What Is NOC

The term "NOC" refers to Network Operation center. it is a central location form witch network administration manage, control and monitor one or more networks large enterprise with large networks as well as large network services providers always have a network operation centers. 

Devices and Softwares used in NOC:

• Computing Devices include Servers (preferably Blade and Rack servers).
• Telecommunication Equipment include ISP (Internet Devices), Network devices (Switch, Routers and Firewall), VoIP, etc.
• Satellite Network Environments process large amount of voice and video data, in addition to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information.
• Overview
• NOC Inside automates ITIL® recommended best practices for IT Infrastructure Management that allow customers to establish a NOC in as less as 48 hours.
• The automation tools are installed in customer’s premises and on their servers without any need for remote network connectivity to IBM data centers.
• NOC-Inside is available on a flexible, pay-as-you-go, subscription basis which minimizes upfront capital expenditure and allows leverage of operational expenditure model.
• NOC Inside allows customers to manage their entire IT infrastructure without the need for high cost, technical experts.
• NOC Inside provides automation for agentless IT infrastructure monitoring (networks, systems, applications, middleware and databases), IP traffic analysis, IT Service Desk and IT Asset Management (discovery, hardware & software Inventory)
• NOC Inside provides ready to use reports and dashboards, generates instant SMS or email alerts, escalations and provides an integrated, portal based view of IT Operations in a single console.
• NOC Inside also includes an optional IT advisory service that provides periodic, customized, improvements & recommendations to optimize efficiency of IT operations.