Proactively managing, monitoring, securing, and reporting across a complex network is not an easy task. Investing in Managed Lan Services may seem like the answer, giving you better network management and allowing you to benefit from a wide range of business benefits, including strong geographic coverage, high-quality performance, strong network security, and a wide range of services. voice and data services.
But how do you know if your chosen network provider is truly offering a next-generation network and helping you get the most out of it?
Here are 6 key questions to help you sort out all the problems.
1. How reliable is your network?
Most network providers will tell you that their network is resilient, but can they prove it? The key to researching is what failover and “self-healing” options your network includes. You should look for a full mesh infrastructure that provides alternate routes to key points in the network to ensure that if one link fails, traffic is automatically rerouted over the other. Also, find out how many ISPs support the network and if the ISP has a secondary network that it can take over if the primary network fails.
2. How is business continuity ensured in the event of an accident?
A good network provider will be able to reroute traffic even to employee homes, using various self-healing and other options in the event of a site-related disaster or disaster, ensuring that businesses can still trade in this disaster event. Ask how they maintain essential services during short incidents such as power outages. Do you have a disaster recovery plan/homeworker? Do you have two or more data centers connected to each other?
3. How do I know if your network is really secure?
Networks are subject to very different but equally disabling attacks, from covert cybercrime and denial of service attacks to old-fashioned vandalism in which copper and fiber are literally ripped out of the ground. Network security is very difficult and it can be difficult to establish the true reliability of a provider. Does your security policy include network protection? Are they in line with industry regulations? Do they have extensive intrusion detection systems and authentication processes? Ask them to show their objects.
4. How do you guarantee network performance?
Higher speed and bandwidth provides more capacity, which in turn enables more business-critical applications to run. Along with speed, the provider's quality of service (QoS) capabilities, dispute management, and future plans regarding resource availability must be considered. Ask them how they handle the waves of traffic. Will you have to pay more for constant Internet access? Are they IPv6 ready or do they at least have plans? Will your network support the growing demand from users?
5. How scalable and flexible is your network?
Your network must be scalable and capable of absorbing and supporting new technologies without the need for additional infrastructure or additional costs. Ask your provider if your network allows you to provide multiple business-grade cloud services, such as voice, data backup, corporate Internet, and VPN for all of your sites. Is it an MPLS network (which is particularly scalable)? Will adding new services break existing ones? Can telecommuters and telecommuters connect to the same core network?
6. What connectivity and integration options do your network support?
You need to ensure that your service provider's SLA includes a commitment to ongoing network management, regardless of who owns the actual link. The type of network, its coverage and connectivity, and the provider's network management policy are all important criteria. A high density of points of presence is also important because reducing the distance between your site (s) and your point of presence can significantly reduce costs. Also check to see if your provider offers different types of access links, from high-performance multi-gigabyte fiber optic cable to Ethernet, broadband, wireless, and leased lines. And if you care, find out if they are connected to JANET and/or accredited to connect to NHS N3.
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