New advancements in dedicated network test technologies can help alleviate some of the growing pressures network engineers face.
Network engineers have an increasingly important — and challenging — role to play in keeping a company’s network operating smoothly. In addition to the basic duties of designing, deploying and troubleshooting today’s complex networks, they’re also tasked with configuring security systems, monitoring performance, and understanding and implementing a broad new set of technologies like software-defined networking, IoT, Cloud and more.
With more responsibility than ever before, it’s no wonder that network engineers — and the technicians on their teams — feel overwhelmed.
In fact, in a recent Spiceworks survey of more than 250 IT pros and MSPs/IT service providers, 40% of respondents cited that they face challenges in network and device deployment, 35% in network management and maintenance, and 28% in network related organization and staffing issues. Across these categories, respondents noted five key challenges impacting their networking operations and testing, including: constant upgrades, security issues, time constraints, monitoring and analysis and finding qualified hires.
Organizations are relying more on solutions that centralize network management and configuration. Engineers are using software tools, such as protocol analyzers, and purchased or home-grown scripts and programs to address their problems. But these tools are often so highly specialized that field technicians cannot be easily be trained or trusted to use them effectively.
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Network engineers have an increasingly important — and challenging — role to play in keeping a company’s network operating smoothly. In addition to the basic duties of designing, deploying and troubleshooting today’s complex networks, they’re also tasked with configuring security systems, monitoring performance, and understanding and implementing a broad new set of technologies like software-defined networking, IoT, Cloud and more.
With more responsibility than ever before, it’s no wonder that network engineers — and the technicians on their teams — feel overwhelmed.
In fact, in a recent Spiceworks survey of more than 250 IT pros and MSPs/IT service providers, 40% of respondents cited that they face challenges in network and device deployment, 35% in network management and maintenance, and 28% in network related organization and staffing issues. Across these categories, respondents noted five key challenges impacting their networking operations and testing, including: constant upgrades, security issues, time constraints, monitoring and analysis and finding qualified hires.
Organizations are relying more on solutions that centralize network management and configuration. Engineers are using software tools, such as protocol analyzers, and purchased or home-grown scripts and programs to address their problems. But these tools are often so highly specialized that field technicians cannot be easily be trained or trusted to use them effectively.
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