Network Assessments

Your IT network is the foundation of your business: have you given it a check-up lately?

Your IT network is the foundation for everything you do: customer records, accounting statistics, inventory control, you name it! Is your network truly secure? Is it operating at maximum efficiency? If you’re planning to deploy voice or video over your network, is it ready to handle the increased traffic? Total Communications can help you step back and take a good look at your network with 2 network assessment programs: the Total Network Survey and the Total Network Readiness Assessment.

TOTAL NETWORK SURVEY: Your Roadmap to a Secure, High-Performance Network
Total Communications FREE Network Survey is designed to identify and prioritize your needs and vulnerabilities. We begin with a detailed interview and follow up with specific recommendations for:

• Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity
• Server/Network Physical Environment
• Firewall/Router Perimeter Security
• Wireless/Internet Security
• Virus and Malware protection
• Management security awareness
• Patch/Update management
  

NETWORK READINESS ASSESSMENT: Implement Voice/Video/ Advanced Applications on the Network with Confidence

If you plan to add voice, video, or advanced applications to your network, a network assessment is critical to your success. According to the Gartner Group, ". . . 70% of enterprises that do not perform an initial network assessment will experience service problems, unplanned additional costs and time delays.*

A Total Network Readiness Assessment can help limit user impact and assure performance before, during and after implementing a voice/video solution by:

• Identifying network problems prior to deployment
• Measuring applications consuming bandwidth
• Recommending QoS policies to prioritize voice & business-critical applications
• Preventing unnecessary network upgrades
• Making pilot deployments more effective
• Summarizing findings in a final report with targeted recommendations

*   Gartner, Inc. "Ignore IP Telephony Network Assessments at Your Own Risk" by Bjame Munch (March 19, 2009, 16449)