Answer to Question #177019 in Computer Networks for Abdul Kadir Alhassan

Question

Explain two factors that can be important to the business success of a third-party management application vendor that potentially has to compete with a network management offering of a network equipment vendor

Answer 1

Factors that could contribute to a third party’s success could be the ability to be used on a variety of platforms/vendors hence it should be cross platform application. It should also be expandable to new platforms/ vendors and also should not be limited to any specific equipment or service type but should take into consideration, network propagation as a whole.