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QoS, Redundancy Remain Key Issues For IP Centrex

Matthew Nickasch — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:50:30 -0500

There's no doubt about it: IP Centrex is gaining steam, and quickly. With a comparatively miniscule initial investment to traditional telephony platform offerings, the market may be shifting ever-so-slightly to the "switch in the cloud."

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What is WAN (Metro) Ethernet?

BandwidthSeek.Net — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:43:37 -0400

Metro Ethernet is the use of telco carrier-supported Ethernet technology in metropolitan area networks (MANs) or Wide Area Networks (WANs) vs. using Ethernet technology for just a Local Area Network (LAN), the most widely used application for the Ethernet protocol. Because it is typically a collective endeavor with numerous financial contributors, Metro Ethernet offers cost-effectiveness, reliability, scalability and bandwidth management superior to most proprietary networks. Metro Ethernet can connect businesses LANs and individual end users to a WAN or to the Internet. Corporations, academic institutions and government agencies in large cities can use Metro Ethernet to connect branch campuses or offices to an intranet.

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Interop Las Vegas 2008 off to a strong start

Interop — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:07:25 -0400

Interop 2008 is happening this week, and Network World has the networking industry event covered from many different angles.

This year's Interop will also have security and software conferences running alongside it. In a nutshell, the organizers decided to expand the scope because they realize that networking doesn't exist in a vacuum, and that interoperability is an issue that cuts across various IT disciplines. Read more .