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TOOLS
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GLOSSARY OF IKANO TERMS
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- Bulletin Boards
IKANO's Web board product is an integrated threaded message board/chat room. It has built-in administration features, thus allowing partners to create their own message board topics and chat rooms. The partner administrates postings within their Web board. This can be either branded or non-branded.
- BRP – Business Rules Platform
The Business Rules Platform is the Web-based, back-end accounting solution for IKANO branded partners to help them manage the financial aspects of their business.
- BYOA –Bring Your Own Access
Bring Your Own Access enables companies to use their existing networks and use the IKANO network as an augmentation. This is not intended to be a mainstream product, but is a work-around solution for companies that absolutely cannot move their entire subscriber base onto the IKANO network.
- Customer Service
Utilizing our own Business Rules Platform and telephone and computer technologies, IKANO maintains a customer service and technical support department completely branded to our respective business partners. This means a consistent corporate brand image is maintained throughout the end-user’s entire Internet experience.
- Co-location
IKANO offers co-location service to companies that want to own their own computers and host them in a highly redundant computer facility. The facility offers redundant power, cooling, and network access. This is not a core IKANO product, but is intended to supplement high profile clients with a total solution.
- Dial-Up Access
Dial-up access is a commodity based product offering nationwide Internet access for any business looking to expand their dial-up footprint.
- DSL
DSL allows you to send and receive data at speeds up to 1.2 Mbps. DSL enables
advanced functions like video conferencing, video streaming, virtual private
networking and e-commerce. IKANO’s DSL service provides high-speed Internet
access over existing copper telephone lines.
- Dynamic Portal Pro
Based upon IKANO's dynamic portal engine, the dynamic portal solution gives IKANO’s partners a Web presence, customizable for the end user. News, weather, calendar, stocks, and partner news are all available within the dynamic portal solution set. This product can tie directly into the BRS solution for authentication.
- E-mail
IKANO’s e-mail service integrates highly reliable hardware, Internet connectivity, operations management, and monitoring. With IKANO e-mail, clients can concentrate on the success of their business instead of the hassles and expenses of purchasing and managing their own in-house e-mail system. IKANO’s e-mail service is designed for businesses of all sizes.
- Fixed Wireless
IKANO’s exclusive fixed wireless service runs 10-20 times faster than DSL, cable modem, or other competing wireless services. Free-flowing digital video appears almost instantly with no annoying buffering. Fixed wireless saves time and money by dramatically reducing the time subscribers spend online. Unlike DSL or cable, wireless can support a large number of users on a corporate network. Wireless broadband uses electromagnetic airwaves (radio or infrared) to communicate information from one point to another without relying on any physical connection.
- Instant Messenger
IKANO’s Instant Messenger (IM) lets work groups or individuals exchange instant messages with other business associates anywhere on the Internet. You may send and receive messages in real time. Unlike e-mail, end-users see the message instantly and they can respond to it instantly. What sets the IKANO IM apart from other services is that it is fully brandable. Clients may work with IKANO’s creative team to develop the custom look and feel of their branded IM. The strength of IKANO’s IM product is that it provides reliable, private, one-on-one communication.
- IMAP
Internet Message Access Protocol permits a "client" email program to access remote message stores as if they were local
- ISDN
ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network) lets you connect to the Internet through a clear, quiet, high-quality line. With ISDN, you can send any combination of voice, image, video or data across town or around the world. ISDN provides you with high-speed Internet access up to 128 KBPS. You can send and receive voice and data all on the same telephone line. You can send a fax, surf the Internet, or take a voice call all at the same time.
- MailRover
IKANO's new MailRover Spam and Virus Sniffer provides the latest technology to protect you from the river of viruses and spam infecting the 'Net. MailRover builds a virtual "mailfence" that protects valued subscribers through a sophisticated server-based system. MailRover automatically sniffs out spam and viruses before they ever hit your e-mail box.
- Mission Control Center
The Mission Control Center provides IKANO’s partners with administrative access to the BRS, Web view, portal content, etc. This control center also contains information about services the partner has purchased and the pricing for additional services they can sell. It allows the partner to manage their partnership with IKANO.
- CD Dial-up Toolkit
This is the software program that subscribers use to enroll for Internet service. A branded sign-up CD, with the Netsufer software, is given to the customer. The CD walks the customer through the signup process and configures their computer to connect to the Internet via dial-up. It also installs a "control panel" on the customer's desktop that provides easy navigation to e-mail , the Internet, FTP utilities, and newsgroups.
- NOC
IKANO manages its network infrastructure through its Network Operations Centers (NOCs). IKANO has strategically located NOCs in Salt Lake City, Cincinnati, and Toronto, Canada. IKANO’s NOCs provide redundant fiber connections with high network availability supplied by multiple carriers with the Internet's largest bandwidth capacities. Clients can select the connectivity and bandwidth needed to meet their needs. At all NOCs, IKANO provides best-of-breed technology to ensure high availability.
