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Businesses Ignore Proactive Network Management At Their Peril

December 9th 2004

80% of businesses still use retrospective or reactive methods as their main tool for measuring and monitoring network performance, according to a new research.
The survey, initiated by the company Chevin found that up to 26% of network managers still relied on users to inform them of network problems, in place of more comprehensive network management tools.
Chevin’s annual survey on business network performance issues also found that 26% of companies had no plans to implement a network management solution in the near future. According to the company, this does not sit well with other issues highlighted during the survey, where significant numbers of businesses stated that new applications, increased users and increasing moves towards home working would all impact on their networks in the coming 12 months.
The survey polled 250 IT Departments across a range of different market sectors and sizes found that the most common complaint IT Departments receive from users’ concerned applications (34%).
“Network Management best practice must be about pro-active and reactive management of the network, servers and applications - but this survey shows there is still a significant lack of understanding about the benefits of pro-active network management techniques,” commented Chevin’s managing director, Mark Kerrison.
Of the companies surveyed with network management tools, 48% rated the solutions as good to excellent, whilst 48% were using these tools on a daily basis.
The survey also found that companies saw the biggest cost savings for IT in WAN services (23%) and software licenses (30%). Confidence in network security soared to 82% fairly confident, of the companies surveyed.

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Network Solutions Lowers the Cost of Doing Business

A study conducted by The Gartner Group, (http://www.gartner.com/) showed lost productivity from network downtime accounts for almost one week of salary per employee. This very real cost increases for companies neglecting network maintenance and management. It is startling to find that some, especially small to mid-sized businesses, do not account for their network at all which is certainly a formula for lost profitability. This study further reported that the cost of network management was underestimated by one-half. In fact, labor costs account for 43% in some networks and additional expenses account for equipment replacement and network maintenance, ongoing training, network downtime, disaster recovery, and network security. By accounting for your network management with Kent Network Solutions, you’ll have a reliable network for your business and ultimately, the accountability necessary for continued success.

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