The Network
Application Readiness (NAR) Assessment helps clients reduce
the risks associated with deploying new business applications
over their enterprise network. This service can also help
optimize the performance of existing applications. PILEUM
consultants use network modeling and quantitative capacity
planning techniques to evaluate the ability of the network
to accommodate new applications. They then analyze their
findings to identify new network infrastructure requirements
and recommend changes to application coding or configuration
to improve performance.
Features
This service is part of a comprehensive NAR program that
also includes network design and reconfiguration, project
management and implementation, and ongoing operations
support.
> Baseline performance analyzed to ensure
accuracy of the predictive model
> Capacity planning and response-time engineering
methodologies applied
to critical performance variables
> Powerful analytic performance modeling used
to predict transaction
response times and the impact of new application
traffic flows
> Network infrastructure recommendations based
on the extensive design
and performance optimization experience
of PILEUM consultants
> Skillful assessment of application coding and
configuration for network
compatibility
with optimum performance
Benefits
NAR Assessment improves the return on IT investment
by maximizing the efficiency of the network infrastructure
and optimizing the performance of new and existing
applications. This service helps ensure a smooth transition
during deployment of enterprise resource planning
(ERP), supply chain, and electronic commerce applications.
By applying formal quality assurance methods, PILEUM
consultants also increase the predictability of future
application initiatives.
Deliverables
Client deliverables for Network Application Readiness
Assessment are defined in the statement of work or program
proposal provided:
> Application/network compatibility test
results and identification of
application deficiencies that affect performance
> Transaction response time predictions over
a variety of network paths
> Network capacity requirements
report
> Summary network impact report containing infrastructure
recommendations and identification of network
bottlenecks
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