Vital Connections: 3 Solutions for 3 Demanding Industry Use Cases
In our modern digital world, nobody is asking why connectivity is vital for everything from day-to-day tasks to life-altering opportunities. Instead, the question we’re all asking is how connectivity or communications can become the best versions of themselves to support our most in-demand, vital applications and industry use cases. Across the wide variety of industries our networks serve, some — like healthcare, government and finance — rise to the top as highly demanding verticals. It’s no surprise why organizations in these fields need the best of the best; the stakes are high across compliance, customer and patient satisfaction, information security and service excellence.
The industries in these unique (and regulated) positions stand as pillars of trust and responsibility in our global society — and with more applications, services, platforms and communications going digital, it’s up to their networks to not let that reputation down.
Fortunately, there are a plethora of different tools and strategies to build a highly capable network. Still, that can create feelings of indecision or analysis paralysis for organizations looking to take their next digital leap forward. Here, we’ll explore a few examples of how our customers have built their networks of the future — and offer a look at the services that helped them.
Connectivity the Heart, Data the Lifeblood
Healthcare, the central resource for our society’s collective wellness and healing, has undergone a profound transformation in recent years. Propelled by technological advancements and a true understanding of data’s inherent value, reliance on electronic health records (EHRs), telemedicine, AI-equipped smart wearables and more have become the norm. Imagine a patient's medical history seamlessly following them from one healthcare provider to another, facilitating informed decision-making and improving the quality of care. This is the reality we now live in — but robust networking is the only way we can continue to provide these value-rich opportunities for patients.
So, when hospitals or healthcare clinics need to boost their network performance standards, expand their footprints to cater to more patients, deliver better connections for enhanced care and streamline operations, they choose solutions like Ethernet or DIA (Dedicated Internet Access).
These solutions are capable of making model network citizens out of any organization and prepping teams even in the most demanding verticals for next-gen agility, mobility and privacy. Both Ethernet and DIA deliver dedicated connections, enhancing privacy and keeping patient data secure. Both also offer advanced speed and reliability for the same reasons. With Ethernet specifically, any hacker needs physical access to the fiber in order to access private information, making it an ideal option for regulated industry use cases.
Dark fiber is also an excellent solution for expanding network and connectivity capabilities while protecting data along the way. It’s effortlessly scalable but delivers extra control, reliability and security as a dedicated line. Plus, with state-of-the-art fiber optic infrastructure, it’s lightning fast too.
Helping Governments Overcome Complex Industry Use Cases
Local, state and federal governments are the stewards of public trust and governance, operating within a complex web of administrative functions and citizen services. On the local front especially, government applications, online portals and personnel are directly connected to community welfare and quality of life. In this digital age, government agencies rely heavily on networks for communication, data sharing, and the dissemination of critical information to citizens.
Not to mention, citizens want the convenience and trust of using online portals to reserve parking spaces, check in on utility services and updates, or give feedback. Being able to reliably contact government personnel and develop relationships with these public stewards is a critical part of enabling communities to develop confidence in government agencies and departments too. In this industry, not only is connectivity core to success — but uninhibited communications are paramount for both community members and government representatives alike.
For next-gen accessibility and communications, investing in strong voice services is key for government institutions. With solutions like hosted voice, SIP trunking and more, contact can be made faster, maintained better and supported with more accessibility and flexibility, helping build trust and provide better community outcomes. From single buildings to multi-location footprints, from a few calls to constant, high volumes of communications, voice services empower better operations across the board. With the right solutions in place, government agencies (and other organizations) are poised for better functionality, improved call quality, better security and easier management — all of which paves the way for better relationships with citizens (or customers), enhanced confidence and improved results.
Staying in the Black With Managed Networking Built for Finance
The financial sector is another high-stakes network environment. Its pulse is closely tied to the rhythms of global markets, linked heavily with personal information — and many individuals and families depend on its operations. Not to mention, finance as an industry is evolving fast, and in order to keep pace, network infrastructure needs to be sophisticated and highly capable — but it can’t be so complex that it gets in the way of agile transformation. This means financial organizations thrive on the speed and reliability of network connectivity, but also a high degree of ease in management.
Some say that slow is smooth and smooth is fast, but the financial industry needs fast — and functional. How do businesses get both? Well, managed services have risen to the top as a leading resource.
When financial organizations or other advanced companies need to get the best capabilities implemented across complicated networks or use cases, managed services present the best of both optimization and simplification.
In this industry use case, managed wi-fi, managed network and managed switch options become secret weapons that make sophisticated, advanced networking not only easy to deploy, but easy to manage, expand and adjust. This takes the pressure off of internal resources immediately, saving time, money and complexity — but also allowing teams to get insights and expertise they wouldn’t otherwise get. For instance, many managed network services provide advanced diagnostic tools that offer key insights into dynamic activity, creating safer and more effective networking.
Plus, for regulated industries, having a managed SD-WAN option creates better security and simpler compliance even across highly distributed footprints (like bank branches, for instance). When speed, agility and innovation matter, having zero-touch deployment, lower costs of ownership and added visibility really become game-changing advantages that no business should live without.
At the end of the day, there are lots of ways to improve networks in high-stakes industry use cases, but having a partner that will work with you, help you customize solutions and offer dedicated customer support makes all the difference. Going forward, it’s likely that we’ll see more organizations across these three verticals continue to adopt these three advanced network options: advanced data solutions, innovative voice options and strategic managed services.
For that, Glo Fiber Business is always here to help.