The survey of 650 European WAN managers found that only 23 per cent pass voice traffic over their private WAN and a further 10 per cent subscribe to a voice virtual private network. IDC's annual WAN manager survey is due out in June.
AT&T has won a E4.8m contract to provide Finnish airline Finnair with a global wide area network (WAN). The WAN uses an Internet Protocol virtual private network (IP VPN) with managed data network services running over a common platform.
And many are waking up to the potential benefits of handing over the running of their WAN. The survey revealed 61 per cent of companies in the UK currently outsource the running of their WAN and that figure is still growing.
Web security firm Blue Coat has bought end-point security provider Premeo in a $60.8m deal. Brian NeSmith, CEO of Blue Coat, attributed this to the increasing need among enterprises for such solutions as they move towards an ever more mobile...
Other vendors such as Blue Coat provide multiple capabilities - allowing the bad stuff to be stopped and the good stuff sent on its way - in a single appliance. Find out more in Quocirca's freee white paper A Short Guide to a Fast WAN.
He will also be acquiring the power to audit and inspect the data security arrangements of all data controllers, public and private," Campbell said in a statement. This simply isn't sensible, there are things you can do to stop people being able to...