industry news
Draka Communications partners with Fibre Associates
Draka Communications has announced a partnership with Fibre Associates, a member of i3 Group. The distribution agreement will combine the expertise of both companies in the supply of the new universal cabling systems for datacom networks. ‘With its complementary resources and
expertise, Fibre Associates is the ideal partner. It has large scale inventory and distribution capabilities, combined with unrivalled specialist services to data centre and high bandwidth environments,’ said Paul Shaw, Draka Communications UK managing director. Dafydd Thomas, chief technical officer of i3
Group added, ‘We are pleased to be working with a prominent leader in the datacom industry. Our accumulated experience will enable us to supply a comprehensive portfolio of products and services to support the widest range of applications and business sectors.’
KCom study reveals proper network management is regularly overlooked
A new study commissioned by Kcom has revealed that network management is often overlooked in IT planning, reducing the benefits and true value that innovative IT can deliver. According to the research, despite their importance to business applications and productivity tools, only 42 per cent of corporate networks are running at optimal performance. Network experiences within the 235 organisations surveyed has shown that many business enhancing applications risk failure because of network negligence. Network utilisation reviews, which provide essential data about the availability of mission critical applications, are conducted infrequently in many organisations. Fifty five per cent of companies reviewed their network usage every quarter or less frequently, and more worryingly over one fifth (21 per cent) only reviewed their network usage once a year or longer. In IT strategy, the network is ignored too often. Forty per cent of organisations do not have a clear process for considering the network when introducing applications. Furthermore, less than half (48 per cent) of company boards consider the impact on the network when planning new business strategies. Requirements for network availability are growing; the vast majority (92 per cent) of companies expect to face an increase in the use of bandwidth by applications over the next five years. Nearly half (43 per cent) predict they will need to address a substantial increase. ‘This research has been a real eye opener as to the way the network is viewed in some
organisations,’ commented Paul Renucci, group executive director, Kcom. ‘While IT has an unprecedented opportunity to deliver true value to the business in this period of economy recovery, best laid plans for new processes and applications ultimately rely on a sound network foundation. We hope to see businesses flourishing thanks to the innovations that IT can deliver, but this can only happen if the network is properly managed.’
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