Enterprise IT managers are discovering the benefits of managed network services-improved ability to control equipment costs and network management costs, enhanced support for business applications, and how fast and easy it is to deploy new sites. Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based managed VPN services can act as a solid starting point to deploy many value-added services, while helping an enterprise to converge existing disparate networks onto a consolidated, end-to-end infrastructure that can support combined data, voice, and video services. The inherent any-to-any connectivity of MPLS-based VPNs also lowers the total cost of ownership (TCO) for a service provider. These savings can be passed along to enterprises, along with other inherent benefits, including simplified deployments of quality of service (QoS), security, high availability, multicasting, and other critical abilities.
Making the decision to migrate an existing corporate network to a managed MPLS-based VPN service offered by a service provider requires an understanding of MPLS and the VPN features associated with this technology. Enterprise IT managers must also consider a number of critical issues when MPLS-based VPNs are to be deployed either locally or globally.
MPLS / IP VPN solutions provide a fully meshed private IP network that can replace legacy networks, such as Frame Relay or ATM, and are specifically engineered for next generation IP applications including VoIP and video.
What can MPLS /IP VPN do for my distributed Enterprise?
- Reduce total telecom costs by as much as 70% by combining voice, data, and video on one network
- Eliminate ALL intra-office long distance costs
- Allow IT staff to focus on core business objectives
- Secure your data using private IP networking rather than the open "public" network of the Internet
- Use classes of service (CoS/QoS) and priority queuing so your network knows which traffic is most important and ensures that it takes priority over other traffic
- Further converge your networks by adding Voice over IP and video
- Built-in disaster recovery and network survivability with an MPLS "fully meshed" topology
- Simplify network management by supporting just one network and one protocol
- Increase bandwidth while lowering costs
What can MPLS/ IP VPN do for my retail / restaurant chain?
- Reduce the long distance costs associated with dial-up when transferring data between locations
- Reduce your total cost per transaction (CPT)
- Get real-time inventory and sales information across your stores
- Scalable network allows you to add applications like wireless POS, faster payment processing, kiosks, loyalty cards, distance learning, and RFID
- Connect all your stores on one network allowing for real time data between locations
- Faster POS transaction times (2-3 seconds) increase sales and customer satisfaction
- Reduce labor costs by minimizing management of multiple connections at the corporate office
- Add security with direct transport of POS traffic to your payment processor
- Meet CISP Compliancy requirements
