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Thursday, February 03, 2011

Do you get the feeling that it won't be enough WAN bandwidth?

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Do you get the feeling that it won't be enough WAN bandwidth?
The primary goal of our WAN Transformation project was to give more bandwidth -- a lot more bandwidth -- to our field sites. A field site with approximately 50 people will get 30 Mbps MPLS bandwidth (and a backup 6 Mbps that will only be used if the 30 Mbps is down). But, something's been nagging me lately. Will it be enough? Read More


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Juniper Networks is accelerating its plan to support IPv6 on its public-facing Web site and Web services, following criticism that the router maker was lagging rivals including Cisco Systems and Brocade Networks in this critical area. Read More

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Internet service as a WAN?
Many of our research participants use IPSec VPN over a plain old Internet connection for site-to-site connectivity, finding that such an approach is often cheaper than MPLS or TDM (yes, there are still plenty of T1s out there), especially for international locations. While WAN costs continue to fall, they still can't match the price of services such as DSL, cable or wireless Internet offerings offer. Read More



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