Network performance management with an application perspective

According to Gartner most of the performance and availability problems are initially addresses to network related issues, even if in the end the problem is not network related. Nevertheless, network problems are a major factor in performance degradation. Very often companies do not have the real-time and detailed enough insight in how their network is being used, which is strange as for many companies costs for WAN connections form a considerable part of their IT budget.

As many companies lack this insight in their networks, they are often taken by surprise by network performance issues, even when these could have been forecasted by having the correct monitoring set up. As problems arise unexpected and need to be solved soon, companies often reach for the easy and expensive solution: adding more bandwidth. Setting up the right monitoring solution will give you much more cost-efficient en smarter ways to deal with these problems.

In-depth network monitoring uncovers a wealth of information about infrastructure performance, including who the infrastructure is serving, what applications demand the most resources and how to troubleshoot complex application performance problems. Without knowing which applications are using the network, and when they are active, it is impossible to manage the networked infrastructure to effectively meet business objectives.

IT managers need a product that provides visibility to help:

• ensure the network is being used for its intended purposes
• manage the WAN asset and eliminate unnecessary WAN usage
• account for network resource utilization; charge back where required
• identify potential servers for server consolidation

Network operations professionals need a product that will:

• quickly resolve network performance problems
• rapidly respond to network security breaches
• minimize the occurrence of network performance problems
• help prevent future problems

NetworkVantage is the right tool for both IT managers and network operations professionals.

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