This glossary provides concise definitions of common terms relating to WAN technology, including commonly used acronyms.  Many definitions link to more detailed information about common applications o [..]

refers to the trend of employees bringing their personal mobile devices to work and connecting them to enterprise networks.  This post discusses challenges, associated with co-mingling personal and co [..]

 used for end-to-end routing on WAN networks. It exchanges routing information between independent systems on the Internet.  When a circuit fails, BGP reroutes traffic to a secondary route, after a sh [..]

enables network to accommodate spikes in bandwidth demand. A handful of carriers support bursting on their IP-VPN networks. Bursting can be very cost-effective

 —enables organizations to assign some types of traffic classification priority over others. By doing so, they can get better performance out of the network without spending money on unnecessary bandw [..]

the process of identifying redundant data segments and storing only one instance of information. Data deduplication

 the location where the carrier local loop (fiber or copper) interfaces with the customer’s premise.  The carrier is responsible for installation and maintenance of wiring and equipment on one side;  [..]

(Denial of service) attack:

third-party replication, hosting, and management of physical or virtual servers to provide switchover in the event of a disaster. This post outlines benefits of DRaaS

 is the ability to switch between voice sessions quickly in the event of a disruptive event.  SDN devices need to be able to detect disruptive events and switch paths fast enough to maintain voice ses [..]