Today, most businesses rely on a computer and network infrastructure for Internet, internal management, telephone and email. A complex set of servers and network equipment is required to ensure that business data flows seamlessly between employees, offices, and customers. The economical success of an organization is tightly connected with the flow of data.

The computer network's reliability, speed, and efficiency are crucial for businesses to be successful. But, like all other technical objects, network devices may fail from time to time—potentially causing trouble and loss of sales, no matter what migration efforts have been made up-front.

Network administrators need to take three key steps to maintain network uptime, reliability and speed:

1. Set up a well-planned network with reliable components.
2. Create recovery plans for the event of device failure.
3. Monitor their network to know about failures as they build up or actually happen.

PRTG Network Monitor, the software described in this document, is a complete solution for monitoring small, medium, and large networks.