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- Frame Relay
- A high-speed packet switching protocol used in wide area networks WANs. Providing a granular service of up to DS3 speed (45 Mbps), it has become popular for LAN to...
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- Packet Transport Solutions for Transportation Network Evolution: Increase Flexibility and Reliability While Optimizing the Convergence of New Ethernet/IP Services
- Transportation service operators manage multiple networks that enable a variety of operations and business applications. The majority of these networks were built on Time Division Multiplexing TDM, Synchronous Optical Network SONET, Synchronous Digital Hierarchy SDH, Asynchronous Transfer Mode ATM, or frame relay technologies. But Ethernet/IP-based applications are integrated to support...
- Tags: Network, IP, Convergence, Transportation, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Networking, Fiber Optics, Network Technology, Telecommunications
- White papers 2009-05-15
- Are you looking at other vendors? Absolutely!!
- It's E-Rate season...That means signed contracts in hand with our vendors of choice for Internet, phone, and other technological infrastructure issues if we'd like to receive federal reimbursement for large percentages of our costs related to Internet access. It also means that it's a fine time to review our...
- Tags: Vendor, Purchasing & Procurement, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking, Business Operations, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-02-09
- On-Demand Webcast: Comparing WAN Technology Choices
- As new applications are added to network, how to choose the right networking solution? Frame Relay, ATM, Ethernet, MPLS, IP VPNs, VPLS, Private Line, SONET and DWDM can all be used effectively to meet the business needs. The presenter of this webcast will explain the technologies and gives sample solutions.
- Tags: On-demand, AT&T Corp., Intellectual Property, Networking, Network Technology, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Optical Networking, WANs, ATM, Research & Development, Business Operations
- Webcasts 2009-01-01
- CIERS1 - CCIE 360 R&S Prep Boot Camp 1
- View Available Dates and LocationsThis intensive Boot Camp-style course is designed to help the CCIE Routing & Switching candidate determine exactly where they are in their process of preparing for the CCIE R&S practical exam and to fill technology gaps through lecture and labs....
- Tags: Lab, Lecture, Frame Relay, BGP, Networking, Network Technology, Portals, Internet
- Training 2008-11-01
- CIERS2 - CCIE 360 R&S Prep Boot Camp 2
- View Available Dates and LocationsThis Boot Camp-style class is the sequel to CIERS1 and is designed to provide practice in a timed setting for completing multiple issue spotting and analysis with assessed labs that are equivalent in difficulty to the actual CCIE practical lab....
- Tags: Lab, Frame Relay, Portals, Web Technology, Networking, Network Administration, Network Technology, Internet
- Training 2008-11-01
- Expand Networks Accelerates Traffic Over the Wan
- Leader in the lift-truck manufacturing industry, Fenwick counts 2000 employees in France, divided between the headquarters, a factory and several branch offices all around the French territory. Fenwick's network's traffic is organised via a 256 Kbit/s Frame relay transmission. The IT department started a SAP project, which changed the network's...
- Tags: Expand Networks Inc., Fenwick, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking, WANs
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Practical TDM Service Migration to a Converged Ethernet Infrastructure
- For the last several decades, most businesses have used Time Division Multiplexing TDM private lines to support point-to-point, dedicated inter-office voice and data connectivity. In the mid-1990s, the shared or virtual and lower-cost nature of Frame Relay altered this model. Over time, Metro Ethernet Forum MEF-based Carrier Ethernet E-Line and...
- Tags: Migration, CIENA Communications, Frame Relay, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2008-04-01
- Mesh VPN Link Sharing (MVLS) Solutions
- The purpose of this paper is to provide an understanding of how XRoads Networks' applied patent Site2Site tunnels solve real-world challenges faced by today's network administrators trying to manage remote office connectivity. As organizations deploy remote networks they must find a method for connecting those remote networks to centralized resources,...
- Tags: Network, XRoads Networks, Networking, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Software
- White papers 2008-03-19
- Optical Networking: The Empowering Infrastructure for Enterprise Architecture Networks
- This paper is designed for IT managers and business executives who are assessing the capabilities of their current Metropolitan-Area and Wide-Area Networking (MAN/WAN) infrastructures to meet their business continuance demands as well as to support powerful new applications such as Voice over IP VoIP, videoconferencing, and Video On Demand VOD....
- Tags: Metropolitan Area Network, Optical Networking, Network, Enterprise Architecture, Frame Relay, WANs, Telephony, Network Technology, ATM, Networking, Corporate Communications, Video On Demand (VoD), Telecommunications, Marketing, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment
- White papers 2007-12-23
- High-Quality Carrier Ethernet Services Using Metro Packet Optical Transport
- Carrier Ethernet business services are gaining in popularity worldwide, and are forecast to grow from over $3 billion in 2006 to at least $10 billion by 2010. This healthy outlook is sure to create heavy competition among service providers and necessitate a transformation of best-effort services into more sophisticated offerings,...
