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MPLS
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(Multi-Protocol Label Switching) is a private IP VPN, combining
the flexible any-to-any communication found on PSTN or Internet
with the reliability, quality and security delivered via Private
Line, Frame Relay or ATM services.
It offers differentiated
performance levels and prioritisation of delay and non-delay
sensitive traffic as well as voice and multimedia applications
- all on a single network. A range of management options are
available including supply and management of Customer Premise
Equipment (CPE), providing a fully managed solution. Alternatively
unmanaged options are also available to provide companies
with the flexibility to manage their own CPE.
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MPLS
supports applications that cross geographic and company boundaries
in the form of intranets, extranets and, in the future, community
of interest networks (COINs). MPLS offers:
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Flexibility - In today's fast-paced business
environment, your company needs to be able to respond quickly
to change. An MPLS solution can help you keep pace. With
MPLS, you can easily deploy new applications on your network
to support changing business needs. At the same time we
offer rapid configuration and provisioning so as your organisation
grows or you add or move international locations, you can
do so quickly and easily. And, when combined with our broad
portfolio of IP and networking services, MPLS enables you
to tailor and enhance your global network to suit varying
application requirements.
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Global Availability - MPLS is a truly global
service, providing coverage and support to over 70 countries
from over 1000 PoPs. Customer support is provided 24 hours
per day x 7 days per week with consistent service surround
including local language and "feet-on-the-street"
support in each location, plus a single point of contact
for provisioning and troubleshooting.
- Performance
- Not all of your network traffic is likely to be equally
time-sensitive. Real-time and mission critical applications
might need priority over web surfing traffic, or possibly
web-based applications are an essential part of operations.
MPLS enables the consolidation of all of your applications
onto a single network while prioritisation of traffic into
different Application Classes, optimising network usage
for the types of applications you are running.
- Security
and Reliability
- MPLS is a secure service, utilising leading edge IP and
MPLS technology to isolate packets on the network - your
data remains confidential and your network is protected
from outside intrusion. Network traffic is monitored and
proactively managed, enabling us to back the service with
industry-leading, comprehensive Service Level Guarantees.
In the future, BT MPLS will offer the ability to link to
other VPNs on the MPLS network, providing a comprehensive
solution for Extranets and COINs.
Optimising
an IP VPN Service can be challenging. Matching applications
with the class of service requirements, defining and optimising
the routing protocol architecture, migrating from Data Networks
and troubleshooting inter-working problems can all add to
the complexity. We can assist customers with our extensive
in-depth expertise in MPLS VPNs and IP VPN Class of Service.
We can offer customers pre implementation design guidance,
migration planning and detailed service specification. |
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