We use Cisco VPN for remote connectivity with the Uni. While it's still technically under test (so used mainly for on-campus wireless and offsite support work) thanks to our resident network ninjas it works flawlessly.

There's quite a good Cisco VPN client for Mac OS X and it works exactly as advertised. Problem is (and here's where your average Mac user gets shown up for being spoilt by a consistent, elegant interface in all things Mac) how shall I say this?

It has a good face for radio.

Well, the folks at Nexumoja thought that too and decided to add their own touch. Enter Shimo. Shimo is one of those gems that does a simple thing well, ie. put an elegant interface in front of the Cisco VPN client. The main thing it does is give you an unobtrusive menu to switch between VPN profiles, connect and disconnect. It also utilises the (also elegant) notifier Growl to let you know what it's doing. Bonus points: the menu icon shows you the state of your VPN connection.

Okay, so hitting your Quicksilver keyboard shortcut and (er... you are running Quicksilver aren't you?) typing VPN then clicking connect isn't too arduous, but geez Shimo makes it a snap.