Wide Area Network solutions for your business = MPLS

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MPLS is an acronym for Multi-Protocol Label Switching, which is an emerging technology that’s speculated to replace legacy (and more expensive) Frame Relay / ATM / Private Line options for businesses that need to connect 2 or more locations.

MPLS can reduce total telecom costs by as much as 70% by combining voice, data, and video on one network. It eliminates ALL intra-office long distance costs. It secures your data using private IP networking rather than the open “public” network of the Internet. It uses class of service (CoS/QoS) and priority queuing so your network knows which traffic is most important and ensures that it takes priority over other traffic (essential for VoIP, video, and VPN applications). Has built-in disaster recovery and network survivability with it’s “true” meshed topology. Simplifies network management by supporting just one network and one protocol. And best of all, increases bandwidth while lowering overall costs.

Banks, retail, and restaurant chains will especially benefit from MPLS’ reduced overhead costs when connecting multiple locations all across the U.S. MPLS is widely projected to be the future of WAN technology because it’s scalable, interoperable, secure, and costs less than traditional WAN systems.

For a more specific overview, please visit:
http://www.bandwidthseek.net/mpls.html

[Kelly Downing]

Typically WAN Optimization http://www.1st-computer-networks.co.uk compression techniques create tunnels between appliances for efficient transport and appliance synchronization. These tunnels wrap the optimized traffic in a way that obscures the IP header. When the tunnel masks the original IP header, the MPLS gear cannot differentiate which packets will receive premium service. A good way to understand and enable this type of technology is speaking to Computrad who are an independent WAN Optimization company and have a device that can in Transparency Mode optimize traffic, while retaining the original IP headers, allowing full use of MPLS differentiated services. The combination of Computrad’s technology and their vendor agnostic WAN Optimization expertise will give all the benefits of MPLS and will set a standard to enable the efficient running of high performance applications across the WAN.