Most Common Questions about netTerrain Logical
By Fred Koh - August 26, 2019As the head sales honcho here at Graphical Networks, I’m constantly answering questions about our products. Since I answer so many questions, I figured why not go ahead and create a blog series on the top five questions about netTerrain. In this article, I’ll discuss netTerrain Logical, our software for network diagrams and automated network…
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5 Reasons Customers Keep Choosing netTerrain OSP (Outside Plant)
By Fred Koh - August 2, 2019Since netTerrain OSP (an add-on module for managing your outside plant) was released in July of 2016, it’s become a popular choice for companies, across all industries, that need to document their outside plant assets, buildings, and fiber. Why? Before netTerrain OSP was released, outside plant software was limited to three categories from which companies…
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Myth Buster: Is netTerrain Just an Outside Plant Tool?
By Fred Koh - July 31, 2019I’ve seen a few posts around the web that say, in essence, ‘you shouldn’t buy netTerrain DCIM, as it’s just outside plant (OSP) software.’ When I see posts like that, I have to just scratch my head and think: who on earth came up with this one? Yes, we make amazing outside plant software but…
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What Makes netTerrain DCIM Stand Out?
By Fred Koh - July 30, 2019There many DCIM software vendors out there, and for our prospective customers, it can be a difficult task to discern which vendor is the best choice. During the sales process, we are often asked, ‘what makes netTerrain DCIM stand out’? Before I dive into the specifics, I’ll start with a little background info on our…
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Graphical Networks at BICSI, Fall 2019 Conference
By Fred Koh - July 19, 2019Graphical Networks has announced it will showcase the newest version of netTerrain 8.2, its flagship IT documentation software, at the BICSI 2019 Fall Conference and Exhibition. BICSI attendees will be able to see, firsthand, how netTerrain helps its users manage the entire plant (inside and outside) with end-to-end connectivity views, GIS-enabled diagrams, and physical and…
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The Importance of Network Documentation
By Fred Koh - June 28, 2019I’ve written several articles about network documenting and automating the documentation process (you can see a recent article here)– afterall, our company specializes in IT documentation. In today’s article, however, I want to break documentation down into simple, easy-to-digest terms so you can arm yourself with the knowledge you need to really talk to upper…
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How is netTerrain Priced? (DCIM, Logical, OSP)
By Fred Koh - June 25, 2019“How can I get pricing for netTerrain?” netTerrain pricing is not listed on our website. I get this and understand how frustrating this can be. In today’s world, people want information instantly. I know I do! The reason why we don’t publish and instead ask for a 15-minute conversation beforehand is to determine if netTerrain…
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Implement netTerrain: Avoid the ‘Shelfware’ Effect
By Fred Koh - June 6, 2019Whether it’s for DCIM, network diagrams or outside plant, the majority of netTerrain users get the software up and running fairly quickly. Recently, however, I was in a meeting with a customer who bought netTerrain a year ago and haven’t really used netTerrain much yet. I asked, “why haven’t you used netTerrain much?”. Their response:…
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netTerrain Users Summit 2019 (Recap)
By Fred Koh - May 30, 2019We’ve been busy here at Graphical Networks: in addition to our ongoing projects, we recently hosted our first annual netTerrain Users Summit, held on the campus of the William F. Bolger Center in Potomac, MD. The Users Summit, which attracted netTerrain infrastructure administrators, managers, network engineers, and partners from four continents (North and South America,…
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Convince Your Boss You Need DCIM Software
By Fred Koh - May 29, 2019I’ve heard it before too many times to count: a well-meaning administrator knows their organization will benefit from the right DCIM solution. Afterall, their organization is struggling with prolonged troubleshooting times and associated expenses, wasted money on IT assets that weren’t actually needed due to improper utilization, cables that aren’t decommissioned, servers drawing power but…
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How DCIM Helps You Manage Your Infrastructure Cabling
By Fred Koh - May 21, 2019‘Spaghetti’: it’s a funny word for a not-so-fun problem facing many data center teams today. If your cabling is in a state of chaos aka spaghetti, you may need to consider DCIM to get your cabling under control. Data center cabling messes, or spaghetti, can truly wreak havoc on your operations: you end up dealing…
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Graphical Networks to Host First Annual Users Meeting
By Fred Koh - April 8, 2019Graphical Networks, a leading global provider of IT visualization solutions for data center (DCIM), outside plant, and logical network documentation, has announced its first annual users meeting May 14th – 15th, to be held near the Graphical Networks headquarters at the William F. Bolger Center in Potomac, MD. The purpose of the inaugural netTerrain Users…
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