Get more out of your bandwidth
A recent customer survey found that less than 15 per cent of enterprise
bandwidth usage was business critical.
More alarmingly, up to 53 per cent of bandwidth was used for non-business
related purposes, such as downloading MP3 files or surfing the web.
The result of this unsanctioned Internet usage is a slower response time for
business critical applications – a major business issue facing around 64 per cent of
enterprises.
Unmanaged network traffic can have other serious implications:
- Bandwidth costs – Bandwidth is a valuable resource. If it is being wasted
on non-business related activities then less is available to generate revenue or add
value to the business
- Productivity – Employee and overall business activity suffer when access to
business critical applications is slow. On average, poor network performance costs
organisations $100 per hour per affected employee
- Security – When employees download ‘free' software such as P2P files or
media players, they often come with a hidden cost: spyware, worms, viruses and denial
of service attacks rank as a top source of network congestion according to a recent
Network World Survey
Increasingly, business and government rely on applications and information carried
across the Wide Area Network (WAN) and Internet, to power their business.
The ability to see exactly which applications are consuming valuable bandwidth and
therefore make informed decisions about controlling that traffic is critical to
optimal network use.
Take control of your network costs
Bandwidth Manager Services allow you to make the most of your Internet and WAN
resources.
You can:
- Gain visibility – Find out exactly what applications are being used across
your network and what portion of bandwidth they consume
- Maximise bandwidth – Stretch your existing capacity and use extra bandwidth
to support business critical applications
- Restrict non-business critical applications – Improve employee productivity
and organisation efficiency by limiting recreational traffic such as KaZaA and
AudioGalaxy
- Enhance security – Protect your organisation from the impact of viruses,
worms and denial service types of attacks with a second line of defence to perimeter
security
- Deploy new applications – Reserve or cap bandwidth to ensure a steady
stream is available for new applications
Macquarie Telecom Bandwidth Manager is a managed data service that lets you take
control of your WAN and Internet resources.
It gives you a better understanding of how much bandwidth is being used by
specific applications, as well as what servers, office locations and users they are
associated with.
It is all about helping you get more value from your existing investments. | 
