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Enterprise Guide for Selecting an IP VPN Architecture - Comparing MPLS, IPsec, and SSL

whitepaper Companies selecting IP VPN architecture - MPLS, IPSec, and SSL - need to consider their business needs because there is no single best choice. This white paper describes each Layer 3 IP VPN architecture - MPLS, IPSec, and SSL - and explains each...

Tags: architectures, managed, vpn, vpns

[22 Feb 2007]

Business Case for Carrier Ethernet Services

whitepaper When combined with MPLS technologies, Layer 3 MPLS VPN-based services support additional service offerings and help reduce Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), directly addressing service providers' profitability concerns.

Tags: ethernet, mpls, carrier ethernet, ownership

[22 Feb 2007]

Load Balancing in MLPS VPN Environments

whitepaper This paper contains a detailed description of how Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) load balancing is used in MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS) Virtual Private Network (VPN) scenarios, some of the advantages and disadvantages of its use, and how to...

Tags: load, balancing, load balancing, multiprotocol label switching

[22 Feb 2007]

Beyond the Basics: Technologies for Compelling Layer 3 VPN Services

whitepaper Layer 3 VPNs offer secure, any-to-any communication over a service provider's IP/MultiProtocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based backbone network. Service providers that offer Layer 3 VPN services can take advantage of new, advanced features from Cisco...

Tags: cisco systems, service provider, cisco, provider

[22 Feb 2007]

HP Operations Support System (OSS) Solution for MPLS Networks

whitepaper Service providers are embracing Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology as a unifying infrastructure for IP VPN, as well as other data services such as Ethernet, ATM and frame relay. MPLS is being adopted because it allows for the creation...

Tags: multi, vpn, ip vpn, portfolio

[01 Feb 2007]

IP SLAs - Analyzing IP Service Levels Using the LSP Health Monitor

whitepaper This feature is useful for determining network availability or testing network connectivity between Provider Edge (PE) routers in an MPLS VPN. The IP Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Label Switched Path (LSP) Health Monitor feature provides the...

Tags: vpns, monitor, lsp, mpls vpn

[13 Dec 2006]

Airport Uses Network Virtualization to Consolidate and Scale Operations

whitepaper The Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switch with Supervisor Engine 720-3BXL enabled Unique at Zurich Airport to successfully implement network virtualization using MPLS VPN technology. Zurich Airport is located in the center of Switzerland and plays a...

Tags: vpns, airport, mpls vpn, role

[11 Oct 2006]

Cisco Enables Equant to Meet End-User Requirements With MPLS-Based VPN

whitepaper MPLS traffic engineering and QoS enable support of Service-Level Agreements (SLAs) that are designed to meet specific needs of the applications the network carries, such as round-trip delay, data-delivery ratio, and jitter.

Tags: sla, service level agreements, virtual private network, enable

[09 Aug 2006]

Cirque du Soleil in $4m Orange tie up

News The $4m, four-year deal will cover IP virtual private network (VPN) services that use MPLS, which allows for more flexible and often faster networking, as well as professional services. Cirque du Soleil has signed a global networking and services...

Tags: ip vpn, equant, vpn, orange

[21 Jul 2006]

Learn How Cisco Deploys Its Own Products

whitepaper Watch one-hour seminars on topics such as Application Oriented Networking, Wireless LANs, Content Switching, and MPLS VPN. These seminars describe Cisco IT's deployment of Cisco technologies including the business reasons for the implementation...

Tags: voip - ip telephony, cisco, reference, projects

[01 Jun 2006]

Implement QoS on Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPNs

whitepaper This sample chapter, taken from Selecting MPLS VPN Services, discusses QoS and the implications for the enterprise when you use an MPLS VPN-based service. This sample chapter, taken from Selecting MPLS VPN Services, covers the requirements for...

Tags: quality of service, qos, cisco, vpn

[19 May 2006]

Site-to-site connectivity: MPLS vs. IPSec

whitepaper However, while site-to-site VPN has replaced many leased lines (and frame relay connections), it is now facing a major challenge from Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). Download this article, which contains a handy comparison chart, to learn...

Tags: mpls, vpn, multiprotocol label switching, spread

[19 May 2006]

Troubleshooting MPLS Layer 3 VPNs

whitepaper Diagnosing Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN problems involves two basic processess—troubleshooting route advertisement between the customer sites, and troubleshooting the label switched path (LSP) across the provider backbone.

Tags: mpls, virtual, provider, cisco

[17 May 2006]

Understanding Any Transport over MPLS (AToM)

whitepaper This book chapter, excerpted from Cisco Press' Layer 2 VPN Architectures, begins with an overview of LDP (Label Distribution Protocol) used by pseudowire emulation over MPLS, followed by an explanation of the protocol specifications and operations...

Tags: mpls, cisco, vpn, press

[17 May 2006]

Managed Ethernet VPN Service: A Perfect Fit for Alcatel in North America

whitepaper MPLS-based IP VPN and VPLS have matured to the point where they offer a true alternative without sacrificing the reliability that enterprises have come to rely on from their existing services. With Ethernet as the access, they support the...

Tags: enterprises, north america, america, service providers

[20 Apr 2006]

Reporting and Control in Converged VPN Solutions

whitepaper This article will offer service providers a solution for providing these features on Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) and Multi-protocol Label Switching (MPLS) 2547-based VPN offerings. Clearly, there is a need to consider carefully the...

Tags: virtual, reporting, service level agreements, virtual private network

[20 Apr 2006]

BT wins £25m Balfour Beatty contract

News The deal will see BT consolidate Balfour Beatty's various distributed networks into one multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) data network which will serve 500 UK offices and project locations - including short term building sites.

Tags: balfour beatty, bt

[28 Mar 2006]

Cisco Service Provider Solutions: MPLS VPN

whitepaper MPLS is a relatively new technology, standardised by IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force), that emerged in 1997 from a number of prior technologies including Cisco's Tag Switching. The primary objective behind its development was to deliver...

Tags: routing, label, private networks, virtual private networks

[02 Nov 2005]

Companies splash out millions on IP networks

News The telco will convert Air Products' sites in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East so that they use multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) technology, which generally helps transmit data packets more flexibly.

Tags: videoconferencing, ip networks, voip

[25 Aug 2005]

Cisco Layer 2 Technology and Innovations

whitepaper Learn how Cisco Layer 2 technologies, including Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol version 3 (L2TPv3) and Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) VPN over IP, offer you a number of secure, robust alternatives for deploying networking technologies to meet...

Tags: voip - ip telephony, layer, scalability, switching

[16 Jun 2005]

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