| Applications: | Attributes: |
|---|
| Fully meshed, private IP network | Standard and Enhanced packages available |
| Supports voice and data traffic (reduce intra-company long distance costs) | Network stability, scalability. |
| PCI Compliant and inherently secure | Managed router/CPE |
| CoS/QoS ability to prioritize network traffic | End to end reporting |
| Direct connections to payment processors | End to end SLA’s available, depending on provider |
| Free installation |
| SLAs: Uptime, latency, packet loss, Jitter |
| 4 – 6 Hour MTTR |
MPLS
MPLS is ideally suited for large, mulit-site enterprises, i.e. restaurant and retail chains, that have a large number of low bandwidth sites. MPLS is also the product of choice for chains that are migrating away from Frame Relay networks. Additionally, if you process over 6 million transactions per year, you know that you are under the PCI compliance spotlight. For this reason, restaurant and retail chains are highly incented to consider private MPLS networks.
So what are some of the benefits of MPLS for restaurant and retail operators?
- Meet PCI DSS compliancy requirements
- Highly scalable for fast deployment
- More flexible network management than Frame Relay
- Scalable network allows you to add applications like wireless POS, kiosks, loyalty programs, HR applications & training, and RFID and loss prevention.
- Fully meshed architecture reduces the cost of adding PVCs, allowing you to easily establish or relocate disaster recovery sites. Built-in disaster recovery and network survivability with an MPLS fully meshed topology
- Reduction of total telecom costs by as much as 70% by combining voice, data, and video on one network.
- Allows IT staff to focus on supporting just one network and one protocol.
- CoS/QoS and priority queuing allows you to prioritize latency sensitive network traffic, such as voice and video.
- Allows you to further converge your networks by adding VoIP and video applications
- Secure your data using private IP networking rather than VPN tunneling through the public Internet
- Increase bandwidth while lowering costs