The Need for Application Visibility Security and Control
We are definitely living in a world without boundaries because the means of communications that we are now using have worldwide extent, and sooner or later, our means of communications will become interplanetary if we are not going to destroy ourselves via the use of nuclear warheads. If theoretical physicists, like MichioKaku, have to believed, then we, the human race, has already reached the type of civilization that is about to transition into an interplanetary civilization or the type 1 civilization. The Type 1 civilization is a type of civilization, according to Kaku, that is characterized by interplanetary communications systems. At present, we are still in a Type 0 civilization, wherein we have global communications and we have nuclear energy, but we haven't yet fully harnessed the full-potential of nuclear energy. Likewise, the countries around the world are still dependent on fossil fuels and not on nuclear energy.
The most outstanding characteristic, however, of a Type 0 civilization is its global communication systems. Nowadays, we have the World Wide Web that enables us to communicate freely and with ease to any person around the globe. This global means of communications has spawn the generation and production of various types of applications and mobile devices that fit well with the needs of globally mobile people. This increase in the number of mobile devices and the growing number of applications usually strain the resources of those companies that provide global network services. Moreover, with the growing number of applications, mobile network providers have to monitor the level of efficiency experienced by subscribers when using their favorite mobile applications. If subscribers feel that their mobile network providers are not providing them with nifty and first-rate efficiency when they are using some of these mobile applications, they may end up looking for another mobile network provider that has the capacity to provide them with excellent digital experience.
One of the reasons why the use of applications seem to be problematic is that there is seemingly a discrepancy between the infrastructures of the mobile network providers and the infrastructures’ capability to support the existing applications of mobile subscribers. Quality of Experience by subscribers when using certain applications can be greatly diminished if the infrastructures of the mobile network providers are not designed and capable of supporting the use of such applications. Network Analytics that could provide data on infrastructure visibility in the form of database that presents the performance of applications will surely be of great help in monitoring and figuring out ways on how to enhance the level of efficiency of the usage of various applications.
There are some third-party solutions providers that could greatly help mobile network providers in leveraging and enhancing their applications visibility and service levels. These third-party solutions providers can offer mobile network companies the necessary expertise and technologies that would enable mobile network providers to gain data analytics on the performance and quality of the services enjoyed by subscribers. Lastly, these third-party solutions providers can also collate massive amount of data that could provide insightful information to mobile service providers and could be good sources of actionable data for the mobile network providers.