- Tags: Business Service, Service, CIENA Communications, Carrier, Ethernet, Network Technology, Frame Relay, Service Level Management, Networking, It Operations, It service Management
- White papers 2007-11-01
- SAP's Business ByDesign go to market
- One of the niggling questions about SAP's Business ByDesign is just how the heck it is going to reach the numbers it says it wants to achieve. 10,000 new customers a year by 2010, many coming from this market, is ambitious. To date, SAP has been fuzzy about how that...
- Tags: SAP AG, Steve Mann, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Sales Strategy, Frame Relay, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, Management, Sales, Networking, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2007-10-02
- Blood Systems Relies on Juniper Networks Integrated Security, Access and Data Center Acceleration Solutions to Give Life to Its WAN
- For more than 60 years, Blood Systems, one of the country's oldest and largest blood service providers, has been offering its life-giving services throughout the Western U.S. Blood Systems relied on a frame relay network to connect each of the company's sites to a data center that ran email, blood...
- Tags: Security, Data Center, Microsoft Access, Juniper Networks Inc., Blood System, Data Centers, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking, Storage, WANs, Hardware, Data Management
- Case studies 2007-10-01
- Maxxium Worldwide Improves Ability to Evaluate Brand Profitability From Factory to Customer
- Maxxium Worldwide is an international sales, marketing, and distribution network for premium brands of wine and spirits. By 2001, the company had grown globally to include subsidiaries in 35 countries connected via a closed frame relay network. Employees and local finance staff had to manually send files to headquarters for...
- Tags: Brand, Oracle Corp., Maxxium Worldwide, Financial Accounting, Frame Relay, Branding, Networking, Finance, Marketing
- Case studies 2007-08-01
- Inter-Site Ethernet: A Guide to Choosing Your Ethernet Service Provider
- More and more enterprises are choosing Ethernet connectivity for Internet Protocol IP services - not just for their Local Area Networks LANs but also as a means of easily, flexibly and cost-effectively connecting geographically spread sites. Ethernet offers superior network performance at vastly reduced cost compared to traditional Leased Lines...
- Tags: Network, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking, Frame Relay
- White papers 2007-08-01
- The Business Case for Network-Based Layer 3 IP VPNs
- Layer 3 Virtual Private Networks VPNs developed in the late 1990s are now delivering secure, reliable office connectivity solutions for various applications of many Fortune 1000 companies. The reasons for the popularity of these network-based IP VPNs are clear: they are now a mature and stable way to interconnect enterprises...
- Tags: Business Case, Layer 3, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., IP, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking, ATM, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-05-01
- Alliant Technologies Case Study: L'Oreal USA
- L'Oreal has a decentralized management structure that allows each brand to respond quickly to market changes, however it wanted a more centralized approach to core IT infrastructure. L'Oreal had voice and data networks spread across three different suppliers, and some sites were served via older SMDS technology. L'Oreal IT management...
- Tags: MPLS, AT&T Corp., Alliant Technologies, L'Oreal, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking, Telecommunications
- Case studies 2007-04-05
- Merchants Bank Gets a Better Understanding of Bandwidth With Fluke Networks' NetFlow Tracker, NetFlow Monitor and NetWatch
- Located entirely within the state of Vermont, USA, Merchants Bank is a community bank with $1 billion dollars in assets. Merchants Bank needed a better understanding of bandwidth on its 35-branch frame relay network, prior to the rollout of a centralized retail banking application. The bank deployed NetWatch, NetFlow Monitor...
- Tags: Bank, Bandwidth, Fluke Networks, Financial Services, Frame Relay, Networking
- Case studies 2007-04-01
- Modine Manufacturing Company: Private IP Lays the Groundwork for Growth at Modine
- Modine Manufacturing makes automotive heat exchangers and parts for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning HVAC systems. When the Wisconsin-based company, which operates in 85 locations worldwide, needed to upgrade its outdated hub-and-spoke frame relay configuration, it chose an IP-based network from Verizon Business. Download this case study to read about...
- Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Private IP, Frame Relay, Network Technology, Networking
- Case studies 2006-10-01
- Iomega OfficeScreen Managed Services Medical Center Case Study
- A leading medical center in Los Angeles had six clinics connected to the main medical center via frame relay. They were being charged a gratuitous amount of money for a simple hub and spoke frame network with limited bandwidth. While this connected their offices in a private fashion, Internet security...
- Tags: Managed Services, Iomega Corp., VPNs, Network Security, Internet, Firewalls, Networking, Telecommuting, Security, Frame Relay, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Case studies 2006-10-01
- NuGenConnect.Net 2.1.0613 (Windows)
- NuGenConnect.Net (Formerly NuGenRas.Net and NuGenVPN.Net--now combined) is a fully managed .Net Win form component with extensive RAS client capabilities. All RAS and VPN client protocols, settings, encryption algorithms, and connection types are supported. In fact the component has over 60 designer supported properties. You can add it to a form,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, VPN Client, Genetibase, VPNs, Frame Relay, Modems, Network Security, Telecommunications, .Net, Networking, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2006-06-15
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