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Having a reliable and user friendly network serving all your information technology needs has quickly become an essential component of daily business operations. The arrival of low-cost broadband has accelerated the implementation of networks whereby different offices and remote employees have immediate access to each other and the company’s central databases. Such developments enable data, printers, calendars and contacts to be shared easily and automatically so that every employee has instant access to the latest information. But how to install such a network and ensure that it has the required level of support to guarantee its smooth operation?
Well, the most secure way of achieving this is to use the services of a professional IT network provider who has the necessary skills and level of experience to build a network to suit your needs. However, in this growing industry, a quick look around the market will leave you with a dazzling array of companies to choose from, so there follows a check list of the services IT network providers should be able to offer you:
- The capability of contributing to your network infrastructure at any stage, from building up a network from scratch to making critical alterations or expanding and upgrading an existing one.
- You choose how your network is built. This can include using CAT5 copper wire cabling to facilitate LANs and WANs (wide area network), utilising the latest wireless technology or installing a VPN (virtual private network). Although the hardware for wireless networking will be more expensive, the cost is offset against the labour saved installing cables throughout the office.
- The implementation of strict security measures so that information does not leak out to third parties, employees have access to the system up to a level appropriate to their position and networked computers can be maintained and monitored from other machines on the network.
Of course the building and installation of a network is one thing, but a level of maintenance and support is also required, so ensure you get the standard of support you need:
- Support should be available 24/7 and accessible through a single central number by which you can ask questions, report errors or check the status of a piece of equipment. There should also be a secure online system where you can make requests and check the status of work that is being carried out on your behalf.
- It is also worth investigating the chain of command that any request you make goes through and how urgently the request is attended to. Will you be put through to a support engineer who specialises in your problem immediately after making your request? And will that support engineer stick with the problem until it is resolved? Alternatively, if the issue cannot be addressed while you are on the telephone, will the details of the fault be noted down and passed on to somebody specialising in your problem who will call you back as soon as they are free. How long is this process likely to take?
- How regularly will the IT network installation company monitor your servers to do a health check on the performance of your network? Will this include essential maintenance such as performing any software updates and restoring deleted files, deleting old users, data backup, log monitoring, re-setting passwords, bug fixing and ensuring there is enough disk space? Other issues that need to be monitored on a regular basis include bandwidth status to avoid bottlenecks and assist the efficient flow of data and security checks to ensure that there are no listening ports open. Will this monitoring also identify possible future problem areas before they arise, and will it be performed remotely, without any interference to your daily business affairs?
- Does the IT network installation company have the necessary vendor accreditations to carry out work on your systems and programmes without affecting the warranty?
Every network is unique and requires a different hardware solution. For example, if you use have a high volume of data on a database which is regularly accessed, an SQL server alongside a file server would be ideal for you. Equally, an Email server would be required to process and manage all Emails coming into and out of the network. Ideally you want to use the services of a company who listens to your needs and learns about your system so that a network solution is installed that suits your requirements perfectly.
