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Tag: MPLS
Internet2 Upgrade Aims for Further Automation
Internet2 is undertaking an infrastructure upgrade across the United States aimed at “enabling scientific collaboration on a greater scale” and on-demand cloud connectivity while cutting carbon emissions. The research and education network will use Cisco…
Windstream Kinetic Business Scopes Out SD-WAN Opportunity for Smaller SMBs
Windstream’s Kinetic Business SD-WAN aims to bring benefits of the new architecture to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Kinetic Business SD-WAN is built on VeloCloud from VMware’s technology. SD-WANs are more flexible and less costly…
Windstream Expands SD-WAN Offerings with Fortinet
Windstream Enterprise is expanding its SD-WAN portfolio by including an offering from Fortinet. The company had relied on VMWare solutions since 2017 – adding Fortinet’s SD-WAN technology will give customers additional choices and offers secure,…
MEF SD-WAN Draft Standard Released
Carrier standards body MEF said today that it has released the final draft of its SD-WAN standard. The MEF SD-WAN standard aims to drive revenue for managed SD-WAN services by providing common service definitions that…
Windstream Fixed Wireless Wholesale Ethernet Access to Expand to 400,000 Buildings
Windstream fixed wireless wholesale Ethernet access service will be available to enterprises in 400,000 buildings in 50 markets in 2019, the company said today. Speeds range from 3 Mbps to 5 Gbps, with guaranteed four-nines…
Segra Emerges as New Brand for Combined Lumos and Spirit Communications
A new name on the regional fiber network scene has emerged as Segra was announced today as the new name and brand for the combined Lumos Networks and Spirit Communications. The two regional networks were…
SD-WAN Adoption Study: 33% of Enterprises Have Completed Deployments at Most Locations
SD-WAN technology is seeing substantial growth, according to a new SD-WAN adoption study commissioned by IT security vendor Barracuda Networks, Inc. One third of enterprise IT professionals surveyed said they had deployed SD-WAN at most…
CenturyLink SD-WAN Now Available in More than 30 Countries
CenturyLink SD-WAN service, which makes networking more flexible and reduces costs, is now available in more than 30 countries. The offer includes hardware, software, controller infrastructure, and central administration via a customer portal. Options include…
Report: AT&T is Top Ethernet Provider Worldwide
AT&T is the top Ethernet provider worldwide, according to Vertical Systems Group’s Mid-Year 2018 Global Provider Ethernet Leaderboard. It’s the first U.S. company to hold the top global position. The carrier is followed by Colt…
Windstream CEO: We Are the Leader in SD-WAN
Windstream SD-WAN services have become increasingly strategic to the company in recent months. At an investor conference yesterday, Windstream CEO Tony Thomas went as far as saying “We are the leader in SD-WAN.” Windstream is…
Verizon Exec: New MEF E-Line Standard Will Help Buying and Selling of Network Access
Wholesale Ethernet access services got a boost when industry association MEF developed standards to simplify the process of ordering and provisioning services that span multiple carrier networks. MEF now aims to take that further for…
IHS: 74% of Enterprises Conducted SD-WAN Lab Trials Last Year
Seventy-four percent of medium-size to large enterprises participating in a survey by IHS Markit conducted SD-WAN lab trials last year. The survey found that many will move to production trials and live production this year.…