MPLS offers a cost effective and network efficient way to build an enterprise network that provide the security and exceeds the performance of a dedicated private-line network. The Appia family of managed MPLS services can help you with secure access to your network anywhere. Appia managed services is built upon industry standards of MPLS with Quality of Service (QoS), IP Security (IPSec), Internet Access, Voice over Private Networking, and Class of Service for our most demanding Enterprise Clients.
The Appia network is built to meet the demanding requirements of VoIP and enterprise traffic. Our architecture enables you to take advantage of the efficiency and cost savings available today for integrated voice, video, data, and Internet networks.. In addition, we ensure that you will have the ability to continue to deploy new applications in the future.
Frame Relay and public Internet VPNs alone are typically inadequate for business class VoIP, video, and time critical data applications. Appia ends the compromise between expensive legacy networks and unreliable Internet VPNs. Whether you are running voice, video, data, or any combination, our network solves your application needs.
The reality is - public Internet Access and/or VPNs alone do not support quality of service (QoS) or class of service (CoS). Our private network allows businesses and organizations to avoid the complexity and risks of the public Internet that are intrinsic to VPN only solutions. There is no need for tunneling or encryption for your core site-to-site network. The Appia network provides an elegant, secure solution that maintains performance within a private, converged network environment.
Appia also provides network access that does not utilize MPLS capabilities. This product is suitable for single or mulitple site location where customer site-to-site private networking or is not required. Our MPLS provides all of the voice benefits provided by Appia's basic network access and adds secure managed multi-site connectivity between customer sites. In addition,
Appia adds VPN Interworking and managed firewall solutions to your private Appia provided MPLS network. This means a remote site that may not justify a large circuit or a single user can connect up to a Appia managed VPN concentrator and access your corporate network with SSL and/or IPSec encryption.
There are many benefits to Appia MPLS. Initially, the goal of label based switching was to create transparent private networking across the expanse of IP based networks. Additional benefits include:
Appia's network delivers QoS and CoS (where needed) the right way, both within the network core and across the customer's last-mile connections. Each customer is given exclusive network capacity. Our architecture can deliver QoS and CoS at both Layer 2 and Layer 3 levels.
The network core is able to inspect all traffic on each site's links, both inbound and outbound. Each packet's service header is read to determine its type and the appropriate priority is then applied to ensure that class of service is enforced across the network. Therefore, voice calls are maintained at the highest throughput while bandwidth for lower priority data sessions is dynamically scaled back.
