Why Internet Redundancy Is Non-Negotiable for Manufacturing

With high production targets, ensuring maximum uptime in a factory is critical. The ultimate goal is uninterrupted operations and a relentless 24/7 factory environment. Meeting stringent production schedules, maintaining quality control, and supporting complex logistical functions requires a robust, “always on” connectivity strategy. Therefore, Internet redundancy can be seen as a crucial element for business continuity.

6 Benefits of Cloud-Based Phone Systems

The cloud is increasingly becoming a popular option for businesses of all sizes. Cloud-based solutions offer many advantages over traditional on-premises solutions, including scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency. One type of cloud-based solution that is gaining popularity among businesses is a cloud-based phone system. A cloud-based phone system is a telephone service that is delivered via the internet, rather than through traditional phone lines. A cloud-based phone system is different from a traditional phone system in that it does not require any physical hardware or equipment on-site.

Is MPLS Needed for SD-WAN?

SD-WAN is rapidly capturing the market of MPLS, which was dominating for decades. But both technologies have their limitations as well as their advantages. Though infant SD-WAN seems reliant on MPLS in some major fields, this reliance is not unavoidable. SD-WAN can still altogether bypass MPLS. But it should not be recommended. A perfect hybrid of SD-WAN and MPLS can benefit business organizations in terms of cost-saving, increased security, reduced packet loss, reduced latency, and performance enhancement.

SD–WAN Accelerating Network Performance

According to 2016’s State of the WAN report, traditional WAN exhibits performance limitations such as latency issues and packet loss at a higher level. In this report, two of the factors among the top five were related to network performance, which is of crucial importance. This is the major reason behind fundamental shift from WAN to SD–WAN.  As we move toward SD-WAN solutions, it is necessary to understand how various aspects of SD-WAN can provide discrete solutions to improve performance of the network.

Is a Telco needed for SD-WAN?

A Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) is a network that abstracts the hardware layer of equipment, making a virtual network overlay. With this technology, users can communicate across branch offices over large distances and at lower costs.

SD-WAN With Or Without A Telco

Software-Defined Wide Area Networking (SD-WAN) is bringing benefits to the table that no other technology was able to do for large enterprise networks. It is enabling central control and visibility for traffic across datacenters, all the way to the far edges of the network.