Iain Stevenson, networking analyst at Ovum, put it like this: "MPLS is a mechanism for labelling traffic flows to define a path through a complex network. Take MPLS VPN. An MPLS network will run over whichever mix of networking technologies it...
However IP traffic is transported - either over SDH or an IP overlay network - the aim is to provide a multiservice network capable of great things. The service provider uses Ethernet to transport IP traffic over optical wavelengths, coupled with...
The FT is migrating from Frame Relay technology to an IP VPN-based network that uses MPLS, a protocol that allows greater flexibility and the prioritising of data. Cohen said: "Using MPLS was a bit of an easy sell because we knew the technology and...
Until now, the MPAA's member companies were content with a campaign that pressured universities to curb peer-to-peer piracy, sought new laws from Congress, targeted operators of peer-to-peer networks with civil lawsuits, and tried to convince...
Service provider Energis, which completed the first phase of the £60m contract last week, said the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) will allow civil servants to communicate over departments through peer-to peer technology and virtual private...
FMC is a form of least cost routing (LCR) and because in-office calls can be transported over the business' broadband network, it is possible to make substantial savings. Although calls are going over the fixed network, they are not being carried...