Today, I had the opportunity to speak with an industry analyst about several topics. Mostly he was gushing about multiprotocol label switching (MPLS). The future is MPLS, a standard developed by the ...

A new telecommunications protocol is on the rise that will enable integrators to lower their costs and give government customers greater control over their voice and data networks. Although ...

Many carriers are replacing their aging ATM WAN services with Multi-protocol Label Switching services. Carriers and equipment manufacturers virtually have stopped enhancing their ATM networks and ...

Traffic analysis vendor Network Physics last week announced it added Multi-protocol Label Switching support to its flagship appliance – and just in time, according to a recent survey that says MPLS ...

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 ...

Mankato-based Enventis, a subsidiary of HickoryTech, began installing an integrated MPLS network for Minneapolis-based Hawkins Inc, with operations in 10 states. Hawkins said it chose Enventis for its ...

Enterprises will be hoping that two warring standards bodies can next week sort out a problem with the widely used MPLS protocol that threatens to cause widespread disruption in companies' wide area ...

Plans to deploy virtual private networks using a new technology have sparked recent controversy, with the debate illustrating the need for technology managers to tune in to different ways carriers ...

Covad Communications is adding MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) to its wholesale network to help operator customers deliver the quality of service required for applications such as voice and video ...

Data Center Connect offers several key benefits when businesses interconnect data center facilities and services such as cloud hosting, disaster recovery, colocation, managed security, cloud workspace ...

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 ...

Silver Peak launched Unity EdgeConnect today, focusing on delivering high performance broadband to the wide area network (WAN). Silver Peak CEO David Hughes says the announcement is meant to address ...