Networking as a Service: How Small Businesses Can Benefit

In the same way, network management comes with a lot of moving parts that require a close eye. But with tight budgets and small departments, IT pros might want to hand off those smaller, yet mission-critical, tasks to others who may be more skilled with certain details.

One problem: As the demand for IT professionals increases, there may not be enough qualified networking professionals to meet the demand.

And as easy to use as a solution like Cisco Meraki might be, if your small business can’t meet the admittedly high baseline for a networking management discipline, it doesn’t matter how easy a technology is to manage — it can still become a burden.

But by having an external party manage your systems through a NaaS setup, your IT professionals remain open for higher-level management tasks.

The NaaS Unsung Hero: Managed Technical Support

Not every aspect of NaaS relies on hardware or software solutions.

Part of network management is incident…

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