Many multinational corporations self-manage their IP telephony, videoconferencing and unified communications solutions today. But as the complexity of networks grows with the adoption of these newer applications, balancing cost efficiencies with managing performance-sensitive applications becomes a challenge. The starting point for many organizations is outsourcing their global WAN based on MPLS IP VPN.

This Technology Adoption Profile examines the drivers leading such corporations to pursue WAN/LAN integration, the benefits they associate with managed telecom and network services, and their current and future plans for managing their networks.