For an IT organization - and, frankly, for an entire enterprise - finding a proven trusted partner to manage their network can be the difference in improving the bottom line, freeing up resources for strategic corporate initiatives and delivering crucial projects on time. Sprint has a proven track record of providing comprehensive managed solutions to businesses of all sizes, delivering on the needs of today and tomorrow. In fact, this history of success has enabled Sprint Managed Network Solutions to be recognized once again this time with the top award in the Nemertes Research Pilothouse Awards for 2011. More...

One of the most difficult things to ascertain right now is how much IT should be spending on the corporate network amidst all the financial gloom and doom. Even in such a tough economic environment, there are ways to move your network to the next generation that don’t require a huge capital investment. More...

If consolidating your communications infrastructure into a unified network is in your plans, then MPLS is in your future. While many service providers operate both legacy and MPLS networks, Sprint has invested heavily in an all-IP/MPLS core network. We may not have been the first to build an MPLS network, but we have dedicated the time and resources to building what we feel is the premier MPLS network, an infrastructure that supports wireline and wireless access options on a single network.More...

It seems Sprint has come full circle. What started as a traditional local telephone company evolved to become the first all-fiber-optic long-distance phone company, which morphed into a full-service phone company with local, long distance, and wireless solutions.  Then a couple of years ago we spun off our Local Telephone Division but proceeded to build a VoIP CLEC with our cable partners. That CLEC is now larger than the local business we spun off, with a local service footprint larger than Verizon.  Revenue from our IP services for wholesale and retail business customers has grown 42 percent year-over-year. All of this is possible because Sprint has committed to an all-IP network designed for convergence. More...

Everybody’s talking about convergence these days. What amazes me is how everyone says they are doing it, but there is no consensus about what it means. So you may already have a converged network without even knowing it. More...

Analyst Brownlee Thomas of Forrester Research has called 2008 the year of convergence for multinational corporations. By the end of this year, Forrester predicts 83 percent of multinationals will complete migration to an IP-based platform, such as MPLS, that will allow them to deploy converged applications more efficiently across their entire network. More...