The GNX vision: a new way to think about business connectivity

The design process for enterprise WAN comes with a series of decisions – even more at a global scale. 

Should you choose Dedicated Internet Access, or Point-to-Point services? Business-class fiber from a terrestrial telco, or wireless coverage from a mobile operator? What’s worse: a choice that looks optimal for a specific location may not be best for your network as a whole; optimization, after all, applies to the whole organization, from the corporate skyscraper downtown to the distant outsourced factory.

Fortunately, there’s a way to make it easier. In fact, that’s our entire purpose: all your options presented in our platform, GNX+, with market insights and data for you to compare, select, and buy global connectivity. 

Some would call what we do A.I., and maybe it is. We call it doing smart things with data. 

Whichever the case, in this article, you’ll see how this platform helps optimize your connectivity worldwide – plus a taste of what’s coming next.

GNX+: your overview of the connectivity landscape

GNX has spent years building relationships with carriers and providers around the world (even before we were GNX). Our platform, GNX+, is how you see what each of them offers, so you can compare and contrast – but this goes beyond data. It’s also your tool for taking advantage of those relationships, by mixing and matching services from different sources into a single contract, and seeing how each performs in real time. Let’s list some of the key value-adds.

Objective #1: Make the best options available – everywhere

Global carriers, infrastructure providers, and local ISPs—GNX+ is where they come together, presenting their services as components of your overall solution. The goal is to be transparent and carrier-neutral: you’ll find thousands of providers in our database, chosen and presented with information on reliability, availability, and the quality of their service assurances.

From the fattest dedicated pipe to the most locally-literate neighborhood ISP, you’ll find a service that answers every need in every part of your operations. And it’s constantly being updated and revised as these players innovate and improve, also as they are tested by our own customers – meaning you see not just the available options, but recommendations from our own experience. After all, transparency is a plus.

Objective #2: Simplicity

Of course, thousands of providers are a lot to deal with – so GNX’s second goal is to bring simplicity to your decision-making. Whatever the country, whatever the connectivity method, everything you see on the platform can be purchased directly – with a single contract and single invoice in your currency of choice. 

That’s how GNX turns complexity into simplicity.

It’s ideal for enterprise-scale organizations, where purchasing power can be applied from the center to benefit the business as a whole – because you can add products and services without increasing the paperwork hassles. And you can do that at any time along your journey.

Objective #3: integrate with your own systems API

Let’s face facts: you use a lot of cloud platforms, and each one has a portal. Leading to groans of “not another one”.

Hence our third plus: our platform (your platform) integrates smoothly with your in-house procurement systems, and works alongside them silently and transparently. 

Do you already have a purchasing application that connects to many outside suppliers? You’ll be able to access our ISPs, services, and pricing through it.

Objective #4: Treat a diverse set of services as one

Another advantage of a single contract: a single point of contact for support. (The beauty of our GNX+ platform: its work doesn’t stop at the buying decision: it lets you see how each service is operating, in real-time, with the opportunity to make changes, additions, or removals.)

When working with GNX, you’re not contracting separately with a grab-bag of providers, each with its own Helpdesk. We are a customer service layer between the needs of your business and the services enabling your WAN, and every time an issue arises or a ticket needs raising, it gets dealt with in the same way.

Our Network Operations Center (NOC) monitors your entire network 24/7 – treating it as a single service, however many individual services it’s made up of – and makes information about it available through the GNX+ platform. 

If you’ve added a service, you can view its provisioning status, operational data, and other metrics with ease – showing you how each service is performing within the context of your entire network. That’s simplicity in action.

What’s next: AI-assisted connectivity optimization

But this isn’t just about what our platform does now. It’s about GNX’s plans for the platform’s future – and they’re already in play.

GNX+ already lets you compare and choose the right service for each part of your connectivity landscape. 

But let’s go further: being presented with optimized recommendations to aid your decisions. 

Don’t get us wrong, you can always pick up the phone and call us for advice, but with a wealth of information to work with, you will soon be getting suggestions, guidance, and complete proposed plans to optimize your service levels and costs for the outcome you specify – however diverse your organization’s needs are.

That’s how you see AI bringing new capabilities to GNX: an intelligent use of artificial intelligence that doesn’t get in your way. After all, the world is a complex place – and new technologies should make your life easier, not harder.

GNX, an Aggregator with a Plus

Consumers have long enjoyed advantages when mixing and matching products and services: price comparison sites, smart shopping apps, in every sector: from automobiles to hotel booking. That’s the whole reason GNX exists: we think businesses should have those same time and money savers for all their services. Even when those services are as complex as global WAN and internet connectivity.

Give it a try. Request a demo or reach out to learn more.

GNX. Straightforward connectivity.