- Page Producer
This is a Web page development utility for personal Web sites based upon pre-designed generic templates. This utility is an easy-to-use wizard that helps a customer design a personal Web page, without any Web design experience. It allows the customer to choose from a series of borders, colors, layouts, etc.
- Page Producer Pro
A customized, template-driven Web site design utility used for the creation of Web sites. IKANO custom designs some Web site layout templates based upon the client configuration request. The end-user can customize their personal information, etc. based upon the template structure. Customers can choose a template, sign up for service, and have a Web site literally in minutes.
- POPs/Ports
POPs stands for Point of Presence. IKANO has numerous POPs (aka dial-up locations) for customers to choose from.
- Proxy Watch/Filtering Software
This filtering software is designed to lock IKANO's proxy settings in the client's browser. When installed, Proxy Watch will install a password protected mechanism designed to keep the proxy settings locked in place to prevent tampering.
- Referral Program
This automatically tracks referrals and post a credit to the referrer's account when a referred user signs up. There is no partner or referrer intervention required.
- SLICE
IKANO’s SLICE portal technology lets businesses enhance corporate communications with a single login platform. IKANO has bundled a vast suite of communications tools including: Internet access, Virtual Private Network (VPN) solutions, e-mail, Unified Communications, and Instant Messaging. Not only are these communications tools valuable, but the ability to incorporate third-party systems into the single login environment allows the business to further streamline operations. This enables the SLICE Portal provider to push selected content to end-users -- from customers to employees -- who receive critical information or promotions through multiple communication channels. The rules-based server effectively distributes various sets of information to selected groups of employees, depending on their role within the company.
- SLICE – with Channel Management Module
CMM is a dynamic Web portal featuring (based on common corporate portal technology) advanced Internet communication tools, custom-made for the direct selling industry. IKANO’s CMM boasts a highly effective way of securely delivering proprietary content throughout an entire organization. Harnessing exclusive CMM features, direct selling enterprises can now effectively, and economically, distribute calendaring, training, and new product information on the fly. Companies now have a highly effective online tool to push corporate communications throughout the entire, or selected segments, of the organization.
- Streaming Media Hosting
This enables a user to broadcast audio and video files over the Internet (Windows Media), right from their own Web site. Streaming media technology enables the real time or on demand distribution of audio, video and multimedia on the internet. Streaming media is the simultaneous transfer of digital media (video, voice and data) so that it is received as a continuous real-time stream. Streamed data is transmitted by a server application and received and displayed in real-time by client applications. These applications can start displaying video or playing back audio as soon as enough data has been received and stored in the receiving station’s buffer. A streamed file is simultaneously downloaded and viewed, but leaves behind no physical file on the viewer's machine.
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T-1,T-3, ATM
Direct Internet connectivity. The Internet usage is similar to DSL in that it is an "always-on" technology, but is a lot more expensive. For example: a small business may lease a T-1 line for $600/month. A T-1 line consists of 24 separate lines that can be used for voice or data. The customer can use 12 lines for Internet (each line is equivalent to 56kbps) and the other 12 for individual phone lines within the office.
- NNTP News Server
IKANO’s News Server provides users the ability to view and post to NNTP (News Network Transfer Protocol) news groups on the Internet. The news feeds may be customized per partner to have an entire list of news feeds, or a limited amount based upon client feedback. Customers can access news through a standard news reader or via the Web-based interface.
- Unified Communications (UC)
A one-number, find me, follow me, service used to locate an individual. The user is assigned a UC number that is used as their primary phone and fax number. If a person calls the UC number, the system will place the caller on hold and will try to locate the person by ringing different phone numbers as specified by the user with the UC number.
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Virtual Server Hosting-Automation
IKANO’s Virtual Server Hosting and Automation service lets customers register a new domain and upload content to our Web server, after filling out an online sign-up form. The Web space, mail server, and FTP permissions are set up automatically on IKANO's servers. The domain is then submitted to IKANO's registrar. In addition to new registrations, customers may also trigger the domain modification process by filling out an online form (if they have an existing domain and wish to change their hosting). A third option is to register and "park" a domain. This is used when a customer wants to purchase the domain name, but does not currently need a Web site or e-mail address.
- Virtual Private Network
IKANO’s Virtual Private Network (VPN) delivers a cheap, secure way to connect remote offices and workers to headquarters. VPNs connect two or more locations, over the Internet, in a way that offers high security at a reasonable cost. A VPN is a network that utilizes dedicated lines or the Internet or other network service as its Wide Area Network (WAN) backbone. In a VPN, dial-up connections to remote users and leased line or Frame Relay connections to remote sites are replaced by local connections to an ISP POP. A VPN allows a private intranet to be securely extended across the Internet or other network service, facilitating secure e-commerce and extranet connections with business partners, suppliers and customers.
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