TechRepublic Resources
- Live Webcast: Filling the bandwidth gap: New opportunities to upgrade your network
- Small and midsize enterprises are contending with ever-increasing bandwidth demands while the cost of higher-performance MPLS T1 service deters these businesses from upgrading their DSL-based networks. To step up to the challenge of managing more users and applications on their networks, SMEs have an acute need for solutions that fill...
- Tags: Webcast, MPLS, Network, New Edge Networks, DSL, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Smb/Sme, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2008-04-30
- Overcoming Single-Provider MPLS Limitations
- This white paper by Stratecast Partners explores the limitations of MPLS (multi-protocol label switching) networks and the implications those shortcomings have for enterprise computing. Discover how Virtela, a Virtual Network Operator (VNO), uses its MPLS Service Fabric model and Regional Policy Centers to establish logical and dynamic connections across multiple...
- Tags: MPLS, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers
- MPLS Interoperability Testing Case Study
- iLabs demonstrated the latest solutions to real engineering challenges in a live, vendor-neutral, standard-based arena. One of the focus areas of iLabs Spring 2001 was MPLS. The iLabs is built with the cooperation of vendor companies, and expert engineers in their fields. The iLabs test event explored some of the...
- Tags: Interoperability, MPLS, iLabs Spring 2001, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Jones Lang Lasalle Exploits MCI's Managed MPLS-Based IP VPN Service to Global Advantage
- Jones Lang LaSalle is a leading global provider of real-estate and investment management services to owners, occupiers and investors. They wanted to achieve a standardised global network infrastructure to enable global data sharing, including the roll out of centralised, Citrix-supported applications. Jones Lang LaSalle also wanted to reduce network-related costs....
- Tags: MCI Inc., IP VPN, MPLS, Network, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Jones Lang Lasalle, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Deploying AToM for Layer 2 Offerings
- Hear an interactive panel discussion with several Cisco experts on how to deploy Any Transport over MPLS to deliver profitable Layer 2 services over your existing MPLS core. Join the experts to explore the technical consideration for migrating services to an MPLS network, including management of service-level agreements (SLAs), network...
- Tags: Layer 2, AToM, MPLS, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Technology, Networking
- Webcasts
- Troubleshooting Application Performance Issues Across an MPLS Network
- The network management team at ABC Services had a major problem: their frame-relay managed service could no longer effectively support their expanding number of branch offices, which had recently passed 500. Faced with out-of-control bandwidth costs and a complete inability to defend the network against blame for virtually every application...
- Tags: Team, Network Physics, Performance, MPLS, Network, Network Management, Team Management, Networking, Management
- Case studies
- Deploying the Shasta 5000 BSN as an MPLS Label Edge Router
- This session discussed Shasta's (now known as Nortel Networks Services Edge 5500) MPLS VPN capabilities and the VPN landscape, interoperability status, and platform scalability.
- Tags: Router, MPLS, Nortel Networks Corp., VPNs, Networking, Network Security, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Security
- Webcasts
- Troubleshooting the Control Plane on MPLS VPN Networks
- As native IP networks migrate to Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based networks, the expertise required to troubleshoot such networks has taken a new approach. Learn several control plane-troubleshooting techniques to better diagnose and resolve problems associated with VPN traffic, VPN routes, and labels in MPLS VPN networks. Discuss the role that...
- Tags: MPLS VPN, VPN, MPLS, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Networking
- Webcasts
- Multiprotocol Label Switching VPN a Success in Europe, Middle East, and Africa
- For years, Cisco Systems in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) has relied on a hub-and-spoke network topology. As the Cisco network in EMEA grew, the limitations of the hub-and-spoke topology became apparent. Cisco IT identified two networking options to meet its business needs. One was a combination of...
- Tags: MPLS, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Cisco Enables Equant to Meet End-User Requirements With MPLS-Based VPN
- Equant, a member of the France Telecom Group, meets the diverse needs of multinational companies with the industry's most extensive portfolio of managed network and communications infrastructure services. Equant has been offering data communications services to enterprise customers for more than 50 years. With a presence in more than 220...
