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Technical Paper: What Is a WAN (Wide Area Network) ?
White Paper Whereas a LAN (local area network) is a network that links computers, printers and other devices located in an office, a building or even a campus, a WAN (wide area... [13 Jul 2004]
Convergence: lower costs and extra flexibility - the IP VPN promise
Comment All are generally considered to be more cost effective than the permanent leased lines that are the WAN link of choice at the moment. IP VPNs come in three basic flavours and use either the public internet or a private... [20 May 2003]
Speeding up the net - is it possible?
Comment The best way to get reliable performance out of a wide area network (WAN) is to install your own high-speed gigabit fibre optic cables between all the locations in your organisation.... [09 Jul 2007]
Accelerate Applications Using Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Mobile
White Paper Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Mobile provides industry-leading application acceleration and Wide Area Network (WAN) optimization... [29 Mar 2008]
Addressing Federal Network Redundancy Requirements: Using VPN Solutions for Network Redundancy
White Paper In the past, U.S.federal agencies have implemented some type of wide-area network (WAN) redundancy, such as redundant permanent connections via alternative service providers or on demand... [30 Aug 2005]
Acceleration 101
White Paper Getting applications to work properly over a Wide Area Network (WAN) is a complex task, and it is not likely to get easier any time soon. The good news is that one can do something to... [23 Mar 2009]
WiMAX: Technology for Broadband Wireless Access
White Paper A Wide Area Network (WAN) is a data network covering a wide geographical area, as big as the Planet. Typically, a WAN consists of a... [23 Apr 2009]
Comparing Frame Relay and Network VPN Solutions
White Paper The plethora of wide area network (WAN) options available continues to grow as technology advances. This white paper is designed to help WAN managers navigate the... [02 Mar 2004]
Protecting Sensitive Data on Ethernet WAN: How to Reduce Cost and Complexity of Network Security
White Paper Ethernet delivers highly scalable granularity - from 1 Mbps to 10 Gbps - while providing lower per-port capital expenditures than traditional WAN technologies. As a result, more and more companies have been considering... [02 Apr 2009]
Intranets and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
White Paper This tutorial explores the benefits of a private corporate network and reviews a traditional wide-area network (WAN) architecture implementation. It then compares the... [25 Feb 2004]
The Convergence of Ethernet and Ethernot: A 10-Gigabit Ethernet Perspective
White Paper Ethernet, on the other hand, is already the ubiquitous technology for Wide-Area Network (WAN) environments. Traditionally, SAN technologies had been shut off from the... [04 Jul 2008]
The Essential Guide to Deploying MPLS for Enterprise Networks
White Paper This Paper provides a guide for the enterprise in making network design considerations and to deploy Private MPLS or to connect to a service provider's MPLS-based WAN offering. MPLS has received broad market attraction... [20 May 2009]
Accelerating Enterprise Content Management Over the WAN
White Paper The result is significant acceleration of data traffic and a dramatic improvement in encrypted and unencrypted file and application access across the WAN. To gain the most cost-effective Web-based application access... [04 Aug 2008]
Has Gigabit Ethernet come of age?
Comment Its latest report card shows it prospering in local area networks (LANs) and advancing on new territories outside its most popular domain - starting with the metropolitan area network... [30 Oct 2001]
VoIP primer: How it works - and what the jargon means
Comment On private networks - LAN, WAN or in the carrier's core - application performance can be assured using two distinct quality of service parameters: DiffServ and MPLS. To ensure voice quality, it is... [10 Feb 2005]
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