Supporting Security
Fibre and infrastructure management
tools can also support physical security,
as well as prevent the misuse of data.
Besides enabling full management and
configuration of all privacy and security
components, role-based management
and security can also be enhanced
and improved. The access to current
overviews of network layout and
performance afforded by fibre plays a
crucial part in finding weak spots and
planning improvements and upgrades.
Choose wisely! However, many ‘tried
and tested’ products may no longer
work in a new integrated system. This
doesn’t just have consequences for
suppliers and end users - IT support
staff will be required to integrate new
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solutions and platforms into existing
environments. Or they might have to
start from scratch with an entirely new
suite of products and applications.
Besides the speed of your connections,
the quality is important, as well as
the interoperability between different
manufacturers’ hardware and software.
Getting it right is vital - oversights are
costly and time-consuming to fix after
the fact, but this does require much
more than comparing spec sheets!
Conclusion
Networks and connectivity need to be
evaluated as a k