Global Networking

"Over past couple of years, large corporations have seen their data needs go up exponentially. File transfers, data back-ups, VPNs - all need more bandwidth than what the traditional means can provide. T1s don't cut it anymore. Instead an increasing number of corporations are opting for Ethernet-based services." - Om Malik, GigaOm

Reliance Globalcom deploys global Ethernet networks using VPLS deployed over an MPLS platform. The result is a best-of-breed approach that provides the reliability, security and ease of use of Ethernet along with the scalability, multipoint-to-multipoint support, resiliency and QoS features of MPLS. In addition, this configuration supports sophisticated QoS-based traffic management strategies. Establishing Ethernet network-to-network interface (NNI) partnerships around the world is critical for providing end-to-end managed services internationally. In terms of NNI technology Reliance Globalcom has been ahead of the market in establishing those interconnections.

Using VPLS, Reliance Globalcom provisions Ethernet VLANs over dedicated MPLS Label Switched Paths. VPLS is the ideal platform over which to offer transparent, multipoint Ethernet solutions.

Enterprise Applications For National Ethernet
Michael Kennedy, PhD - Network Strategy Partners - Oct 2003
Ethernet's universal appeal as a LAN protocol is now being extended to global networking applications. In this paper, Network Strategy Partners describes wide-area Layer 2 connectivity - national Ethernet - and examines the economic and productivity benefits it delivers to enterprises that are using networks to create a single national workplace.

Spanning the Enterprise with Gigabit Ethernet
Dr. Kamran Sistanizadeh - CTO, Reliance Globalcom, Inc. - 2001
Over the past few years, Ethernet has become much more prevalent in the Wide Area Network (WAN). Enterprise network architectures are now based solely and simply on Ethernet. Such designs offer significant improvements in simplicity, scalability and cost reduction in comparison to legacy WAN architectures. This architecture is comprised of metro Ethernet, WAN Ethernet (or point-to-point across metros), WAN VPLS (or fully-meshed global network), and managed Premium Internet (connectivity to public Internet). These services are the critical service provider components of this architecture. Utilizing these elements, designing and implementing an enterprise-wide network requires no more complexity than the local area network.