Two recent events lead me to believe that this may indeed be the case….

First of all, we now have a Cisco Router, a segmented network with a real DMZ, Cisco VPN clients – the works. Real companies have Cisco Routers. Falafel used to have a desktop machine with two interface cards, one hooked up the Internet, one to the Intranet, and used Microsoft Routing and Remote Access for VPN and Firewall. Obviously not something a real company would do. And our external web servers were on a bunch of old PCs hooked straight up to the Internet with Windows Firewall…also not something for real companies…

Second, we actually have an IT policy, saying what you can and can not do with Falafel networks, equipment and software. Imagine that?

So how does it feel being a real company? Not too bad! It was about time. We have grown a lot these last few years, almost 500%, and our IT needs have grown with the company. And that Cisco ASA 5510 is a pretty neat device!