Reviews

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Review: Fortra InterMapper

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on August 26, 2010

If you’re looking for a product that will map your network, and help manage your network connections, then check out Aaron’s review of InterMapper 5.3 from Dartware.

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Review: Apparent Networks – PathView Cloud

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on July 7, 2010

PathView Cloud excels at monitoring connectivity. It maintains a dashboard for each path that displays important information like Available Capacity and Latency, as well as number of hops to destination, and performance per-hop.

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Review: CA eHealth Performance Manager 6.1

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on June 29, 2010

Aaron takes an in-depth look at Computer Associates’ eHealth Performance Manager 6.1 Suite. Read on for his take on how eHealth stacks up.

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Review: SolarWinds Network Device Monitor – New Free Tool

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on April 30, 2010

The Network Device Monitor can monitor any single device on your network using SNMP. It will monitor any SNMP variable on that device – so for instance you could monitor bandwidth use on your routers, or disk space on your servers. Aaron walks through the features…

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Review: WhatsUp Gold Premium 14.2

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on April 13, 2010

Aaron reviews WhatsUp Gold Premium edition. How does it stack up against the competition? Is the What’sUP Gold licensing model a better value? Learn More…

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Review: OpenNMS 1.6.10

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on April 1, 2010

Can OpenNMS, a free, open-source network monitoring platform, really compete with an off-the-shelf product? Find out in Aaron’s review of OpenNMS 1.6.10.

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Review: Cisco Network Magic 5.5

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on March 3, 2010

Network Magic provides do-it-yourself tools to help you set up, manage and secure your network, but is it really as point-and-click easy as it sounds? Get our full review…

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Review: SolarWinds Orion Network Performance Monitor 9.5

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on March 1, 2010

Aaron Leskiw, CCNA, provides an in-depth review of Solarwinds’ Orion Network Performance Manager. Are the expanded features enough to merit the cost over basic tools?

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Review: Spiceworks Help Desk & Network Monitoring Platform

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on February 22, 2010

Spiceworks is a free, ad-supported network and asset management and help desk ticketing system for small businesses. Check out Mike’s Spiceworks review and find out if this free platform can cut it…

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Review: SolarWinds Network Config Generator

By Aaron Leskiw, CCDA, CCNA, MCSE, ITILv3, MCSA, A+ on February 1, 2010

Aaron Leskiw, CCNA, Reviews SolarWinds’ latest free tool: Network Config Generator (NCG). Is it worth the download?…