- Tags: Equant, MPLS, Cisco Systems Inc., VPNs, Networking, Network Technology
- Case studies
- Outsourcing a Global MPLS Network
- There are 214 Hyatt hotels and resorts around the world, which are managed by two separate groups of companies. Hyatt International needed a global network integrator that could provide it with a turnkey solution but was doubtful that it could find one company that could do all that it needed....
- Tags: Telstra Corp., Hotel, MPLS, Network, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, Outsourcing, Networking
- Case studies
- Tasman Networks Case Study: MASERGY
- Based in Dallas, Texas, MASERGY is a privately-held company that provides outsourced network services over its own MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based network to hundreds of medium to large businesses in the U.S. and multi-national companies around the world. When MASERGY began selling its services, the network service provider offered two...
- Tags: Tasman Networks, PPP, QoS, MPLS, Network, Network Service, Frame Relay, Networking, Network Technology
- Case studies
- Customized MPLS Training Meets Tight Time Demand for Canadian Network Solutions Provider
- Headquartered in Canada, the NSP designs, implements, and maintains narrowband and broadband consolidated voice, data, and video networks for some of the world's leading carriers and service providers, often under extremely tight timeframes. NSP's team of ten network engineers and administrators needed to develop immediate expertise in MPLS technology. In...
- Tags: Network Solutions Inc., Global Knowledge Network Inc., MPLS, NSP, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- State Street Corporation Banks on a High-Availability MPLS Network
- With $10.1 trillion in assets under custody, State Street Corporation is recognized as the leading servicer of U.S. mutual funds and pension plans. The company wanted to deploy a network architecture that would ensure high availability and also help them control costs, improve end users' experiences, and allow them to...
- Tags: Bank, MPLS, Network, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Utfors: Metro Broadband Services Using Gigabit Ethernet
- Utfors supplies the Nordic market's most cost-effective, high-quality broadband communication services, based on next-generation IP networks. Focusing primarily on the corporate market, Utfors aims to be one of the leading suppliers of broadband-based communications services in the Nordic countries. Focusing primarily on the corporate market, Utfors' strategy is to be...
- Tags: Broadband Service, MPLS, Broadband, IP, Gigabit Ethernet, Utfors, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications
- Case studies
- In Search of an Edge MPLS Router
- Tele2 is Scandinavia's largest alternate carrier, with a network operation spanning the Nordic region, the Baltic States, Eastern, Central and Southern Europe. To provide the best possible service offerings for their business customers, ensuring high performance and 99.999% availability, Tele2 Sweden conducted a search for a Provider Edge (PE) router...
- Tags: Router, MPLS, Redback Networks Inc., Tele2, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- True Leads Business Network Convergence With Launch of "MPLS Data Networking Solution" Over Cisco IP NGN
- True Corp. Plc., Thailand's only fully integrated communication solutions provider and convergence solutions leader offers innovative and efficient communication technologies and services to meet their corporate customers' requirement in integrated communication with an ability to support converged services in the future. True expanded its services portfolio for corporate and Small...
- Tags: Small And Medium Enterprise, MPLS, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Convergence, Smb/Sme, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies
- Virgin Entertainment and Hannaford Bros. Co. Increase Store-Level Productivity and Communications With Cisco's Intelligent Retail Network
- Virgin Entertainment Group operates 18 Virgin Megastores in the United States that provide thousands of customers with experiential, interactive shopping through in-store appearances by major entertainment artists, a wide variety of music and DVD media and games, highly available store personnel and cutting-edge shopping technologies. To help achieve this goal...
- Tags: Virgin Entertainment, MPLS, Network, Cisco Systems Inc., Virgin Entertainment Group, Networking
- Case studies
- View Capitalizing on New Standards for ATM to MPLS Convergence
- Join this webcast to learn how the latest MPLS Standards now make it possible to: Simplify ATM to MPLS convergence, leverage the benefits of existing network and reduce capital expenditures and operating costs.
- Tags: Lucent Technologies Inc., MPLS, Alcatel, Standards, Convergence, Network Technology, ATM, Networking
- Webcasts
- Cutting Through the Complexity of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Performance
- Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) has gained attention as organizations look for new ways to lower the cost, extend the scalability, improve the reliability and secure their network data, however, these gains are offset by a lack of visibility into the detailed information needed for troubleshooting and traffic engineering networks. This...
- Tags: Performance, MPLS, Network, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers
