The LAN is quickly becoming as complicated as the enterprise WAN. Segmenting VLANs, classifying traffic, applying QoS tagging, ensuring high availability, and routing between internal subnets are necessary in the new enterprise LAN. Outsourcing LAN management can significantly reduce the burden on internal resources.

Why Outsource LAN Management?

There are several advantages of outsourcing LAN management to a managed service provider, including:

• 24/7 network monitoring, surveillance, and alarm response.
• Skilled network administrators available for performance optimization, architectural design, implementation, moves, adds, and changes (MACs).
• Guaranteed performance service levels, such as provisioning intervals, Mean Time to Repair (MTTR), availability, and performance.
• Detailed record keeping and reporting, including the ability to track all network changes.
• Reduced internal staffing and training requirements. Headcount may not be reduced, but new headcount can be avoided.
• Reduced overhead. The need for expensive network management software and tools...