Today business priorities are driving the operational requirements for Network Operations teams.  As business becomes more and more embodied in technology, IT has an ever increasing role in supporting the essential business requirements of managing liability and risk, maximizing revenue and minimizing expense.

For network engineering and operations teams, translating those business requirements into operational requirements entails:

• Minimizing liability and risk associated with the network (e.g. network compliance and security),
• Maximizing network availability and performance (i.e., to ensure maximum availability of revenue generating applications), and
• Optimizing resource utilization for both IT staff and assets.