Bundle up and protect your business against DDoS attacks.
What’s DDoS you ask? DDoS = Distributed Denial of Service, which is an orchestrated malicious attack that floods a network or website with illicit traffic to the point where it ultimately overloads and crashes. Why care about DDoS? A loss of service costs money, eats into productivity, results in a loss of service, and can […]
SD-WAN: iTel’s Answer to Connectivity Issues
Businesses are increasingly adopting SD-WAN for its ability to simplify network management, improve application performance, reduce costs, and increase agility. SD-WAN – Software-Defined Wide Area Network – can be used to enhance your business infrastructure, whether you’re in an urban setting or a remote area, to get the resiliency and bandwidth prioritization you need. The […]
Give your Business 24/7 Protection with Managed Security
It’s well-known that security is a crucial component of modern business, but cybersecurity technology has become increasingly complex. The wide-spread use of faster networks and cloud services increases vulnerabilities, and even many large enterprises lack the resources to effectively manage security on a day-to-day basis. Managed Security — Protecting Businesses of All Sizes With managed […]
Achieve Optimal Network Performance and Cut Costs With Managed Routers
Managed Routers save time and costs on maintenance – while achieving high performance even in complex environments
What is Attenuation?
In a nutshell, attenuation is the loss of transmission signal strength measured in decibels (dB). As attenuation increases, the more distorted and unintelligible the transmission (e.g. a phone call or email you’re trying to send) becomes.
Layer 2 vs. the Internet
You know that feeling when you’re late for a meeting and conveniently there’s a huge traffic jam on your regular route? Think of your “late for a meeting self” as data being transferred over the internet and the highway/side roads as the routers trying to deliver you to your destination.
What’s the Difference Between VPN & IP VPN?
Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) and Internet Protocol Virtual Private Networks (IP VPNs) have a key difference. When choosing what option is best for your company, it’s integral you know what service you’re getting.
What is MPLS and How Does It Work?
What exactly is MPLS? Let’s break down that what, why and how of Multiprotocol Label Switching.
Understanding SD-WAN: the Truth & the Myth
SD-WAN (Software-Defined Wide-Area Networking) offers many straightforward benefits, such as centralized visibility and control, as well as the ability to scale up as business needs grow. It also offers advanced security and traffic segmentation and prioritization. However, among these advantages, plenty of SD-WAN confusion and misconceptions have spread. Many enterprises haven’t updated their network infrastructure […]
Support Your Business Internet Uptime with the Right Failover Method
Your business relies heavily on your internet connecting, supporting everything from cloud tools to email and VoIP phones. If your connection is interrupted, your business essentially stops cold. Preserving business internet uptime requires investing in a reliable continuity solution – with failover. Many businesses make the mistake of investing in failover that doesn’t offer much […]
