Networks – Five reasons your business needs Network as a Service
As budgets grow tighter amid an unpredictable economic environment, organisations are looking for a better way to predict the demands on their network, with flexibility to adapt as business needs change. That’s where Network as a Service (NaaS) comes in.
Many businesses are prioritising resiliency and agility as foundational elements of their IT strategy, wanting more visibility, cross-platform control, better data management, and enhanced security. And, whilst consumption-based models are playing an increasingly important role in powering those goals to accelerate digital transformation, many business leaders are hesitant when it comes to Network as a Service (NaaS). In this blog we’ll consider the benefits of NaaS and outline five reasons why these leaders should stop hesitating and make the move to NaaS.
What is Networking as a Service?
Among the newest “as a service” approaches, NaaS combines hardware, software, services, and support in a pay-as-you-go model that delivers network services on a subscription basis. Allowing users to consume network infrastructure through flexible term-based subscriptions, NaaS helps businesses shift their focus from managing their architecture to driving positive business outcomes.
Five reasons why you should make the move to NaaS:
NaaS Cost Savings
Network as a Service significantly reduces your capital spend allowing you to install higher specification infrastructure, with more robust security features bringing your organisation up to the latest standards and security available. It enables organisations to replace outdated technologies with the latest generation technology from world leading brands such as Cisco and Cisco Meraki, enhancing productivity and capability without the normal large upfront capital expense. It also reduces the need to have multi-faceted IT departments with the skill sets required for a broad range of technologies such as firewalling and security, switching and connectivity.
And because you’re not locked into expensive infrastructure and rigid contracts, NaaS allows you to more predictably manage costs and align budgets to business priorities.
Additionally, with insights into all aspects of usage, including power, capacity, bandwidth speeds, and service levels, you can make more profitable financial decisions about workloads and upcoming projects.
Security with NaaS
As the prevalence of data breaches and ransomware continues to soar, enhancing network security is crucial. With the latest software licencing providing real-time up-to-date security features, proactive network monitoring, preventative maintenance, and real-time insights into network performance, the NaaS model offers enhanced network infrastructure protection with enterprise-grade security.
Performance and Productivity
Network as a Service ensures your network, utilising the latest high-end technology, operates efficiently by assessing traffic volume and making necessary adjustments. A better performing network means less downtime and greater staff productivity. Also, you no longer need inhouse skill sets that cover a wide range of technical skills / technologies including being a firewall expert, infrastructure expert, switching expert, connectivity and networking expert. These skills are hard to find and expensive to maintain and most organisations do not have sufficient skills inhouse to cover all these technical competencies. So, by outsourcing the full lifecycle of your enterprise network deployment, day-to-day operational management, upgrades, monitoring and troubleshooting activities to a NaaS partner such as Xcomm, you free up your internal IT resources to focus on business-enabling tasks that add measurable value.
Keep up with the pace of business
With no infrastructure costs, NaaS gives businesses the financial flexibility to shorten their planning cycle times and also the agility to keep pace with changing conditions. By ensuring your network technology is refreshed as needed to support new workloads and changing requirements, a NaaS model makes it easy to scale your network as needs change.
Environmental impact of NaaS
NaaS offers a more sustainable way to consume network technology. With the ability to rent sustainable networks from a NaaS provider on a term-based subscription basis, you don’t have to worry about where and how to dispose of old equipment. Plus, NaaS providers are committed to sustainable ‘reuse and retirement’ practices and they build and configure networks that optimise energy consumption. All of which means by turning to a NaaS solution, you are making an environmentally sound decision that reduces your carbon footprint.
Networking services from Xcomm
As market conditions constantly evolve, your business needs to be one step ahead of your competition. With NaaS solutions from Xcomm we can help you move from reactive network management to a proactive approach that uses the network to deliver innovation and positive business outcomes.
Created to address your specific business needs, geographical requirements and individual location conditions, Xcomm’s networks use market leading technology from global providers such as Cisco and Cisco Meraki, all managed via a Cloud-first platform.
To find out how Xcomm can help with your networking requirements, contact our sales team now.
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