With many organisations adopting e-commerce strategies, the need for performance analysis and capacity planning is clearer than ever. Models, products and procedures for analyzing raw data -- the core of all performance analysis and capacity planning -- and turning the data into useful information for managing the enterprise, are essential. True insight into the network can be reached only by deploying pro-active solutions. This will make it possible to take the necessary steps, through trending or modeling, to correct a potential future defect.

The bottom line of the organisation is directly impacted by how well you understand exactly what your network is capable of providing. Mere information about the environment is simply organised data. How can you collect and correlate all these separate chunks of data into a meaningful whole? More importantly, how can you make decisions based on multiple sources of information and positively affect the entire company? Network Knowledge Management provides you with multiple sources of information in context. This capability is crucial to unlocking the full business potential of your enterprise network resources.

Network Support Services can offer solutions, expertise and training to assist organisations in determining which network infrastructure resources are available, how they are utilised and how adequate it is for future expansion. We believe that when considering the larger picture of network management and struggling to figure out how to exercise discernment over this ever-expanding, complex issue, the old adage of “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure” holds true.

NSS is the South African partner for NetIQ’s Chariot and Pegasus performance management solutions as well as Trinagy's Trend performance reporting solution.