Today's service providers must maintain a competitive edge by deploying more equipment to accommodate additional capacity requirements and by guaranteeing service quality. Most of all, however, service providers must put performance management applications to the test. These providers must be able to monitor ongoing physical network performance effectively, analyze its data to correlate end-to-end service performance, and take action based on a complete understanding of network behavior.

The ability to direct network performance effectively can be achieved with an application that allows service providers to orchestrate the operation. The application must monitor network performance, analyze relevant data, and direct network action accordingly.

Using an integrated performance management solution, service providers can effectively demonstrate their ability to deliver high-performance services in terms that their customers will understand.