RD Technologies believes that starting with an understanding of what is on your network is critical. A Network Assessment is a service we provide to our clients which involves an evaluation that illustrates, in many cases for the very first time, a precise and accurate representation of the hardware, software, licenses, warrantees, and the application traffic running on your network. This provides you with a clear picture of your current network, along with a comprehensive set of tactical and strategic steps to improve your network efficiency and productivity.

Network Assessment Scope

The Network Assessment typically covers the following areas:

• Physical connectivity (ethernet, fiber and copper)
• Overall logical network design, VLAN design and IP addressing
• Router and switch configurations
• Design for redundancy
• Internet connectivity and firewall configuration
• Microsoft server network settings, including DHCP, DNS and WINS
• Wide-area network design

The Network Assessment is customized to your specific requirements and can be expanded to include a study of other elements of your network, such as wireless network or VPN remote access capabilities. It can go deeper into issues relating to the Microsoft indices of your network, such as Active Directory design and Exchange Server configuration. Or, the focus can be on a specific aspect of your network.

Detailed Reporting and Recommendations

The result of a Network Assessment is a report that includes an executive summary, a list of data-gathering activities, an inventory of network issues found during the study, tactical network recommendations, and strategic network recommendations. The network recommendations will be clear, targeted to address your specific network issues, and actionable. The report will provide you with a straight-forward roadmap for improving network performance and reliability.