It is thought companies should review the effectiveness of their network management system, after one expert has advised that they should be fully automated.
Industry specialist Beth Schultz, writing for Network World, asked businesses: "Are your network operations automated enough?"
"As you plan for a more highly virtualised, possibly cloud-computing based future, do you ever find yourself wondering whether you've automated network management operations enough? Or perhaps more appropriately, where to next to automate?"
Professionals spurred on to evaluate their network management systems should consider calling in the professionals to automate them; ultimately making them more efficient and worthwhile.
According to fellow industry expert, Jeff Kaplan, these automated systems can really help firms to balance their ongoing duties with the inevitable impact daily events have on the workplace. He claimed: "These let network professionals establish regular patch-management procures to safeguard against escalating security threats."
"They also discover, inventory and track assets to make sure that hardware and software licenses are up-to-date, and that problems can be resolved faster."
The professional also added that the automated functions also decreased the need for staff to initiate the same routine functions over and over again.
Another benefit of automated network systems can help to "alleviate shortages in qualified network staff," according toSearch Networking; thus saving a company time and money.
