2010年7月26日 星期一

Know More About Cost-effective Network Management

With the advent of Information Technology in business came the feature of business automation. Automation not only within one's own sphere of work or operation, but in synchronisation with operations outside the local sphere also. This gave rise to networks. To manage individual networks as an integrated entity came in Network Management and nothing on earth this day is worth if it not be cost effective. We therefore end up with Cost-effective Network Management as a necessity for the day's activity.

A network comprises of individual objects, both hardware component and the application or software component. The plethora of objects that make up a network is to be experienced to be believed. A network administrator's job is never a post of envy but one that poses the administrator with problems uncanny.

When called upon with a problem being experienced by a customer at some remote location the first necessity that the network manager requires is the visual picture of the complete network.

The task of the network manager becomes even more difficult due to the fact that the network map is never the same even on successive days at some instance. This occurs as every business house has to continuously adapt to the changes in the market and thereby effect changes in the procedures that he conducts his business.

Given this scenario, there is need for such a tool that provides a continuous updated view of the complete network components to the network manager as also allow the network manager to manage the components from a remote location. Software tools that provide this type of facility to the network administrator is called Managed Service Provider. This tool provides a complete overview of the network along with the various programs that are running at each location. It could be a fully automated software, in which case no human intervention is necessary, or it could be a fully manual system. It could also be a mix of the two that is a hybrid between automatic and semi automatic. The choice of which version is to be used would depend on the availability and ability of the network administrator on the company's payroll.

Cost saving factor of such software requires no amplification. Rather than having individual network manager at each individual physical location trying to talk with each other, one network manager sitting remotely is able to monitor and provide solutions to the individual network system.

To judge the ability of an MSP solution, two major issues are taken into consideration. How deep and wide does the software present the network hierarchy to the network administrator and how strong is its reporting process.

Individual companies creating the MSP however add different features in their advertisement campaigns. The ease with which the software can be deployed across the entire network, how much system resources does the software demand, these and many other similar features are used by individual MSP makers in their marketing strategy.

The prime factor on which would depend the success story of a business house today is how cost-effective a network the house is able to sustain. Managed Service Provider helps is lowering the cost incurred by the business house towards its e-business venture and therefore it can be termed as the most Cost-effective Network Management tool.

2010年7月22日 星期四

How Companies Find Great Cost-Efficient Network Management

 

Managed Service Providers are the modern corporation's way of maintaining cost-effective network management in today's technological, information-based era. These systems alleviate the need for micro-management by the company over the details of computer and network efficiency, and service anything that needs fixing, reporting, or eliminating for better profit. Activity Monitoring- One of the most common and underrated means of losing revenue is through the slacking of employees during working hours. MSP can catch any violations of company code when there are accesses to such places as video streaming or chat sites so supervisors may take a more serious look.

Total Diagnoses- MSP software will help catch every mistake in the system, from slow connections to errors in computer applications that can put a halt to productivity. The software will often be able to fix many issues automatically by deriving the source of the issue and quickly extinguishing or patching it. A record of all flaws and fixes is kept to ensure any patterns are reported to the main network supervisor. Custom Control- Administrators can manually set what it is they wish for their workforce not to access, either in the business network, or within the internet. An overseeing list of rules can be placed upon the system, denying entrance to certain computers (and employees) to problems areas. This custom configuration also allows the system to more readily block connections to servers, or to allow others entrance without question.

Organized Reports- On regular intervals, data from each computer in the network, and the overall processes of the network itself are gathered into easily read charts and lists for the company head to view. It displays patterns that may need further investigation and attention by keeping track of connection speeds, access history, malfunctions, and changes in the system.

Data Storage- In the event of a total system crash, almost everything a company has accomplished on its networks could be erased. MSPs take that fear of loss away by constantly backing up the accumulating data on every computer in the system, and storing it in its own network location for safe keeping. This can also be used to free hard-drive memory and processing speed by storing old, archival data for a company that does not need constant accessing. Crucial Baseline- Every company operates in a unique fashion all unto itself, and the best way for a protective management system such as MSP software to function properly with this fact is the ability to form a baseline. Baselines are the plot of norms in network activity, and tell programs the difference between routine procedures, and suspicious deviations. The software's learning ability relieves corporations the need to set hundreds of allowances, and allows for changes in a system as well. Business Made Simpler-MSP software makes for cost-effective network management like never before, by bringing together all of the control over a massive system, and the streamlined presentation of reports and information. Time and money wasting expenditures can be discovered and eliminated faster then ever by watching the patterns of functionality, and MSP fixes of application error. Profits could be greater than ever with this technological advancement, and no business should go without.