Deployment: ease, speed and cost

Arch Red Guest Service - Guest Server as a service - is easier and faster to get running. If your organisation does not have available servers or interest in running one, service is also better solution for minimising the service related cost.

Running your own Arch Red Guest Server is an option for organisations that already have the capability of running their own servers and have for example, expertise with databases, WWW-applications and network equipment.

Operations: global or local

The infrastructure provider chosen for Arch Red Guest Service has global presence with reliable and redundant datacenters and Internet connectivity. Organisations running their operations in multiple countries and locations can benefit from the matching global presence of the Guest Service infrastructure provider. There is no need to setup redundant connectivity and servers for yet another service.

Arch Red Guest Service suits well for global organisations that already utilise Internet for connecting their locations. Connectivity problems between organisation's locations will never cause problems for the service reachability.

Organisations that have a single location or already utilise highly available network connections between their locations, may see running their own Arch Red Guest Server a better option.

Security

Using Arch Red Guest Service enables the transfer of guest users and their service outside of organisation's own network. Guests, the network equipment allocated for their use and their connection to the Internet can be completely isolated from organisation's own network. With this arrangement for example, configuration mistakes with WLAN controllers do not let guests to organisation's internal network.

 Running an own Arch Red Guest Server gives the organisation possibility to have a full control for guest network management. The same network infrastructure can serve both guests and own users. The network management needs to ensure that misconfigurations are quickly detected and repaired to keep guests from accessing  non-guest resources.