Well, universally, telecommunications service providers are searching for next-generation data networks. These new networks will focus on offering value-added services to users—especially corporate ...

Some researchers spend years working on architectures and technologies that are never adopted by industry or that are used only as transition technologies. Witness the scores who worked on ...

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 ...

The movement towards IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) technology or “everything over Internet Protocol” is gaining pace. IT Week talked to Trevor Dearing, enterprise solutions marketing manager for ...

Joel Snyder, Ph.D., is a senior IT consultant with 30 years of practice. An internationally recognized expert in the areas of security, messaging and networks, Dr. Snyder is a popular speaker and ...

MPLS – or Multiprotocol Label Switching – has been one of the big tech success stories of the past decade. And yet, it’s become rather difficult to find an explanation written in layman’s terms for ...

I always wanted to create a headline without words. This is my chance. You have heard of Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), but Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) may be new to you. MPLS has been ...

Meeting quality of service guarantees that ensure reliable voice transmissions can be the biggest challenge of deploying VoIP. Implementing Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) can help enterprises ...

Multisite and outsourced IT operations are making good use of Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), but strange trouble is turning up more and more. Often in discussion with local network staffers, we ...

SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — Extreme Networks Inc. this week will roll out a module that adds Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) to its BlackDiamond Ethernet metropolitan-area network (MAN) switch. Extreme ...