How To Choose A Network Service Provider

 

Finding the right network service provider can be challenging, time-consuming, and even a little bit scary. Here's some timely advice in this article.

How To Choose A Network Service Provider

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Carriers vs. Aggregators: How To Select The Optimal Mix Of Network Transport Providers

 

Best practices for network transport (LAN/WAN/WLAN/SDWAN) call for companies to work with multiple suppliers to get competitive prices, maximize service coverage, and secure better service delivery performance. But which suppliers should an enterprise select? How do you figure out the best fit for an enterprise’s needs, and what are some of the challenges and gotchas of a multi-supplier portfolio approach?

How To Select The Optimal Mix Of Network Transport Providers

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Buyer’s Guide - Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) And Secure Service Edge (SSE)

 

SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) rolls networking and security into a cloud service, making it easier for enterprises to provide simple, secure access to corporate resources. Many vendors offer SASE services, but what they actually provide and how they provide it varies widely.

A recent Gartner survey of CISOs revealed that “a majority of buyers are planning for a two-vendor strategy for SASE,” with security and networking teams making separate buying decisions rather than opting for single-vendor SASE. In response to these realities, Gartner coined a new term, secure service edge (SSE), which is essentially SASE minus SDWAN (Software Define Wide Area Network), the network access part of the equation.

SASE And SSE Buyer's Guide

IN THIS BUYER’S GUIDE YOU'LL FIND...

* Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and Secure Service Edge (SSE) explained

* What to look for in SSE and SASE

* Leading vendors for SSE

* Leading vendors for SASE

* Full-stack SASE providers

* Partial-stack SASE vendors

* What to ask before buying SSE and SASE

* 10 questions to ask prospective SSE vendors

* 10 questions to ask prospective SASE vendors

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Everything EVERY Business Should Know About Network Connectivity And SDWAN

In the current world of Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, and the new normal of work from home/work from anywhere .... network connectivity and Software Defined Wide Area Networks (SDWAN) have emerged as the critical pieces enabling successful implementation of IoT, edge computing, and unified communications applications enterprise wide. Rather than jumping in blindly, here's everything EVERY business should know first.

THE EVOLUTION OF ACCESS

We live in an ever-increasing world; IoT devices are making the need for bandwidth and cloud computing on the edge. Today we will talk about the network itself and cloud connectivity. The network is the foundation of everything that is done. Everything that we access in the cloud has to get there through the internet. Internet access is the key, the foundation to the entire model.  SD-WAN is the “shock-absorbing” layer that sits in between the raw network and the cloud where applications live. At the very top of the pyramid is where you have your applications such as UCaaS and CCaaS; this is what allows clouds to talk to one another. Finally, the entire pyramid is your security layer, which is what protects the entire structure.

There are different principal and ancillary components when it comes to internet access, these include:

Principle Components

• Cable
• DSL
• Best-Effort Fiber
• Fixed 4G/5G
• Fixed Satellite
• Fixed Microwave
• Dedicated Fiber

Ancillary Components

• Auto-Failover
• WiFi Hotspots
• Cloud Connect

Cable and Best-Effort Fiber are the two main methods of getting to the cloud at a very cheap rate. Cable itself started a long time ago, at the beginning all the bandwidth was dedicated to the TV signal, but thanks to the innovation of turning TV signals into IP, an enormous amount of bandwidth has been freed up. Today while the price per meg keeps deteriorating, the amount of bandwidth that the cable companies can provide is skyrocketing thanks to DOCSIS 3.1, changing the way businesses use the cloud.

Just because there is a lot of throughput on a coax line, it doesn’t mean all the packets arrive quickly, nor does it mean that all the packets will arrive at all. It’s still an over-subscribed, best-effort, non-SLA service. Applications like voice and video are incredibly sensitive to latency and packet loss and always will be.

SD-WAN provides the opportunity to clean up packet loss and latency. SD-WAN uses redundancy and error-correction to restore packets that could be lost, and it finds quicker paths to the cloud (like WAZE) when it needs to. There is no static routing cable “telling” the router what to do – it’s making decisions on its own to protect the outcome, which is near 100% data transmission with minimal latency.

PROVIDERS FREEDOMFIRE COMMUNICATIONS WORKS WITH

So, what cable providers does FreedomFire Communications work with?

When you are talking about cable, make sure you don’t sleep on the add-ons. You must make sure that you aren’t just talking about bandwidth. A lot of providers have some extremely innovative products.

The FreedomFire Communications best-effort providers include:

FreedomFire Communications has also excelled in the dedicated fiber provider area. If you want to find out if there’s a dedicated fiber provider in your area, you can always just ask FreedomFire Communications. We have patented tools which shows us what is where and offered by whom.

We also work with international dedicated fiber providers:

Wireless Internet Access providers include:

SD-WAN PROVIDERS

When it comes to SD-WAN, FreedomFire Communications works with multiple providers.

So, what are the key drivers of an SD-WAN design?

1. Cost – How does the customer get the speed and reliability without overpaying?
2. Management Complexity – Customer’s ability to self-manage a network
3. Functionality – What abilities does the overlay (AKA, aggregate) network need to have?
4. Quality – Are there any applications that are sensitive to delay, packet loss, and jitter?
5. Security – If the customer is securing the WAN at the edge, do they want to do it with a standard edge firewall appliance, or do they want to simplify down into one SD-WAN box?

To learn more about all your options for network connectivity and SDWAN, including free assistance with network design and security, simply ask us at FreedomFire Communications. 

What Are The Features And Benefits Of SDWAN?

 Modern businesses seek flexible, scalable, agile, secure, and affordable network solutions to integrate branch offices and remote workplaces seamlessly.

Large enterprises encountering network issues with wide area networks are moving towards Software Defined Wide Area Networks to overcome the bottlenecks and deliver high performance. Managing large networks with multiple users, devices, and applications is no child’s play.

SD-WAN empowers enterprises to manage networks efficiently with centralized monitoring and management to simplify network administration across locations.

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What Is SDWAN...It's Purpose And Benefits?

This video explains what SDWAN is, its purpose and benefits, key features of SD-WAN, and tips on choosing the right SD-WAN vendor.

Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

00:22 What is SD-WAN?

01:16 The purpose of SD-WAN: Why do we need it?

02:27 Benefits and Advantages of SD-WAN

03:57 Key features of SD-WAN

06:05 How to choose the right SD-WAN vendor?

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How You Can Connect Your Business To The Internet Anywhere In The World - Global Connectivity

 Expereo connects anywhere on the planet. One interface, one invoice, one currency.

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How Can You Compare 100s Of Business Network Connectivity AND Security Providers For Cost, Quality, Service, & Reliability?

 

How Can You Compare 100s Of Business Network Connectivity AND Security Providers For Cost, Quality, Service, & Reliability?

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What Is SDWAN And What Can It Do For YOUR Company? (VIDEO)

The short YouTube video above explains the nuts-and-bolts of SD-WAN technology and why it can be a useful tool for your business.

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