Hybrid WAN in 2025: What Is It and Why Does Your Business Need It?

When you think about the term “Hybrid WAN,” what does it bring to mind? MPLS? Broadband? Both? The Hybrid WAN of the past almost always included MPLS, or Multiprotocol Label Switching, as a network connection type. While MPLS served its purpose years ago, it has proven to be costly, inflexible, and an impediment to cloud-first…
Revolutionizing Connectivity in Assisted Living Facilities

We love our senior citizens; they’re survivors! And with 88%1 of older adults now using the internet to stay in touch with loved ones, access healthcare services, and engage in social activities, high-speed connectivity in senior living communities is more important than ever. Some, including us, would even go so far as to say that connectivity…
The 411 on 4G LTE and 5G: What you really need to know for your business

Discover how 4G LTE and 5G technologies are revolutionizing mobile connectivity for businesses. From enhanced speed and reliability to expansive coverage, these advancements are transforming how businesses communicate and operate, especially in remote and rural areas. Learn about the key differences between 4G LTE and 5G, their benefits for various industries, and how innovations like Bigleaf Wireless Connect are ensuring seamless business continuity. Dive into the future of mobile networks and what it means for your business.
Empowering small businesses with reliable connectivity solutions

Discover how Bigleaf Networks’ tailored connectivity solutions can empower your small business to thrive every day, including Small Business Saturday and beyond.
The Crucial Role of Reliable Internet for eCommerce Platforms

Discover the essential role of reliable internet in driving eCommerce success. Bigleaf’s network optimization solutions minimize downtime and boost performance, providing the uninterrupted access essential for your online business platform. Embrace seamless connectivity with Bigleaf and ensure your eCommerce platform thrives.
Maximizing productivity with Bigleaf’s real-time traffic adaptation

How Bigleaf Helps Keep Your Business Running Smoothly In today’s fast-moving business world, being efficient and productive is super important. A big part of this is making sure your internet works well, especially for important work tasks. Bigleaf Networks has a smart way to make sure your internet doesn’t slow you down. Bigleaf Makes Your…
The role of SD-WAN in supporting hybrid work environments

Not so very long ago, we all commuted to and from our offices every day for work, there were cars and traffic and freeways involved. Of course, then 2020 happened and suddenly we all worked remotely and began just commuting down the hallway of our own home instead of down the freeway. As we enter 2024,…
What Is Dynamic QoS? Prioritize internet traffic intelligently & seamlessly

SaaS, cloud, and internet technology users rejoice – thanks to Bigleaf Dynamic QoS, your business-critical applications will still perform seamlessly no matter what’s going on in the background. Networking is a distinct territory within IT with equally distinct jargon to match. One term you’ve probably heard of is quality of service (QoS) – technology that…
Why IT leaders are investing in cloud network uptime

Imagine attending your industry’s biggest conference to learn about new ways to elevate your business and you get the call. The one from the home office that says your network just went down. That’s the panic I heard in an attendee’s voice at the 2022 HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition in Orlando last week…
7 ways to increase your business’s internet uptime

In today’s world, one of the easiest and most common ways for a business to lose money — through lost sales, decreased employee productivity, or frustrated customers — is for the internet to go down in any of its offices or locations. Because most of the important applications businesses depend on are now cloud- and internet-based, when the internet goes down so does everything from…
How Microsoft Teams performs with and without Bigleaf’s SD-WAN

Video call quality has become business-critical It’s become abundantly clear how fragile and finicky video calls can be, which is to say that sometimes they aren’t abundantly clear at all. Odds are, you’ve been on countless calls where someone’s audio was garbled or choppy or their video froze. It’s not so bad when your video quality falls…