VPLS
Vaioni Global Communications
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VPLS

The focus on Next Generation Networks has been a fundamental part of Vaioni’s evolution. As a specialist in Ethernet, Layer2 connectivity, providing NGN services like VPLS (Virtual Private LAN Service) is part of the Vaioni everyday solution. The big difference is we are Global with a very strong UK presence and we enhance the entire experience by introducing true convergence such as VoIP, Security and Video along with more traditional protocols we assume in today’s WAN environments.

In order to create your own VPLS, we create a broadcast LAN between your sites by plugging you into our network. Now you can IP address your sites how you feel without our intervention.

With a completely transparent backbone that spans over 180 countries across 5 continents, carrying any type of traffic over the VPLS is possible. Not only that, we encourage customers to centralise their applications into the Vaioni cloud to avoid unnecessary over-usage of bandwidth which in fact is one of the biggest problems we see in Corporate Networks today. When centralising your applications into the Vaioni network you immediately have a central hub for all sites to access and because this central hub is the Vaioni network, you have more bandwidth available than you can imagine. We call this Centralised Application Management and from the cloud we also provide a route out to the internet, again helping to reduce load on the main circuit which normally sits at the HQ. We have found at least a 60% increase in performance over traditional network setups when using the Vaioni network.

What is VPLS?
A VPLS or Virtual Private LAN Service is a Layer2 multipoint to multipoint communication service, delivered using ethernet. It is delivered over an MPLS enabled network and emulates a LAN service, which is also fully meshed.

Why Layer2 VPLS and not Layer3 IPVPN?
VPLS is an enabling technology, so it overcomes the many complexities and limitations that Layer3 solutions inherently have. So for example, with Layer2 you do not need VPN technologies at each site, where with Layer3 you do. This makes VPLS already a much more attractive solution as Layer2 is far more versatile and flexible than Layer3, also reduction in cost is considered here. Also Layer2 VPLS gives you the control to route your IP addresses, where Layer3 does not. So you can implement, change and add your IP addresses without seeking our approval or making changes to the WAN architecture. There are so many further examples as to why Layer2 VPLS is a superior service, but these are some of the most popular.

Do I need special equipment or connectivity to use VPLS?
No. VPLS simplifies the way you communicate across offices. You actually require less equipment as your services are bridged as apposed to routed. Your connectivity will however need to be procured through the VPLS provider like Vaioni.

What are the key advantages of VPLS?
We are in a world which constantly evolves. Hosted services, SaaS, video conferencing, VoIP, all evolve our business. But how do you as a business cope with this across a WAN? VPLS is specifically designed to run multiple applications at the same time, without losing quality or performance, whilst increasing reliability and resilience. All this is done in a simpler fashion than previous, legacy WAN solutions. Layer2 technology allows for QinQ and VLAN's which provides a much more transparent medium for applications to run seamlessly.

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