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Technical Paper: What Is a WAN (Wide Area Network) ?
White Papers Whereas a LAN (local area network) is a network that links computers, printers and other devices located in an office, a building or even a campus, a WAN (wide area network) is a system that extends for greater distances and is used to connect...
[July 13, 2004, 0:00]
Juniper pits 'Pepsi' against Cisco's 'Coke'
News Cisco currently dominates the wide area network (WAN) router market with its 2600 router. WAN access routers sit on a customer's network and provide access to the Internet and other wide area services.
[March 9, 2004, 11:45]
Cisco faces competition over WAN optimisation
News WAN optimisation is the generic name for a group of technologies that helps companies reduce the amount of traffic passing across their wide area network. One of the key additions is the fact that Riverbed's WAN optimisation controller, called the...
[February 25, 2008, 11:34]
Addressing Federal Network Redundancy Requirements: Using VPN Solutions for Network Redundancy
White Papers Juniper Networks offers an alternative for WAN redundancy based on IPSec VPN (Virtual Private Network). In the past, U.S.federal agencies have implemented some type of wide-area network (WAN) redundancy, such as redundant permanent connections via...
[August 30, 2005, 3:00]
SAN Over SDH/SONET for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
White Papers These solutions provide data connectivity between separate SAN islands within the enterprise using the Wide Area Network (WAN). This white paper describes the business case for using SDH/SONET as the WAN between SAN islands.
[July 9, 2009, 3:08]
Comparing Frame Relay and Network VPN Solutions
White Papers The paper focuses on the two primary WAN options used today: frame relay and network-based IP virtual private networks (IP VPNs). The plethora of wide area network (WAN) options available continues to grow as technology advances.
[March 2, 2004, 11:20]
Intranets and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
White Papers It then compares the WAN model to present-day private-networking strategies, specifically examining two types of modern private-network implementations: encryption-based VPNs and private networks based on frame-relay permanent virtual circuits...
[August 14, 2003, 0:00]
The Convergence of Ethernet and Ethernot: A 10-Gigabit Ethernet Perspective
White Papers Ethernet, on the other hand, is already the ubiquitous technology for Wide-Area Network (WAN) environments. Traditionally, SAN technologies had been shut off from the WAN environment due to their incompatibility with the existing Ethernet...
[July 4, 2008, 1:00]
The Essential Guide to Deploying MPLS for Enterprise Networks
White Papers This Paper provides a guide for the enterprise in making network design considerations and to deploy Private MPLS or to connect to a service provider's MPLS-based WAN offering. MPLS has received broad market attraction in service provider networks...
[May 20, 2009, 3:19]
Standards spat could cause MPLS downtime
News Small and medium businesses and remote and branch offices of large businesses especially like Ethernet and IP MPLS VPNs because they offer considerably more bandwidth with little or no increased WAN costs.
[September 6, 2007, 13:30]
Broadcom acquires NewPort for $1.2bn
News Broadcom said the deal will allow it to offer optical communications OEMs and laser module suppliers with a broader portfolio of optical and wide area network (WAN) infrastructure products, including transceivers, framers, communications...
[August 14, 2000, 14:08]
Financial Institution Selects Hitachi Solution for Its Migration to a Wide Area Ethernet Network Using Hierarchical Bandwidth Shaping
White Papers Financial Institution wanted to integrate three separate legacy ATM and leased line based Wide Area Networks (WAN) to a new Wide Area Ethernet network to connect their Headquarters, Network Center and 160 Branch Offices, while managing bandwidth...
[August 4, 2008, 19:08]
Wireless Data Security
White Papers Wireless Wide Area Networks (WAN) are a popular method of wirelessly accessing data over the Internet. A major concern for many corporate users of wireless WANs is data security and how to protect data that is transmitted over these wireless networks.
[February 1, 2009, 3:10]
Case Study: Peribit Networks - Flash Product Demonstration
White Papers Peribit Networks, Inc.the developer of patent-pending bandwidth optimization products that dramatically improve Wide-Area Network (WAN) performance, engaged Busse Design to create a Flash presentation that was compelling, illustrative, and...
[October 13, 2006, 0:00]
Virtual Private Networking: The Ultimate WAN
White Papers VPNs, in effect, make your public wide area network (WAN) connections appear as private leased lines to the rest of the world. They ensure your messages and data remain confidential even when they travel over the Internet or other public networks.
[July 13, 2004, 0:00]
Symbol adds wireless WAN to PDAs
News Symbol Technologies announced plans Tuesday to integrate wireless wide area network (WAN) capabilities into its line of mobile computing devices, which include the Palm OS-based SPT 1700, the Pocket PC-based PPT 2700 and the Windows CE-based PDT...
[October 4, 2000, 15:24]
Biggest ever network merger could spell Pilot PDA sale
News In a press release, 3Com said that the merger will "provide customers worldwide with comprehensive end-to-end LAN/WAN networking solutions, from network interface cards and high-speed modems, through local area network workgroup and enterprise...
[February 27, 1997, 9:35]
Five years ago: Biggest ever network merger could spell Pilot PDA sale
News In a press release, 3Com said that the merger will "provide customers worldwide with comprehensive end-to-end LAN/WAN networking solutions, from network interface cards and high-speed modems, through local area network workgroup and enterprise...
[February 25, 2002, 6:01]
A Year Ago: 3Com/USR is biggest network merger
News In a press release, 3Com said that the merger will "provide customers worldwide with comprehensive end-to-end LAN/WAN networking solutions, from network interface cards and high-speed modems, through local area network workgroup and enterprise...
[February 27, 1998, 6:00]
Peribit upgrades network optimisation range
News Peribit's SM-500 networking appliance, which it calls a sequence mirror, is designed to cut down on the amount of data that needs to be sent across a WAN. The latest version can monitor multiple WAN connections and let policies be applied...
[June 30, 2004, 17:35]
