Network Monitoring

Implementing network monitoring for organization is not something new for large enterprise networks; but for small to medium sized businesses a comprehensive monitoring solution is often not inside their limited budgets. Network monitoring involves a system that keeps track of the status of the various elements within a network; this can be something as simple as using ICMP (ping) traffic to verify that a device is responsive. However, the more comprehensive options offer a much deeper perspective on the network.

As networking becomes more complex, network management and monitoring has continued to evolve. 

In a world where technology is coninually on the rise people must start becoming more aware of what capabilites are out there for the networks.

Network device backup is vital for any business no matter what the size of the organization. 

Network downtime due to device failure can be accounted for by hardware malfunction or inaccurate changes in the configuration of the device.

Top 3 reasons to choose a SaaS Network Management application 

For small and medium sized organization deciding to use a SaaS based Network Management application they will have the ability to use better solutions that would have been too expensive for them to in the past. 

Why this is so important 

Network configuration management is the process of organizing and maintaining information about all the components of a computer network.

The importance of using Network Discovery in your business 

Network discovery is not a single thing. In general terms it is the process of gathering information about the Network resources near you.

Why Companies are making the switch

Many Enterprises today are making the switch over to “The Cloud” for a variety of applications.  The most popular cloud based (business) applications include CRM software, email, project management, development & backup. It’s predicted that by 2015, end-user spending on cloud services could be more than $180 billion.

Although many people may perceive Network Management as an extremely complicated and diverse area of specialty, there really are only 5 questions that every Network Manager needs to think about. The main components behind every problem in Network Management, are as follows:

The cloud then and now

Imagine a world without cloud computing. For some of you reading this blog it’s easy to imagine as only a few decades ago this was a reality. This was a time where smoking in your office was the norm, you typed all of your documents on the type writer, and calling the landline telephone wasn’t considered strange.

The work time to complete a task back then compared to now was almost double if not tripled. Fast forward a couple of years later to the mid 80’s and the internet was born, starting the beginning of the technology boom. And now, the strongest trend is towards cloud based access of applications and resources.