The Many Hats Of Your Internal IT Employee
Have you ever heard anyone go up to an IT engineer and say "Hey, just checking in to let you know that everything is running smoothly!"? Probably...
Five Nines Team : Sep 12, 2018 12:49:31 PM
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Regular network maintenance catches small issues early so they do not turn into outages that hurt the business.
Ongoing monitoring keeps your network stable, secure, and ready to recover quickly if something goes wrong.
Planning for productivity and optimization ensures your network supports growth instead of causing costly downtime.
Your network is such an important part of your business, which is why correctly managing your network is so important. Overlooking network management could cause a severe halt in productivity which could become detrimental to your business. Without your network, many day-to-day business operations simply wouldn't get done.
We're here to tell you how you can continue to sustain your business with correct network management.
Everything worth having often requires a little maintenance and care from time to time. The same thing goes when it comes to your network. Maintenance is important as it catches small imperfections that could harm your network in the long run. Be sure to talk to your IT team about network maintenance on a consistent basis. Network maintenance typically requires analyzing different network issues such as whether cable connections are damaged or incorrect, whether your system is outdated, how much space your network can continue to hold, DNS or ISP failures, vulnerability to viruses, and much more.
Monitoring your network on a consistent basis is important to keeping your IT environment sustainable and efficient. Typically an IT team can do this for you. Monitoring requires allocating time to update the network based on industry improvements and updates. Not only is monitoring important for staying on top of the network itself, but it helps to implement efficient recovery plans if needed as well. You never want to issue a recovery plan, but if you have to, you want to implement it as soon as your network is showing signs of slowing down.
In order to keep your network optimized for the highest levels of productivity, you must configure your network for optimization. This will help keep your information secure and your network uninterrupted. This will also help to save your organization money by preventing potential downtime as well. Steps towards optimization may include upgrading your anti-virus software and storage plans. This will all lead to a more efficient network that fits your organization.
The best way to stay on top of network productivity is to create a plan for your network. This plan should entail how your network will be managed, monitored, and how your organization will continue to work towards the optimization of your network year after year. Your network is an important aspect of your business, don’t forget to treat it like one.

Because many daily operations depend on the network, and poor management can cause slowdowns or outages that stop work and hurt productivity.
Maintenance includes checking for damaged or incorrect cabling, outdated systems, storage limits, DNS or ISP issues, and vulnerabilities that could expose your environment to viruses.
Monitoring tracks network health over time, applies needed updates, and gives early warning when performance degrades so you can act before an outage occurs.
By keeping systems stable and well-configured, you reduce downtime, avoid slow performance, and ensure people can access the tools and data they need when they need them.
A strong plan defines how the network will be maintained, how and how often it will be monitored, and what steps you will take each year to optimize performance, security, and capacity.
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