Don’t fear broadband – tame it with SD-WAN. Software-defined wide area networking allows agents to feed their clients’ appetites for higher bandwidth at a lower cost, with continuous uptime.
Read MoreTaming the Broadband Bear
Author: Tina Plant, Senior Content Writer
Plant is a Minnesota high tech marketing veteran, telling the story of emerging technologies from graphic accelerator cards and high resolution monitors to hierarchical data storage, digital satellite communications, nanofiber filtration, stormwater management, hydrogen fuel cells, IT managed services, cybersecurity and the continuing evolution of wide area networking.
#Ouchage: The Agony and Expense Caused by a Network Outage
Network outages hurt customers, employees and the community. With businesses losing between $84,000 and $108,000 (US) every hour of IT system downtime, it’s time to put an end to outages and say hello to Never Down™ technology.
Read MoreMPLS, is SD-WAN Trying to Steal Your Girlfriend?
Whenever I see new marketing posts from the ever-growing list of SD-WAN technology companies knocking MPLS, I think of the Cheers episode where the French guy Henri teases Woody that he is going to steal his girlfriend Kelly.
Read MoreForget BGP. There’s a Better Alternative.
Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that makes the Internet work, but it is not needed by most organizations, Multihoming without BGP is a better alternative for load balancing and failover between multiple ISPs. Learn more.
Read MoreSD-WAN Proof of Concept Data Speaks Volumes: New Network Improvement Technology Report
It will only take you a few minutes to read, but it’ll tell you a lot about how much you can improve your network. New SD-WAN Technology Report graphs network performance data.
Read MoreWidespread Internet Outages Slow, Stop Commerce [Video]
On August 4, widespread outage in the Tennessee Valley and other part of the U.S. caused businesses to love revenue. Many retail stores could only accept cash and some couldn’t do transactions of any kind.
Read MoreBeverage Distributor for Pepsi Stays Ahead of the IT Curve
Jim Hill, Director of IT at Admiral Beverage, a beverage production and distribution company, describes how he fool-proofs his IT network.
Read MoreGoing Above and Beyond Link Bonding and Failover Into SD-WAN Features
Recently, we came across a great post, Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN, on NetCraftsmen. As the article’s author, Peter Welcher, explains there are a number of new offerings in the space. “As witnessed at Network Field Day 9, there is a hotbed of innovation occurring right now in the Hybrid WAN or SD-WAN space. I’m still… Read more »
Read MoreHow Education Technology Leaders Can Get 99% Network Uptime
Do you work in education IT? Then you have to see how you compare to the Johnsburg School District in Illinois. In the past, Johnsburg operated 5 buildings with no more than two T-1 lines each. The buildings were interconnected through a VPN, and throughput could only be increased through a command-line. They also had… Read more »
Read MoreRelying on a Single Provider for a Reliable Internet Connection for Your Business? Vandalism to Your Own Success
Coordinated attacks on fiber optic Internet cables in California are labeled acts of vandalism, and they cost businesses dearly in loss of connectivity, revenue and productivity. Diversify your service!
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