1.Making communications more communicative
Here’s a quick wish-list of the enhancements that an enterprise can enjoy by combining an upgrade to its Wide Area Network with a move to a Managed Services approach; a Managed WAN.
Running voice and data together, across a single network- also bringing in any multimedia services, such as video conferencing- is the best way of making complex technologies simple. It’s also the best way of integrating location-independent and collaborative working; enabling hassle-free contact between disparate teams and locations.
2.Private Network
A bespoke private network, dedicated to your business alone, creates a reliable infrastructure to meet the demands of the very latest real-time applications. It takes away any conceivable barriers to adopting Next Generation Network (NGN) technology and, to be honest, with the cost advantages, reassurance and extensive capabilities it renders possible, what’s not to want?
3.Reducing TCO
Whilst solutions from a Managed WAN provider simplify the network, as mentioned in (1) above, they can also bring a host of other benefits to the business if they are based on a regular predictable fee. TCO is reduced, thanks to a single supplier taking care of the converged network, bandwidth flexibility is increased and NGN technologies and other new capabilities are readily accessible if technology refresh is built in. So, for a predictable outlay, representing less spend overall, the enterprise becomes more competitive.
4.Growth capabilities
It’s often the case that existing network providers cannot respond to rapid growth requirements with flexible bandwidth; if they can, they often make the solution over-engineered, to compensate for the lack of flexibility or they make the extra bandwidth extremely expensive. Who wants that? Who wants to be caught up in a network that could possibly restrict growth, or slow it down or make it an economic challenge? No-one.
Who wants a managed WAN solution that enables applications and transactions to be scaled up rapidly; helping to drive the business forward effectively, cost-effectively and expeditiously?
Yup; everyone.
5.X-Ray Specs
Who doesn’t want these? The problem is that a business often cannot see problems coming. It has to find a way of doing better, however, than just hoping that unforeseen network bottlenecks won’t impact the business. This is where a Managed WAN service delivers the ultimate reassurance. Proactive incident management takes care of the problems before users even know they have problems; in fact, they rarely know.Predictive management, such as that offered by Kcom via its never-say-sleep Network Operations Centre (NOC) means that any bottlenecks are flushed through before they get anywhere near the actual neck of the metaphorical bottle.
That has to be worth drinking to.
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