Secure Telecom Solutions

A major concern among businesses seeking certain Telecom services is ‘how secure is our network?’ or ‘how secure is our data?’. These are valid concerns and one that we’ll address here is the option for SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) over MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching). SIP over MPLS provides an alternative to SIP over Internet access or SIP Trunking. While these approaches are more typical, they are not the most secure.

Benefits of SIP over MPLS are improved call quality with low latency, better end-to-end quality of service, and MPLS avoids exposure to the public Internet and control over your lines. This is what makes it superior in security.  On an MPLS network a denial-of-service attack isn’t going to happen, along with a number of other security concerns- wiped away with MPLS.  It basically acts as a virtual private network.

If you have security concerns for your business, avoiding public Internet is key and SIP over MPLS is an excellent solution and MPLS service is a lot better service concerning performance and even savings as well.

Questions about your security or MPLS services, NWMAP can give you free answers, reviews of your current services and bills, and a free quote. Contact information https://nwmap.com/contact-us and free quote https://nwmap.com/contact-us/request-quote

Integra in The News; September 2011

Every month NWMAP likes to keep you updated on our carriers in the news. This month Integra Telecom made several announcements. For starters, Integra named Ken Worcester as Channel Partner Lead. We’ve been hearing about Integra’s growing Ethernet and IP- based voice services and with Ken as Channel Partner Lead, all sales leads will report to him concerning how they are carrying out the program’s initiatives.

In other news, Integra adds fiber to 50 more buildings, proof of Integra’s very motivated plans to expand consistently now into 2012 and beyond. This means access speeds from 5 Mbps up to 10 Gbps in buildings located in the metro areas of Portland, Ore., Seattle, Phoenix, Boise, Sacramento, and Salt Lake City. Read more: Integra Telecom adds fiber to over 50 more buildings across U.S. – FierceTelecom http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/integra-telecom-adds-fiber-over-50-more-buildings-across-us/2011-09-20#ixzz1YnV2AVm1
Also, Integra deepens cloud presence with a security service called Cloud Firewall Service (CFS). Find out more: https://nwmap.com/new-from-integra-cloud-firewall-services-cfs

 Integra has also partnered with Palo Alto Networks to deliver it’s Cloud-based services, which include a mix of new security services, everything from application visibility and control to URL filtering, Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems (IDPS),anti-virus, anti-spyware and file/data content filtering. Read more: Integra Telecom adds Palo Alto Networks’ platform to its cloud services suite – FierceTelecom http://www.fiercetelecom.com/story/integra-telecom-adds-palo-alto-networks-platform-its-cloud-services-suite/2011-08-29#ixzz1YnWlIt90