About Fred Koh

As a seasoned sales executive, Fred Koh serves as Director of Sales and is responsible for Graphical Networks sales and channel partner program, marketing strategy, and operations.

Solve the Labyrinth: How Detailed Fiber Mapping Software Transforms Capacity Planning

Solve the Labyrinth: How Detailed Fiber Mapping Software Transforms Capacity Planning

By - January 31, 2024

Introduction: Fiber Plant Management Challenges If you manage your organization’s fiber plant, you know (a little too well…) that you’re in charge of a complex and incredibly intricate and hidden ecosystem full of conduits, cables, strands, splice boxes, manholes, strands, handholes…the list goes on. Not knowing what you’ve got, where it is, and what you…

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E911 Network Compliance Headaches? Solution: Network Diagrams.

E911 Network Compliance Headaches? Solution: Network Diagrams.

By - November 7, 2023

Campus safety – whether it’s a corporate complex, a hospital campus, a hotel, entertainment venue, or a college campus – is crucial. Add in liability issues and various laws (Ray Baum’s Act, Kari’s Law) and campus safety in IT goes beyond just keeping the network up and running – now it’s about knowing what you…

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True IT Visibility: Integrate Your Apps for Effective Network Diagrams

True IT Visibility: Integrate Your Apps for Effective Network Diagrams

By - October 10, 2023

Over the course of this blog, we’ve talked about how crucial it is to have seamless integration between network monitoring tools, such as SolarWinds Orion NPM, WhatsUp Gold, PRTG, and others to keep your network diagrams up-to-date. Why? Having your network documentation and network diagrams reflect your entire IT network, including your third-party apps and…

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Need to Design Server Rack Diagrams? Read This.

Need to Design Server Rack Diagrams? Read This.

By - September 19, 2023

There are many programs out there where you can create and manage your data center/telecom room rack diagrams. From placing servers, patch panels, switches, routers, PDUs, into the racks, having rack diagrams helps Data Center Managers and Network Managers to see how much space is available to place new equipment. But — there is more…

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netTerrain Pricing Guide: Logical, DCIM, & OSP

netTerrain Pricing Guide: Logical, DCIM, & OSP

By - September 14, 2023

We make netTerrain, IT documentation and visualization software that takes your complex IT and generates beautiful diagrams that make sense of your networks. You can read more about netTerrain here. If you already know how netTerrain can help, you may be wondering, “great…but how much will it cost me?” How netTerrain Pricing Works netTerrain pricing,…

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Automated Network Documentation: Easy Cloud-Based Network Diagrams

Automated Network Documentation: Easy Cloud-Based Network Diagrams

By - September 6, 2023

Does this scenario sound all too familiar: you’ve been manually drawing your network diagrams in a manual drawing tool — mainly one from Microsoft, ahem — and saving them in SharePoint or maybe your own hard drive/OneDrive, etc? It’s a ton of work for you and time you wish you could devote elsewhere, so maybe…

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Beyond the Demo: netTerrain’s User-Friendly Features That Deliver Big ROI

Beyond the Demo: netTerrain’s User-Friendly Features That Deliver Big ROI

By - August 25, 2023

Got IT headaches? Need real-time information about your IT infrastructure, automatic maps, and actionable reports in clicks? Our IT visualization/documentation platform netTerrain makes it easy. If you’re interested in netTerrain, your likely next step will probably be to book a demo or even start a free trial. We’d love to hear from you. Take note,…

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Problem?! Retiring Network Engineers & The Impact on Business.

Problem?! Retiring Network Engineers & The Impact on Business.

By - August 22, 2023

According to a Washington Post article, more than 1 in 6 Americans will be 65 and older in 2020 and continues to grow older. Why am I writing about this on my blog about network documentation? Many of the long-serving employees are or will be retired soon and this has been really impacting Data Center…

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Beyond the Basics: Unpacking the True Value of Rack Diagrams in IT Infrastructure

Beyond the Basics: Unpacking the True Value of Rack Diagrams in IT Infrastructure

By - August 17, 2023

Rack and Cabinet Diagrams – why are they needed? What exactly is a rack diagram? In the IT and network world, rack diagrams are a visual representation of IT hardware equipment inside a network/server rack. They’re used to track and manage: what assets are in each rack and where in the rack are they located….

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Where the ?!? Can I Get a Network Diagram Generator?

Where the ?!? Can I Get a Network Diagram Generator?

By - August 10, 2023

Is your network getting too big to manage with your existing spreadsheets and manual diagrams? Want to know if there’s something called a network diagram generator that can go out and create a network map of my IT equipment so you don’t have to guess if your spreadsheets were last updated or how old and…

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An OSP Solution for Everyone, Not Just for Telcos

An OSP Solution for Everyone, Not Just for Telcos

By - August 2, 2023

So…are you the main network person who has all of the knowledge of your company’s infrastructure and….you’re about set to sail to your golden years (and, as a pre-retirement present, your boss has tasked you to start putting everything in your brain into a solution where all of your knowledge will be retained for your…

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Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint

Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint

By - July 24, 2023

Power Usage Effectiveness, or PUE for short, is a term you come across fairly often in the data center world. But what does it mean? Well, according to Wikipedia, PUE is a ratio that tells us how efficiently a data center uses energy. Specifically, it’s all about how much energy is gobbled up by your…

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