Network Configuration and Change Management: Get 'Urban Ninja' Control (without going through the trouble of training to be an actual Ninja)

There's a new/old movement in the air: that of the Venerable Art of the Urban Ninja. While watching one of these maestros of movement on YouTube referred to me thru Facebook (yes, they really do pay people for that) I was struck by the similarities between Redcell and what these guys do. Witness the Urban Ninja contemplating his environment. Does this remind you of a network administrator contemplating change?

Urban Ninjas survey their environment before jumping. Looks kind of like a network administrator contemplating change!

Being nimble, fast and accurate is important to both Urban Ninjas and Network Administrators. The pain of screwing up is just too large. Pshaw, you say? Evidence:

1. Urban Ninjas need to be all 3 - nimble, fast and accurate. You can't do what these badasses do without being darn sure of your abilities. Similarly, professional lives are on the line when running a mission-critical network. A botched jump between 2 buildings can really ruin one's day. So can a botched deployment if it's your responsibility. Especially due to avoidable network problems!

Simple, correctable things. We're not saying Redcell is the best tool for implementing change in your network. We're saying it's the only tool.

The Redcell suite of capabilities are the foundation for true seamless integration of service creation and service fullfillment, in addition to service assurance.

Another example: Inventory reconciliation. Believe it or not, this is a common problem. Not knowing exactly what you have and how things are configured will cause big problems when provisioning new services. This generally because of having an out-dated, manual process usually involving some type of spreadsheet reports. Want to deploy new, profitable elements of your network? Good luck without a specialized - yet flexible - network management software. Just as an Urban Ninja will survey the environment before jumping - so, too, is it wise before implementing change to survey your network.

Personally, I am also comfortable with using Excel and that is what I use for generating probably 99% of my reports. However, my job does not involve responsibility for global, mission-critical applications in telecoms, finance or energy supply. Not does it involve [thankfully] jumping from building to building as you've seen with our Venerable Urban Ninja.

You can survey your own network for free with a 2-week trial of Redcell for Enterprise here.

Service Providers can learn more about Redcell here.