The World of Convergence - Drivers for Change

There is a technological revolution taking place in the workplace. Data pouring into our working lives everyday is relentless and while businesses are dependent on email, the Internet and other electronic communications tools they still need to talk. The challenges some enterprises face is knowing how to use both voice and data communications effectively. The solution is to converge; the bringing together of voice and data services to run over a single network.

For enterprises, convergence means a reduction in operating costs because only one network is needed. Also, an integrated network offers more flexibility so as a business grows so too can its communications infrastructure.

Excell has been delivering innovative and ground breaking converged solutions to companies throughout the UK over the last few years, enabling a flexible, cost-effective, high-bandwidth IP platform for wide area voice and data communication over a single network. Excell's MPLS solution simplifies the management of network traffic and offers its customers business grade Quality of Service (QoS) depending on the profile of the network traffic. With MPLS, businesses can satisfy their connectivity and usage needs through several converged IP-based data, voice and video services.

The whole purpose of convergence is to simplify networks and increase bandwidth flexibility. What is clear is that a next generation MPLS solution looks set to make business life simpler, cheaper and more efficient - which is just what technology is supposed to do.