Networks of the future
(CIO Magazine) Increased corporate investment in new virtual private networking (VPN) technologies indicates that companies now recognize the Internet as a business-class network, according to a survey by Forrester Research. Forrester found that deployment of state-of-the-art VPN technology has increased as much as 80% during the past year. VPNs eliminate the need for dedicated connections to […]
Is a single carrier the best MPLS solution?
I am often asked which carrier is the best MPLS solution. The answer is…It depends. All carriers and their strong points and their weaknesses, so the decision is invariably a compromise of sorts. You need to weigh cost versus ease of management. For instance, a single carrier solution for a global company makes it easy, but will […]
Universal Music Group, Australia replaces traditional frame relay with modern MPLS circuit
Universal Music Group’s (UMG) Australian operations are planning to replace legacy network links based on frame relay with a modern multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) network.The MPLS virtual private network is the next-generation networking protocol replacing old network favorites like frame relay, in part due to its close integration with Internet Protocol (IP) networking. “Prior to […]
Interop Poll: MPLS is Gaining Ground Among IT Managers
Recently, at the Interop Show in Las Vegas, IT managers were polled regarding which of their favorite technologies they would like to implement in their firms. MPLS came out to be in the top three list on their agendas, just below WAN optimization and VoIP. The poll was conducted by NetQoS and Network Instruments and included more […]
Nestlé rolls out global MPLS network connecting over a thousand offices and plants world-wide
Nestlé recently closed a deal with a MPLS provider to roll out and manage their new global VPN. Connecting over a thousand of Nestlé’s offices and food manufacturing plants world-wide, their network will also support fast and reliable voice and video applications across the network. The food company will also use the network for demanding audio conferencing. MPLS will […]
Lack of management tools with Frame Relay network
After a lot of effort, have determined that Verizon cannot provide the bandwidth statistics for the frame relay connecting to China. With the money client is paying for three E1s over there, I am amazed that basic management tools are not available. We’ve also found that the packet losses are a bit higher than the […]
Asia Netcom’s MPLS network perform best for US-China
After a lot of effort, have determined that Verizon cannot provide the bandwidth statistics for the frame relay connecting to China. With the money client is paying for three E1s over there, I am amazed that basic management tools are not available. We’ve also found that the packet losses are a bit higher than the […]
What we learned after trip to China
My client just returned from China. I asked him to test his VoIP soft client to the USA phone system with the VPN over the internet and compare to the Frame Relay network. Would you believe that it worked pretty well using the hotel wireless and VPN over the internet…but it would not work at […]
