Residential | Small Business | Enterprise | Wireless Region / Language
The Business Challenge
Application services are the lifeblood of business functionality within the enterprise. Whether the application is ERP, VoIP, Citrix, HTTP, FTP or any other, the performance of those applications is intrinsically reliant on the design and health of the underlying network, as well as proper application tuning. As applications become more complex and distributed, the disciplines supporting pre-deployment and ongoing management need to keep pace. Many times poor application response triggers redundant problem management activities, or finger pointing across groups.
The AT&T Solution
AT&T Consulting Solutions provides solutions that assess and analyze the overall design of wired and wireless networks as well as network and application performance. These services enable us to:
- Characterize and profile applications pre-deployment to understand potential network impact and ensure optimal network design and readiness. Key application characteristics might include bandwidth consumption, latency, and sensitivity to packet loss.
- Identify application classes and design the appropriate QoS policies and architecture. This will help ensure applications receive the appropriate network resources.
- Detect and isolate root causes of performance issues and recommend next steps for remediation.
- Identify potential improvements for operations, such as processes and tools that provide greater visibility and root cause analysis across network, systems, and application layers
- Optimize application service delivery via application acceleration, centralization, and/or WAFS (Wide Area File Services)
Our expertise in wireless LAN assessments provides a comprehensive readiness service. Whereas traditional wireless assessments focus on site surveys limited to access point coverage, AT&T Consulting Solutions addresses capacity planning, application throughput, and architectural considerations within the framework of the site survey.
Solution Benefits
- Optimizes the performance of existing and planned applications
- Enhances the level of discipline for new application deployment, reducing operational risks
- Facilitates increased dialogue between network and application stakeholders
Services Summary
- Network Performance Assessment
- Application Profiling and Modeling
- Wireless LAN Site Survey
- Quality of Service (QoS) Optimization
