As organizations seek to deliver fast, scalable, and flexible connectivity, software-defined wide-area network (SD-WAN) solutions have emerged as an attractive strategy. The demand for SD-WAN is growing rapidly, and they can be deployed in multiple ways: do-it-yourself (DIY) or managed solutions. With DIY SD-WAN, an organization’s own IT team sets up and manages all the components in-house. […]
Because of the numerous benefits of MPLS/Multi-Protocol Label Switching networks, they are a popular connectivity option for most businesses today. It offers excellent speed as well as the flexibility required to work efficiently. MPLS allows the enterprise data to be transported privately via the service provider’s network. In other words, your business has its own […]
Internet latency is something we’ve all experienced at some point. If you’ve ever waited for a video to buffer or a webpage to load, you’ve experienced Internet latency. According to a study by Lumen Technologies and IDC, worldwide IT business leaders rate latency as a higher priority than circuit speed. As a way to optimize […]
See below for an excellent PowerPoint PPT presentation comparing SD-WAN and MPLS. Can They Work Together? There’s always a debate of what network solution fits best in the current corporate landscape, what with digital transformation going full force in revolutionizing how business is done. The rise of software-defined networking (SDN) as opposed to legacy hardware-based […]
Spending on cloud services has been rising rapidly over the last few years. Cloud infrastructure spending grew to $107 billion in 2019, an increase of 37% over the previous year. Almost any IT service can now be served to customers from the cloud: servers, databases, storage, networks, applications, analytics, and a lot more. With a […]
Businesses need to connect with people all over the world on a daily basis. The traditional way of making such connections has been through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) aka Plain Old Telephone System (POTS). The PSTN was originally based on analog technology. The transition to digital technology brought better quality and was delivered […]