In an IT world where the pace of change rarely slows, owners and providers of Wide Area Networks (WANs) may be forgiven for thinking that they live in a relatively calm part of that world. It may seem that after the transitions from analogue to digital networks, with their litany of jargon abbreviations (PSS, IP, MLPS etc) and Cloud constructs, the fundamentals of Multi-Site Networks have not changed.

But this is an illusion – certainly in terms of functionality but also in the emergence of new operational capabilities and requirements need to change to meet new fundamentals.

In this White Paper we highlight some of the criteria and developments you should include in any requirements documents you are producing:

• Essential Design Criteria for IT Professionals Considering WAN Design
• Significant WAN Developments Driving this Change
• Potential Impacts on the Wider Enterprise