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Question #2: Does It Offer Secure Remote Access?

Ideally, the GUI of your preferred monitoring solution will be Web-based. In a truly global economy and in an era of increased telecommuting and flex schedules, your monitoring solution should be available to your entire team at any time — no matter where they perform their work on any given day. Finding a Web-based solution becomes essential if your team isn’t centralized in one office and is, instead, comprised of members in various far-flung offices. The more your staff can access the monitoring solution, the more they’ll use it and the more they’ll pre-empt problems linked to performance and availability. Simply put, your monitoring solution shouldn’t be anchored at a single location and hamstrung by basic geographic or logistical constraints when various Web-based applications exist.

Question #1: Is It Easy to Install and Deploy?

Good monitoring solutions don’t require users to embark on a multi-step process to get up and running. If the solution you’re considering requires you to buy several new servers to support it, you may want to re-assess your choice. And if the first step in the deployment process calls for you to participate in vendor-guided classes on how to use the product, keep looking. Essentially, if it seems like merely deploying a solution will sap valuable staff time and resources, consider it something of a red flag, trust your instincts and move on to the next solution.

Put another way, if a monitoring solution is, in any way, difficult to install, it almost assuredly won’t be fully integrated into your organization. In a software market full of network-monitoring solutions, it’s entirely unnecessary for you or your team to engage in complex or confusing installations. The bottom line is if you have adequate network equipment, you shouldn’t need extra hardware or outside help to support a robust monitoring solution.

Here is a short list of the top five reasons why you seriously should consider to implement bandwidth monitoring in your network:

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