If you’re like most admins, sometimes you need a specialized tool to troubleshoot a tough problem. But what if you don’t have full NMS systems and application management suites at your business? Some companies, like SolarWinds for example, offer mini-versions of their network management systems for free. Free apps let you test-drive the technology behind […]

As networks get busier, they also tend to get slower. Trends like increased use of cloud services, bring-your-own-device (BYOD), video and VOIP all create incremental stress and pressure on the network. BYOD can also introduce challenges like increased use of photo and video sharing, and peer-to-peer traffic. Upgrading networks can be very costly, and usually […]

Your network is filled with firewalls, servers, and routers capable of detecting and log security threats. But when a threat comes up, too many admins rely on a slow process of manually wading through tens of thousands of log entries to find and correlate a small number of log entries. The result? Slow detection and […]

Once you have a good network monitoring system in place, what’s next? Many organizations have a gap around configuration, compliance, and inventory management. They know which routers and switches are up or down, but don’t necessarily know useful information like which admins made recent changes (and why!), which devices are mis-configured or running old code, […]

Application Monitoring software can make the difference between knowing that a server went offline after the fact, and knowing that a server’s disk space has been running out for two weeks, and that URL response to your web-apps has been getting slower and slower. ManageEngine’s Applications Manager is an application monitoring system that can help […]

In today’s networks, bandwidth consumption seems to expand to use up any available bandwidth. Demand can be driven by business use of cloud services, VOIP and Video, online applications, and centralized services. But, it can also be consumed by users with their own devices like iPads, Android Phones, and laptops; or for personal use of […]