gateway Keeps Kauffman Tire's Network RollingAstaro solves all of Kauffman Tire's security issues with one appliance
The Problem the company required. The complete absence of a spam filter at Kauffman Tire decided to implement the Astaro Kauffman Tire, a wholesale and retail distributer Security Gateway 320 to combat spam on their of tires, automotive and truck services, was network. Aldredge was pleased with the easy set Astaro Corporationinhibiting employee productivity. Associates were up and due to the inherent modularity of the Combining best of breed sifting through numerous spam emails every day, Astaro solution he knew he could add additional applications, the proven quality taking time away from their primary features as they were needed over time. After of Linux and enterprise level the initial ease of setting up the spam filter, performance, Astaro's award-Kauffman Tire began using the Astaro Security winning products provide the Gateway as their main firewall, to set up VPN latest protection with the best access for remote workers, as a proxy server total cost of ownership. and for content filtering. responsibility of working with customers. Richard Software, hardware and virtual Aldredge, Vice President and Chief Information Success with Astaro appliance offerings provide Officer at Kauffman Tire, was also concerned Aldredge estimates that the Astaro Security users the flexibility to meet a about the company's aging firewall. "Our existing Gateway blocks approximately 5,000 to 7,000 wide variety of deployment firewall was no longer meeting our needs and we unwanted spam emails a day protecting over scenarios. Distributed by a were concerned that the firewall would be unable 500 devices and users. While associates at growing worldwide network of to meet our growing demands," said Aldredge. Kauffman Tire are happy the company solved the more than 3,000 resellers, spam problem, the IT department was even Astaro products protect over The Requirements more pleased with the product. "We saw that 47,000 businesses in 60 "Our biggest concern was reducing the amount of there was so much more to this product and it countries. Astaro offers free spam in our associates' inboxes," explained has proven to be a great tool for our IT staff and downloads at www.astaro.com.Aldredge. The company also needed a system huge benefit to our associates," said Aldredge. that would offer a simple implementation and The appliance offered Kauffman Tire robust About Kauffman Tire would be easy to use on the back end. Aldredge firewall protection, content filtering and a VPN Family owned and operated continued: "It was important that whatever solution, solving the company's security issues since 1936, Kauffman Tire is system we implemented wasn't too complicated with one appliance. one of the nation's largest and to administer as we do not have a large IT Aldredge continued: "The most recognizable most admired independent tire department." With three separate websites, benefit to our company has been the increased dealers with 67 locations in Kauffman Tire needed a product with robust associate productivity. Users no longer have to Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, "The Astaro Security Gateway solved deal with unwanted spam emails and many now Ohio, South Carolina and Texas. our spam problem, but we got so much utilize the VPN to work remotely- further Operations include consumer more out of this product." increasing their productivity." retail, wholesale distribution, -Richard Aldredge, VP and CIO Kauffman Tire Due to the overall success Kauffman Tire has commercial service and e-seen with the Astaro Security Gateway, Aldredge commerce. Kauffman Tire is security capabilities, and that could scale as the has begun the process of procuring an additional well known for delivering great company needed additional features. Astaro Security Gateway 320 as part of his brands, low prices and excellent The Solution disaster recovery strategy, as well as a 110 unit customer service in clean, Aldredge considered implementing several other for remote location proxy and firewall roles. "The bright, modern facilities.solutions but during the research and assessment Astaro Security Gateway solved our spam process he easily determined that the Astaro problem, but we got so much more out of this Security ... [download for more]
