In a recent newsletter entitled “Beware of MPLS service agreements” we commented that we had reviewed the service-level agreements of some of the major suppliers of MPLS-based services. We pointed out ...

You may not be familiar with the term Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS); however, it is a technology that that will find a way into your facility in the not-too-distant future, if not already ...

Multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) deployments to date have been focused on providing traffic engineering and network-based IP virtual private network (VPN) capabilities to IP core networks, and to ...

In previous newsletters, we discussed the emergence of private Multi-protocol Label Switching networks. This newsletter will discuss the ability of those networks to support traffic engineering. In ...

Some network vendors have been positioning SD WAN vs. MPLS as the ultimate solution to any network issue. They’re selling SD WAN, or software-defined wide area network, as a revolutionary box that ...

Wide-area networks connecting organisations' sites using a technology called MPLS - short for Multi-Protocol Label Switching - aren't as popular as recent headlines would have us believe. That's the ...

In two years, the frame relay data network may be as extinct as no-doc mortgages. By 2010, Forrester Research says most large banks, insurers and brokerages will have transitioned to multi-protocol ...

Two key issues are driving today’s strategic-industry customers: the need for cost reduction and increased efficiency from their business operations in light of limited funding and the need to provide ...

Businesses today thrive on the constant availability of their IT infrastructure. Any disruption in network connectivity can grind productivity to a halt, interrupt customer or partner interactions, ...

Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) brings several benefits to Internet Protocol networks, including increased packet forwarding performance, traffic engineering mechanisms to maximize resource ...