Half of all North American enterprises are now deploying carrier Ethernet services, with particular interest in VPLS-based Ethernet LAN services, says Phil Sayer, Forrester Research analyst.
Some 29 percent of North American enterprises surveyed said they had already deployed carrier Ethernet services, with no plans to expand, and 19 percent were expanding or upgrading their current deployment.
Over the last year, the percentage of enterprises deploying carrier Ethernet has grown 14 percentage points, a massive uptick over the past 12 months, says Sayer.
MPLS VPNs are still growing, but much more slowly. By way of comparison, this year 32 percent of enterprises said they had implemented MPLS IP VPNs, with no plans of expanding, and another 29 percent were expanding or upgrading them. In 2009, MPLS VPNs grew about three percentage points.
Ethernet access to MPLS VPNs or the Internet is used by 51 percent of North American enterprises.
by Gary Kim