Out of Band Management (OOBM) enables IT staff to have a virtual presence at remote sites that house critical network infrastructure and other important systems. For smaller businesses, this could mean letting owners access their router from home during an outage, or for enterprise customers, this could mean allowing IT staff to remedy a problem at HQ instead of flying across state lines to a data center or server room.

Applications

Things like security cameras, point-of-sale systems, and mission-critical servers can all benefit from being outfitted with an OOBM solution.

Many modern restaurants and retail stores rely on application-based POS systems, which need to maintain an always-online connection to function properly. If these systems were to go down businesses could lose the ability to process credit card transactions or touch-free payment methods like Apple Pay. Not only would this cause lost revenue for the impacted business, but customers who had a negative experience could choose to leave bad reviews resulting in an increased likelihood of fewer new customers giving the store a chance.

An OOBM and Failover combo solution would enable staff to fix the connectivity issue while Failover kept the POS system up and running until primary connectivity is restored.

Internet cafes like coffee shops that offer free Wi-Fi to patrons attract some customers just from the offer of free internet. Imagine the customer experience of someone who visits one of those locations to take advantage of that service and the internet is down. This can lead to negative reviews and unhappy customers simply because of a network outage. Wireless business failover with a 5G plan would be able to handle several connections and not sacrifice speed, keeping customers and business owners both happy.

If a server goes down, it can impact many different aspects of a business. Depending on the scale, a large enterprise business could lose thousands in a very short time frame if a server outage isn’t remedied quickly.

Benefits

The top benefit of choosing to work with RTech for your OOBM needs is price, as one Kit costs $348/year, while the average price of just one truck roll, the alternative solution to an OOBM Kit, is $350 each.

Additionally, procuring your OOBM solution through RTech will also provide your business with the following benefits: