To many organizations, access to the Internet has become an essential part of everyday business. Any interruption to Internet access results in loss of productivity. Vicomsoft's Fallback Server was designed to remedy this. By having a second Internet connection ready to take over should the primary connection fail, maximum uptime is assured.

	Fallback – Assure availability of service in mission critical environments
	Fallback on connection by connection basis – Tailor fallback to your specific needs.
	User defined fallback order – Use more than one ISP for optimal availability of service.
	Use the same connection, but to different ISP – Optimize use of connection resources.
	Auto Recover – Failed connection can be automatically re-established if possible.

Description:
If you have a single Internet connection and it is interrupted, all of your users will immediately be deprived of Internet based services. Vicomsoft's Connection Fallback is designed to ensure optimal availability of service. With this feature enabled a second, designated connection is automatically opened should the primary connection fail. This works for all types of connections. T1 connections can be backed up with ISDN, or cable modems can be backed up with analog modems, for example. Fallback strategies can be developed with your available resources.

Benefit:
Tailor fallback to your specific needs.

Description:
Many users have connections to the Internet and to private WANs. Such users may require fallback on certain connections, but would not want valuable resources allocated to fallback for non-critical applications. By enabling Connection Fallback only on mission-critical connections, you can assure that your backup resources will be available when you need them.

Benefit:
Increased flexibility in configuring strategy for service availability.

Description:
Connections are opened in order of priority which can be set using a simple click-and-drag interface. Users can adjust the order depending on their own priorities to achieve an optimal fallback strategy.

Benefit:
Optimize use of physical resources.

Description:
Two different connections can use the same physical resource. For example, your primary connection may be a dial-up connection to your primary ISP. Your fallback connection could use the same modem to dial a different telephone number at the same ISP. This would solve problems limited to a specific telephone number, or server. Your fallback connection could also use the same modem to dial into an entirely different ISP, on a different backbone. Ensuring availability of service does not necessarily require expensive or sophisticated hardware.

Benefit:
Minimize manual intervention.

Description:
Many service interruptions are temporary. Your ISP telephone number may be busy, for example. When a connection becomes unavailable, the Connection Fallback function disables that connection for a limited period of time. If the connection is solicited after this waiting period, it is enabled again. This means that transient interruptions do not require the manual intervention of a network administrator, saving you time and optimizing use of costly human resources.