label Proiecte autorenew 2025-09-29, 16:57
New business practices are driving changes in enterprise networks. Employees at corporate headquarters and in worldwide field offices, as well as telecommuters in home offices, need immediate access to data, regardless of whether the data is on centralized or departmental servers.

Enterprises such as corporations, agencies, schools, and other organizations that tie together their data communication, computing, and file servers need:
- interconnected LANs that provide access to computers or file servers in other locations
- high bandwidth onto the LANs to satisfy the needs of the end users
- efficient WAN(s) to interconnect the LANs

To improve communication with partners, employees, and customers, enterprises are implementing new applications such as electronic commerce, videoconferencing, voice over IP, and distance learning. Businesses are merging their voice, video, and data networks into global enterprise networks as shown in . These enterprise networks are viewed as critical to the organization's business success.