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Kent Network Solutions, Inc. (Kent) is an IT Service Organization (ITSO) providing outsourced Business IT Systems (BITS), and network engineering services.

Companies know that network uptime and system availability are critical business functions and must be maintained, but most companies don’t know how to economically achieve this.

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The loss of data is a serious problem. In the U.S., 59% of data lost in 2003 occurred from equipment failure, software corruption and viruses. Kent Network Solutions provides the 24/7/365 network monitoring and management solution that you need to be confident that your network will continue to perform. You can’t afford for your network to go down.
Note: To read more about the cost of computer data loss, read Pepperdine University’s Journal of Contemporary Business Practices article here:
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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.