E911 Network Compliance Headaches? Solution: Network Diagrams.
By Fred Koh - November 7, 2023Campus 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
By Fred Koh - October 10, 2023Over 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.
By Fred Koh - September 19, 2023There 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
By Fred Koh - September 14, 2023We 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
By Fred Koh - September 6, 2023Does 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
By Fred Koh - August 25, 2023Got 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.
By Fred Koh - August 22, 2023According 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
By Fred Koh - August 17, 2023Rack 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?
By Fred Koh - August 10, 2023Is 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
By Fred Koh - August 2, 2023So…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
By Fred Koh - July 24, 2023Power 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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From Office Chaos to Calm: Modern Network Diagram Software
By Fred Koh - July 19, 2023You might not think a network diagramming tool can make or break your day. But ask anyone who’s accidentally unplugged the wrong router. They’ll tell you it can be the difference between a calm office and total chaos. One small mistake can turn a peaceful day upside down…in the mood for an office uprising, anyone?…
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