The Advantages of Having a Better Application Visibility and Control
The business networks as well as the consuming public have definitely benefited from the growing number of smart devices that come along with bundled software applications and cloud hosting platforms. Businesses have capitalized on these bundled software applications to leverage the running of their different business functions. The instant connectivity provided by the proliferation of these smart devices have also ushered in the dawn of the Internet of Things (IoT) that makes it possible for various smart devices to communicate with each other, making business transactions quick and easy.
This growing network of users and the increasing number of smart devices that demand better and increased bandwidth from network service provider further increase the need for network service providers to upgrade and enhance their network infrastructures. Hence, network service providers continuously work hard to increase the bandwidth of their networks to remedy the usual traffic congestion within their networks. These demands for added bandwidth, however, put a strain on the resources of network service providers and create new management issues that need to be resolved immediately. Such issues include the need for Application Awareness and Application Visibility. Moreover, it engenders a need for application's performance monitoring and control over net usage that would enable consumers to enjoy better and superior network experience. Application visibility and control is therefore imperative for network providers to see how each application—that is being utilized by their users—fares well during its utilization.
The Difficulty of Having Data Analytics on Application Visibility and Control
It is not easy for network service providers to obtain data analytics on how each application fares well during its usage. There are thousands of applications at hand, and there are millions of subscribers to monitor. A network service provider, devoid of the necessary expertise on this matter, will surely fail to gain the needed data on application awareness and visibility.
There are, however, some managed service providers that can readily provide the necessary knowhow and expertise on how to gain access to these mine of data about how each of the applications fares well when used by a specific subscriber. These mines of data or data analytics on applications will surely enable network providers to identify and classify the different applications, monitor how each of these applications functions, and figure out the level of quality of each application. These manage service providers can provide network managers and owners with the needed metrics on these applications.
The Benefits of These Metrics on Applications’ Performance
There are myriads of benefits derivable from having a reliable data analytics on the performance of various applications. First, with these data analytics at hand, network service providers can readily improve the experience of users by optimizing the network for the use of each of these applications. Moreover, network providers can create better network management and planning system. Additionally, network providers can lower their operating costs by espousing better and more integrative solutions to their network issues. Lastly, with better application visibility and control, network service providers can lessen the downtime, experienced by network users, and they can readily troubleshoot any network problem encountered by their network subscribers.
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