The Windows Azure Platform is a Microsoft cloud platform used to build, host and scale web applications through Microsoft data centers. wikipedia.org

Google Cloud Platform is a cloud computing service by Google that offers hosting on the same supporting infrastructure that Google uses internally for end-user products like Google Search and YouTube. wikipedia.org

The Ultimate Security Package: Essential next-gen firewall protection for your network, web, email, applications, and users.

OpenVPN is an open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. wikipedia.org

pfSense is an open source firewall/router distribution based on FreeBSD. pfSense is meant to be installed on a personal computer and is noted for its reliability and offering features often only found in expensive commercial firewalls. wikipedia.org

Linux-based operating system known as MikroTik RouterOS. Installed on the company's proprietary hardware (RouterBOARD), or on standard x86-based computers, it turns the computer into a network router and implements various additional features, such as firewalling, virtual private network (VPN) service and client, bandwidth shaping and quality of service, wireless access point functions and other commonly used features when interconnecting networks. wikipedia.org

Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and sells networking equipment. It has a full range of router products from small business to enterprise solutions, typically using its own Cisco IOS operating system. wikipedia.org

Ubiquiti manufactures wireless data communication products for enterprise and wireless broadband providers.

Network planning and design is an iterative process, encompassing topological design, network-synthesis, and network-realization, and is aimed at ensuring that a new telecommunications network or service meets the needs of the subscriber and operator. wikipedia.org

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances, or simply Cisco ASA 5500 Series, is Cisco's line of network security devices introduced in 2005. wikipedia.org