Ethernet services are becoming increasingly popular within the financial services sector due to key advantages in cost, bandwidth availability, and scalability. But delivering carrier-class quality for Ethernet-based applications is still a challenge for many service providers. And while these carriers may offer SLAs, these “end–to-end” performance guarantees are often approximations based upon measurements in the core of the carrier networks – and do not typically extend to the customer last mile.

New Paradigm Resources Group, Inc. (NPRG) and Accedian Networks have partnered to produce this timely and informative webinar. Some of the specific areas of particular interest to financial services CIOs and include:

• Ethernet service trends in the financial services sector
• Carrier SLAs and obligations – what constitutes their sphere of responsibility?
• Premium SLAs – how comprehensive are they?
• Trends in Ethernet SLA performance and monitoring
• Extending SLAs into the WAN
• How to monitor SLAs on a per-application basis
• Putting your service provider to the test through transparent service monitoring