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Creating the Requirements of Network Design

5 Jul 2018

Data Cabling ,Cat5e ,Cat6/6a ,Cabling ,Structured Cabling Various requirements that are skillfully combined during the implementation phase can result in a desired network design that helps attain a company’s business goals. Below is a classification of requirements for an organization. Some may be directly provided by the network design team while others may be determined from the goals or requirements of the company.

Decreasing operational costs

Expanding business via additional remote sites

Increasing staff productivity

Business Requirements

Decrease expenses for the maintenance of multiple voice & data networks

Provide support for expanding business via additional remote sites

Raise staff productivity by improving internal communications via mobile and video devices, while safeguarding company security

Functional Requirements

Ability to introduce and support new remote sites to the network without redesign

Infrastructure supporting data, video, voice, and wireless in a unified manner

Isolation of guest and employee wired and wireless traffic to comply with standard company security policy

Application Requirements

When an organization plans to add video and VoIP capability to their network, particular application requirements must be met. In such instances, the network design must be capable of providing sufficient network availability, efficiency, and performance for these two new features to support business goals.

Technical Requirements

In order to attain the above example’s functional and application requirements in consideration of the company’s business goals, the network design must have the following features:

High Availability – Raise the level of high availability in order to support traffic crucial to business, such as data and voice.

Quality of Service (QoS) – User experience can be greatly improved through the introduction of QoS in order to attain excellent voice and video services.

Scalability – Implement scalable network (WAN) design for supporting growth of business projected for the coming 12 months.

Security – Network security must be optimized when new features such as voice and Wi-Fi security are added.

Traffic Isolation – Provide traffic isolation to meet information security requirements.

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Technical & Application Requirements of Network Design – Part 2

30 Jun 2018

Stu Kushner

Office Cabling Network Cabling As discussed in Part 1, contemporary network design requires meeting the technical and application requirements of ever expanding and evolving IT and business demands.

Part 2 will continue discussing Application Requirements.

Importance of User Expectation

Networks or IT technologies that are unable to achieve a satisfactory level user expectation or QoE (quality of experience) will be considered to have failed meeting an important business goal. As a result, they will be considered a cost, rather than tools that allow a business to succeed.

A network’s design must take into account how a satisfactory level of user experience will be attained. From the point of view of a user, QoE when utilizing services and applications will determine their level of satisfaction.

The deployment of services and applications before taking into account their features and network requirements will result in a failure to achieve business goals.

To illustrate, a financial services company that wants to provide a video communication application to their customer service representatives, but fails to secure enough bandwidth, will likely frustrate their reps and displease their customers when calls are dropped or interrupted because of excessive latency. Thus, their corporate goal of differentiating themselves from their competitors will be a failure until they meet the network requirements of the application.

Evaluation of Application Requirements

Network designers should keep in mind their responses to the key questions below for the evaluation of application requirements:

What are the application’s features and characteristics?

What is the length of time the application needs to reset its session or state after losing connectivity?

What is the amount of network traffic that is required by the application?

How important is the application to the organization and what is the service level it will require to function properly?

For its compliance with industry regulations and company security polices, will the application have separation requirements?

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Advantages of Upgrading to Structured Cabling – Part 2

15 Jan 2018

Stu Kushner

structured cabling,Network Cabling As discussed in Part 1, point-to-point cabling systems are outdated and companies should strongly consider making the transition to structured cabling to remain competitive. Part 2 will discuss the advantages of upgrading to structured cabling.

The Advantages

Cost Effectiveness – Flexible and scalable, structured cabling can transmit data reliably and more easily handle increasingly large loads. This allows an organization to raise the productivity of its employees, helping to achieve its business goals. Its bottom line is further aided because structured cabling decreases the costs of maintenance and energy consumption.

Decreased Downtime – There is a greater chance of human error when there are several disorganized cabling networks, which result in disruptions and downtime. In contrast, a sound structured cabling system provides greater reliability; in addition, troubleshooting expenses are reduced because problems are easier to identify, find, and repair. Downtime is decreased, business losses are minimized, and a company will be more reliable and profitable.

Future Proofing –Structured cabling provides greater bandwidth and this allows a company to easily expand when its business grows. Having adaptable and scalable IT systems makes a company more competitive when it needs to evolve with its industry. Structured cabling ensures that an organization’s network infrastructure will remain capable of supporting new applications and technologies.

Greater Flexibility – Structured cabling can improve performance levels allowing a business to expand with greater ease. Move, add and change requests can be handled faster and more efficiently. Companies with structured cabling can develop and deploy services much faster because its data center can accommodate network infrastructure modifications more readily.

Maintenance Easier – Structured cabling provides a organizational approach that makes maintaining data centers and networks much more straightforward. In normal business environments, a variety of IT equipment and devices are being used simultaneously. When they are functioning on only one system, this removes the need for several wiring systems to be installed.

Progressive Office Cabling

Founded in 1986, Progressive Office’s success has been a direct result of years of commitment to seeking solutions on behalf of our clients in the Washington, D.C. and New York City areas. Efficiently working together, Progressive Office teams get cabling installed and operating as fast as possible while minimizing disruption and downtime. Call our toll free number (800) 614-4560 today.