One of the key trends we’ve followed in our research is growing adoption of Ethernet as a WAN technology. Given Ethernet’s dominance in the LAN, and the wreckage of Token Ring, FDDI, and ATM it left ...

Ethernet is beginning to join and even take the place of traditional wide-area networking (WAN) technologies while, simultaneously, WAN technologies are applied to LAN applications to increase the ...

Continuing the shift of Ethernet from a local-area technology to a wide-area technology, the Metro Ethernet Forum last week ratified an Ethernet service standard. The MEF’s press release calls the ...

Besides thoroughly understanding Ethernet’s basic operation, you must become familiar with the new standards and capabilities now available. Undoubtedly, Ethernet has become the technology of choice ...

ANAHEIM, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zyxel Communications, an industry-leading provider of secure broadband networking, Internet access and connected home products, today announced the launch of ...

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Not all Ethernet-based WAN circuits are created equal; be sure to ask these questions when shopping for a carrier In my post last week, I discussed how Ethernet-based WAN services are typically ...

Milan, Italy-based network and cloud services company Enter launched its software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) based on its national and international network infrastructure. The SD-WAN ...

Charter Communications’ business arm, Spectrum Enterprise, is working with Nokia’s Nuage software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) technology. Spectrum is focusing its first efforts on an ...

Ethernet-based systems, while far more flexible and feature-rich, have a much higher degree of variability due in large part to the same flexibility they offer customers. As a result, you need to have ...

Before Wi-Fi became ubiquitous, Ethernet was the way to link devices together. By running Ethernet cables in a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN), you could send traffic back and ...

Sourcing solid network connectivity, such as for linking a pair of data centers, isn't always as straightforward as it might seem Building a resilient, high-capacity WAN has never been what I’d call ...