Connectivity Articles

The modern enterprise environment continues to evolve, network demands are increasingly unique, and connectivity solutions are not one size fits all. When working with the right strategic network provider, you have the opportunity to leverage an expert team of account managers, engineers, and product managers to help evaluate your existing connectivity challenges. But more importantly, you work with a team with the experience to rethink existing technologies and re-imagine a customized solution to meet your unique needs. They can identify network efficiencies, deliver existing solutions, or, when needed, build and deliver customized solutions.

Some key network strategies your connectivity partner should be able to offer your organization may include:

• Optimizing or redesigning your network topology in a more powerful or more cost-effective manner
• Aggregating or replacing limited or antiquated network technologies
• Sharing network services and resources over a Wide Area Network
• Optimizing bandwidths on your Wide Area Network, and to your various endpoints
• Combining network services over fewer network circuits
• Managing remote or hybrid workforces with new network strategies
• Planning today for future network growth with future-proof technologies in a cost-effective and scalable approach
• Utilizing burstable bandwidth options at locations with bandwidth fluctuations
• New, improved or aggregated connectivity to one or more Cloud providers
• Leveraging custom solutions to meet your organization's specific and unique needs, even if a provider needs to build it for you

This collaborative approach to gaining the right network connectivity suited for unique business needs has never been more vital than in today’s business world. At Lightpath, we understand that a collaborative and innovative approach to developing the best solution makes all the difference.

As was the case when Lightpath’s innovative solutions teams collaborated with The Shed, a New York City arts venue, to provide seamless, secure WiFi connectivity for employees, artists, and visitors throughout their uniquely designed venue.

To provide WiFi for the venue's retractable shell when it was un-nested and used as an enclosure for the outdoor plaza, our team placed Access Points 120 feet above the audience rather than on the walls, so access would not be compromised by the retractable shell.

Another project Lightpath completed for a large government agency is a prime example of how our team solves challenges by simply rethinking how to customize our existing "off-the-shelf" solutions.

The organization had been using traditional MPLS network services, which had become cumbersome to manage and expensive to use. Our engineering team worked with them to redesign their network to operate in an Ethernet Virtual Private LAN service environment. This solution enabled the agency to simplify management, including the ability to add, move, and change themselves, resulting in a shorter time to market. By creating a single port service, rather than three separate LAN services, the organization was able to reduce hardware costs through the aggregation of multiple networks to a single port.

Lightpath offers free consultative services and expert teams who collaborate with you to understand your business needs and develop and implement solutions that meet your needs. Whether you're looking for new ways to solve old problems or the best way to solve a new challenge, Lightpath is the Strategic Network Partner who can help you achieve your goals. For more information, call 877‑544‑4872 or visit lightpathfiber.com.