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…
Learn More
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….
Learn More
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…
Learn More
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…
Learn More
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…
Learn More
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?…
Learn More
How Much ROI Can You Really Achieve with Network Documentation?
By Fred Koh - July 14, 2023One of the aspects of choosing a network documentation/network monitoring solution is to help reduce the amount of downtime your network happens. What is downtime though? Downtime is when your network infrastructure is out of service and unusable which impacts your website, and applications. There are other impacts besides downtime that are also worth considering,…
Learn More
Why Do Our Customers Renew netTerrain Year after Year?
By Fred Koh - July 12, 2023From industry giants to small businesses, netTerrain has been trusted by more than 500 organizations as a trusted software solution since it first was released back in 2009. We’re proud that so many of our customers, the majority of them in fact, continue to renew their plans because netTerrain has given them that much value…
Learn More
BI & Data Centers: Do You Really Need a Business Intelligence Tool?
By Fred Koh - July 5, 2023In the corporate world, business intelligence tools are frequently a topic of conversation. Several years back, our Product Manager and CEO Jan Durnhofer wrote a technical article on this topic. Check out his article here. When you think of Business Intelligence (BI), names like MicroStrategy, SAS, Microsoft, and Oracle might come to mind. These companies…
Learn More
Will Network Diagram Software Visualize Your Third-Party Apps & Data?
By Fred Koh - July 3, 2023Tired of dealing with network headaches stemming from a lack of insights and visibility? If, for example, you’re a new company network administrator, it can be a real…errr maybe downright impossible….challenge to figure out what’s installed without doing a tedious site survey, right? And let’s be honest, those spreadsheets and manual network diagrams in a…
Learn More
Don’t Buy DCIM Software That’s Like a Home Printer
By Fred Koh - May 23, 2023We all know the drill: you buy a home printer and before you know it, you’re locked into buying the vendor’s pricey ink for the lifespan of the printer. The printer vendor gives you only one cartridge type as an option and it’s sold at a ridiculous markup. Is there a workaround? Well, sure: you…
Learn More
Avoid Headline-Making Network Outages: Prevent Expensive Downtime
By Fred Koh - May 22, 2023There’s been a rise in news stories lately about companies experiencing network disruptions, like the infamous Southwest Airlines outage that was caused by a vendor-supplied network firewall. Headline-making incidents like this underline the need to take measures that prevent network disruptions…before you become a news story! According to the Uptime Institute, third-party outages – such…
Learn More