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5 Benefits of Network Visibility

Simply put, network visibility is the awareness and control of applications, data, and users on a WAN or LAN network. Network Visibility is crucial to your organization, we’re talking main power to the hyperdrive critical. Here are 5 benefits to network control.

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 […]

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.

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 […]