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May 21, 2008 (updated June 23, 2008)

Shorthand For Evaluating WAN Technologies: IP VPNs Versus MPLS Versus Ethernet

by Lisa Pierce

with Christine Ferrusi Ross, Brownlee Thomas, Ph.D., Phil Sayer, Allison Thresher, Antonin Shanahan


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

To support intersite connectivity, enterprises are in the midst of migrating from legacy services like private line, Frame Relay (FR), or asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) to IP (Internet protocol)-based services. Based on key requirements like performance, security, availability, and accessibility, organizations tend to standardize around one WAN topology and interconnect to others as required. For example, organizations with extremely distributed intranetworking requirements often use public multiprotocol label switching (MPLS), IP VPNs, or a hybrid MPLS-IP VPN service infrastructure, whereas firms with fewer and larger locations and higher performance or security requirements tend to favor private MPLS or Ethernet services.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemEnterprise Migration To IP Rolls Along

itemThe WAN Continuum: IP VPNs To MPLS To Ethernet

WHAT IT MEANS

itemWAN Architecture Is A Moving Target

recommendations

itemTake Steps Now To Ensure A Smooth Transition To New WAN Services

In addition to our ongoing consultative work with enterprise clients, we reviewed data from Forrester's Enterprise Network And Telecommunications Survey North America And Europe, Q1 2007 and Forrester's SMB Network And Telecommunications Survey North America And Europe, Q1 2007.

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Technology: Broadband & Remote Access, Convergence Services, Data Services, Network Performance & Security, Networking, Telecommunications Services, Telecommunications Services By Region, Wide Area Networks
Geography: North America

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