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AAN AUDIT
Examines your WAN architecture, discovers users and applications currently on the network, and analyses bandwidth usage. By evaluating different combinations of users and applications, the Network Audit service helps you improve user experience, diagnose application usage and optimise network performance.
NETWORK SERVICES : APPLICATION AWARE NETWORKING — AUDIT
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NETWORK SERVICES : APPLICATION AWARE NETWORKING — AUDIT
Benefits• Optimumnetworkdesignensuresincreasedcollaborationandproductivity
• Deeperunderstandingofapplicationbrownouts
• Moreeffectiveutilisationofnetworkresources
• Implementationofinternalsecuritypoliciesandnetwork
• Easiersecurityandnetworkpolicyimplementation
Features• Capturesreal-timenetworkmetricsontheTCP/IPconversations
• Monitorsapplication-levelnetworkdelay,transactiondelay,jitterandpacketloss
• Providesreadinessforotheradvancedserviceswithper-userbillingandexperiencelevelagreement
Business needGlobalenterpriseswithWANservicesfrommultiplelocationsandserviceprovidersoftenlackvisibilityintoapplicationsandtheirbandwidthconsumption.Thiscreatesproblemsinnetworkcapacityplanning,evaluationofapplicationperformanceandregularreviewsofnetworkdesignandarchitecture.Eventually,itaffectstheoverallefficiencyandproductivityoftheorganisationaswellasitsabilitytocompete.
Improve network visibilityInyourenterpriseWAN,usersmayberunningapplicationsthatwerenotaccountedforduringthedesignphase.Thismeansthatyouhavelimitedinsightintothebandwidthallo-catedtotheseapplicationsandwhethertheyarealignedtobusinessobjectives.TataCommunications,AANAuditservicehelpsnetworkadministratorsanalysevariousbandwidthrequirements,includingsite-level,user-level,application-levelandapplication-to-applicationlevel.OurAANAuditservicehelpsyouunderstandthecurrentrequiredbandwidth,andtojustifybandwidthsizingandfuturenetworkspends.
Evaluate application performanceWhileyoumayknowtheplannedbandwidthforagivenapplication,you’llalsowanttogaugeactualbandwidthusagetoensureahigh-qualityuserexperience.OurAANAuditserviceusesspecialsensorsthataredeployedonyournetworktocapturereal-timeusagebasedontheTCP/IPconversationsinthenetwork.TheservicealsoprovidesaTataCommunicationsnetworkconsultanttohelpyouinterpretthemetricsandidentifyareasofconcerninthenetwork.Thisallowsyoutoaccuratelyevaluatetheapplicationperfor-manceandoptimisetheend-userexperiencebyeliminatingbottlenecks.
Facilitate network planningTheAANAuditservicegeneratesreportsthatcanhelpimproveoverallWANnetworktopology/architecture,includ-ingtheQualityofService(Q0S)forvariousapplicationstoenhanceperformance.Wecanproviderecommendationsforconfigurationchanges,equipmentupgrades,WANoptimisa-tionforcateringfutureservicesandtrafficrequirement,aswellasrevampingtheuser-levelnetworkaccesspolicies.
Product specifications• Detailedanalysisofcriticalcustomerlocations(twotofour)foraperiodofsixweeksusingspecialsensors
• Real-timereportingportalthatprovidesadvancedvisibilityintonetworkutilisationwithdetailedinformationatsite-level,application-levelanduser-level
• Half-yearlyrecurringauditoptiononsuccessfulcompletionoftheaudit
• Noinvestmentinthehardwareandsoftware;customerpaysaone-timechargetowardsthenetworkauditandconsultancy
• One-timeauditchargesarebasedonthesizeoftheloca-tionanddurationoftheaudit
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NETWORK SERVICES : APPLICATION AWARE NETWORKING — AUDIT
Tata Communications advantages• OurreportingapplicationissynchronizedwithWindowsADtoprovideaccurateuser-levelreportingwithusernames
• Asingleproviderrecommendschangesandimplementsthemifrequiredwiththewiderangeofnetworkservicesprovided
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