Private vs Public Cloud Computing

Finding the Best Cloud Computing Source for Your Company Generally when you start looking into getting into the “cloud”, you are looking for three things: ease of use, accessibility and storage capability. Cloud storage of your documents, images and other materials makes it easy for people to access them worldwide. You can also easily send…

Benefits of Multi-Site Point-to-Point Ethernet Versus VPN

While MPLS has gained ground in terms of popularity of the different protocols, there are some benefits to using point-to-point Ethernet lines. Consider the following comparisons: How MPLS (Multi-Lable Protocol Switching) Network Architecture Works Versus Point-to-Point Ethernet Point-to-Point leased lines are formed by connecting every site to other sites using lines that are leased by…

What Moneyball Can Teach Businesses about Telecom

When Billy Beane came onto the scene for the Oakland A’s, a team with one of the lowest payrolls in baseball, he changed his thinking and his approach to building a better baseball team. Beane used statistical analysis to find the best bang for the buck instead of the good old-fashioned manual scouting process. Nine…

Communications in the Age of Star Wars

It should come as no surprise that science fiction writers have often provided early ideas for future technologies. From the advanced submarine imagined by Jules Verne in his 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea to the gesture-based user interface in the 2002 Movie: Minority Report. There are countless examples of science fiction works…