NEF Professional Services
While enterprise customers, real estate developers and carriers are still finding it difficult to get maps of fiber footprints/networks from providers, what's even more difficult is how to read and interpret them to ensure a company can make a sound decision on a network – a decision that could either save or cost a business dearly. At NEF, we have seen quite an increase in companies looking to us to go deeper than the fiber maps, to actually provide value added consulting and insights to help them make informed decisions – and avoid expensive mistakes.
We hear questions like: Is the connection truly diverse and offer the redundancy I need for compliance? Where is the lowest latency route for my data traffic? How secure is my network? Is one data center better than another for my business data and applications? I'm thinking of building a data center and need data to identify the optimal location in my market. These are definitely the right questions to be asking, but companies won't find them on the fiber maps published by carriers. In fact, some carriers are hesitant to furnish their fiber maps at all.
With topics like consolidation and deregulation clouding the issue, you now have to be very careful when selecting telecommunications providers, colocation and managed services. You want to be sure you have the most up-to-date information about physical network, diversity, latency, security, colocation and more. With NEF's suite of comprehensive reports or single-topic position papers, you can ensure network accuracy, leverage over 25 years of tribal knowledge in telecom, and get in-depth analysis and recommendations to optimize your network infrastructure and connectivity.
Choose from topics such as
- Network diversity analysis
- Data center placement/feasibility
- Lowest latency routes
- Third party network verification
You can engage the consulting and knowledge based services as a stand-alone project or leverage them with the agency services that NEF provides. As always, NEF is carrier-neutral so you can get credible, trustworthy third party insights to benefit your business through knowledge and information. Talk with us today for details on our consulting packages and a la carte services to augment your network planning and provider selection.
