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MPLS VPNs: The Real Deal
White Paper Managing an MPLS service will likely require an end-to-end SLA (Service-Level Agreement), just as ATM and frame relay services need today. While an IPsec VPN creates a circuit across the Internet, MPLS creates... [30 Sep 2008]
MPLS-Based Layer 2 Virtual Private Networks
White Paper While Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) based on Frame Relay or ATM circuits are common, the costs of maintaining separate networks for Internet traffic and VPNs and the administrative burden of... [10 Sep 2008]
Frame Relay: All You Want to Know
White Paper Frame Relay is a layer 2 (Data Link layer) connection-oriented protocol that creates virtual circuits, usually Permanent virtual circuits (PVCs) between the Frame Relay... [25 Feb 2004]
Intranets and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
White Paper It then compares the WAN model to present-day private-networking strategies, specifically examining two types of modern private-network implementations: encryption-based VPNs and private networks based on frame-relay... [25 Feb 2004]
FT spends £3.5m on WAN from BT
News 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. The key is that the network is managed - we don't expect... [21 Aug 2003]
Convergence: lower costs and extra flexibility - the IP VPN promise
Comment For multinationals, moving from international Frame Relay circuits to an MPLS IP VPN does not necessarily save money in the short term though longer-term financial payoffs are already being reported by... [20 May 2003]
Telewest in £2.5m Bradford schools deal
News The 200 schools had been using 64K, 128K or 2Mbps Frame Relay circuits but these were deemed too slow to meet the Department of Education and Skills (DfES) requirements. Schools in the Bradford area are... [12 May 2003]
Health Authority to get £1m VPN from Telewest
News The technology at the heart of the project is Telewest's Enterprise Connect secure router service which uses a frame relay network via permanent 128K or 2Mb circuits. Telewest has won a £1m contract to... [01 Oct 1999]