Belgacom's Smart Networking is a European first

In March 2012, Belgacom will introduce “Smart Networking” into its Explore service platform. In this way, Belgacom can respond to the growing demand by companies to be able to continuously monitor the quality of their enterprise applications, and to manage these applications themselves. With Smart Networking, companies can give priority to business-critical applications over other data on their network, thereby increasing the efficiency of their business activities. Belgacom's deployment of this “Smart Networking” solution in the entire Explore network is a European first.  Moreover, Belgacom has integrated its cloud platform "BeCloud" into Explore, so that companies can manage both applications on their own servers and applications in the cloud.

The Belgacom Explore platform ensures the network connection between the different departments and buildings of companies. It is also a connectivity platform that gives companies access to services and applications within Belgium and abroad. In March 2012, Belgacom will start introducing the concept of Smart Networking into its Explore platform. This network-based solution is the first of its kind in Europe, and will be rolled out in Belgium for all of Belgacom's business customers.

In this way, Belgacom can respond to the growing demand by companies to be able to continuously monitor the quality of their enterprise applications, and to manage these applications themselves. Given the growing number of applications, the increasing use of video and audio applications, and the trend to allow employees to bring their own mobile devices (such as smartphones and tablets) to the workplace, companies want to have a precise idea of all the applications that are used in the company, and to give the business-critical applications priority over less important ones.

Belgacom has responded to these new trends by expanding the possibilities of Explore so that companies can monitor and manage their applications via a user-friendly web portal. Moreover, Belgacom has integrated its cloud platform "BeCloud" into the Explore environment. Via the web portal, companies will be able to easily manage both the company applications on their own servers and the applications they use via the cloud, and to give priority to business-critical applications. Before this, they had to purchase additional, often expensive applications that were traditionally used for such services.