USA Voice & Data knows that establishing a WAN (Wide Area Network) between your offices or business locations can be a grueling and costly project. Unless your telecom for each location is already being managed centrally, then even gathering information about the current infrastructure is quite a time consuming matter. As it becomes more important for businesses to share critical information across their enterprise, Wide Area Networking costs are introduced. These network costs will continue to grow if not managed and optimized using the most appropriate WAN technologies available.
USA Voice & Data has over 60 years of experience in implementing telecom and Wide Area Networking services for businesses. Our Advisory and Brokering services capabilities allow us to proactively manage new WAN implementations and deliver services that meet our clients' Wide Area Networking needs within their budgetary means.
Upgrading Your Data Network Services
MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) has quickly become adopted as the new WAN technology of choice and many companies have already converted their old ATM/Frame Relay and Point-to-Point networks into MPLS networks. MPLS networks provide a business with a secure private IP-VPN WAN with many-to-many connectivity, multiple classes of service and quality of service, all for a fraction of the cost of their traditional data networks.
USA Voice & Data works with all the leading US and global MPLS service providers. Our clients have access to a choice of different MPLS providers with a wide range of different MPLS service types (including Layer 2 and Layer 3 IP-VPN solutions) anywhere in the world. We also work with specialist MPLS providers with solutions specifically for clients with extremely remote locations, where adding an MPLS node might be cost prohibitive.
When to Upgrade Your WAN
Once a business has a WAN connecting two or more locations and unless there is a real business need for the absolute minimum in latency between their locations, they should be looking to upgrade their WAN to an MPLS network. This is particularly the case if those locations are quite distant from one another, as MPLS services are not distance sensitive. MPLS networks are secure and managed private network clouds allowing connectivity between each of the locations (or nodes) without the huge costs of implementing and supporting point-to-point hub and spoke networks from each location. They also allow each business to classify and prioritize its network traffic using different Classes of Service (CoS) and guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS).
USA Voice & Data can help businesses explore the advantages of upgrading their WAN to MPLS. Our Advisory and Brokering services typically identify 20% to 40% in telecom savings, and when implementing MPLS networks for our clients, we typically provide them significant capacity and redundancy improvements at the same time as these cost savings.
WAN Technology Choices
Unless you have already implemented an MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) network and are familiar with the different Layer 2 and Layer 3 flavors of this new wide area networking technology then there is a steep learning curve getting up to speed with MPLS.
Besides scaling your MPLS network nodes correctly for your network traffic, there is an art to classifying your network traffic appropriately to ensure the best performance for your latency critical applications. It is important you do so without causing your other network applications performance to deteriorate.
USA Voice & Data works with the premier MPLS service providers and with our Advisory and Brokering Services we can help you scale your network nodes correctly at the outset, determine which type of MPLS would be the most appropriate for your needs and then ensure you get the best pricing for that solution.
Alternative WAN Connectivity Options
With globalization, inevitably businesses run into situations where they cannot identify cost-effective means for adding their more remote international locations to their core MPLS WAN. Costs for even basic internet connectivity at these remote locations can be monstrous either as a result of a local telecom monopoly or just a genuine lack of any existing telecom networking infrastructure. In these instances, businesses need to be creative in order to find services that enable them to meet their WAN needs.
USA Voice & Data has access to providers with solutions specifically designed for businesses facing more troublesome connectivity issues, whether this in the US or internationally. These solutions can be coupled alongside a business' core MPLS WAN implementation to meet its extended networking requirements.
Additional Managed Services
One of the major advantages of MPLS is that it is a managed WAN service that you can have as much or as little direct hands-on control over as you like. MPLS providers continue to supplement their core MPLS offering with additional optional fully managed MPLS cloud offerings. These offerings include Network Firewalls and numerous Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS) security products which all present a significant value-add for clients who want to offload these management challenges, reduce their network traffic and minimize any risks to their business.
USA Voice & Data ensures your business takes a comprehensive look at the different managed network service offerings currently available and will help you determine which make the most sense for your business' specific needs and concerns.