Internet Time Server
Accurate time helps enterprises remain competitive
As the marketplace is increasingly dependent upon electronic transactions and the Internet, competitive enterprises must guarantee that their IT network is operating on correct time. Too often, organizations fail to recognize the need for an Internet time server to regulate time across a dispersed internal network, and with external networks accessed via the Internet. The clocks built into servers, routers and workstations must regulate the myriad of processes that each computer will execute in a given day, as well as the interaction it will have with other computers over internal networks and TCP/IP networks. Without a highly reliable Internet time server constantly keeping the clocks on a network accurate, organizations may experience the failure of critical processes, loss of important data, compromised security and increased legal exposure. Worst of all, inaccurate time may result in a loss of credibility – and profitability – in the marketplace. These risks can be easily mitigated with the use of a cost-efficient and highly reliable Internet time server from Symmetricom.
Symmetricom is a leading provider of time synchronization products
Symmetricom designs and manufactures products that play a critical role in network time synchronization. An Internet time server from Symmetricom provides organizations with the ability to manage and monitor the clocks on every client on a network, ensuring accurate log files and keeping applications correct. When used as part of a comprehensive approach to time synchronization, Symmetricom timeservers help to significantly lower the risk of IT system failure.
Symmetricom's Internet time server products can be found in enterprise IT networks; wireline and wireless telecom networks; and defense, space, and avionics systems in over 90 countries.
An unreliable Internet time server can wreak havoc with IT systems
Operating with an inadequate Internet time server – or worse, with none at all – creates serious IT risks for any organization. Without accurate time synchronization across the network, automated events like order processing or data backups can fail since tasks that must occur in a set sequence on specific computers can't be executed in the correct chronological order. Data loss can also occur when an old file is mistakenly saved as the latest file.
Security can also be a problem when an inadequate Internet time server is employed – hackers can more easily access a network that relies on external time sources, and administrators have a harder time tracking security breaches when the time stamps on log files are inaccurate. And because accurate timekeeping plays such an important role in legal contracts, the inaccurate time can also increase legal liability for an organization.
Of course, each of these threats can be minimized or eliminated with a high-quality Internet time server from Symmetricom.
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