New Outside Plant Software Features in netTerrain 9.6
By Jason Sherman - May 30, 2023Our latest version of netTerrain, 9.6, introduced three key new improvements to make documenting your fiber plant even easier and more efficient: Single Strand Circuit Paths, Re-splicing and Re-re-splicing, and Circuit Creation from a Circuit Layout Record (CLR). These new enhancements are designed to simplify your tasks, increase your flexibility, and improve your overall efficiency…
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Need to Migrate Your Network Documentation to a Modern Solution?
By Jason Sherman - September 20, 2022So, you have a system with your network documentation in it. Great, right — but here’s the catch: the system was built on an AS400 mainframe and takes punch cards to update the data?! Are you wondering, ”how the heck do I go about migrating to something a bit newer?” Good news: it may not…
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Why DCIM Vendor Support Matters
By Jason Sherman - September 6, 2022Ah, customer support. You know the drill. You think, “Hey. I need to get some help. Who do I call? What is the process? Also, what is my support level? Am I in the blue support level or gold or purple? If I am blue can I call or is this chat only. Do I…
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3 Big Reasons Rack Diagrams Help Organizations
By Jason Sherman - August 10, 2022Think you need some rack diagrams to help make sense of your data center — but need to make the case that an investment in them is worth it to the bean counters upstairs? Customers who use our software, netTerrain DCIM, have various reasons as to why they need rack diagrams and how they help…
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Need to Document Your Fiber Network? What to Expect
By Jason Sherman - July 29, 2022Do you need to document your fiber network? Here’s some bad news: don’t expect it to be easy. You’re probably thinking: “Wow, that’s a positive note to kick this blog off on, right? Please continue. I’m really excited now…!” Allow me one more minute to make my case: Fiber Documentation: The Good News Ok, ok…maybe…
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netTerrain 9.1:Usability, Discovery, & Modules Upgrades
By Jason Sherman - December 10, 2021Another release, another step closer to documentation nirvana: welcome to netTerrain 9.1. 9.1 marks the second incarnation of the 9.0 series (aka “Europe” as you’ve probably noted in the guide covers that feature striking images from the continent). With netTerrain 9.1, we worked on the usual run of new features, small fixes, and improvements, with…
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Want to Visualize Your AWS Infrastructure?
By Jason Sherman - February 23, 2021Use Amazon Web Services (AWS)? The AWS interface is great: you can service anywhere in the world and more. It’s not, however, without its limitations. What’s missing? What if you want to view relationships between things (such as backups, volumes, and snapshots) in a documented view of information and data? This helps you to better…
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Small Business Friendly DCIM?
By Jason Sherman - February 19, 2021If you take a gander at our customer list, you’ll probably notice that many numerous large companies use netTerrain (and that is, by no means, our complete customer list). We are not, however, a company that just offers software for large companies: we have customers from small to large. Our customers range from the one…
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What are Dynamic Network Diagrams & Documentation?
By Jason Sherman - February 8, 2021If you’re a regular reader, you know that we often discuss network and IT documentation given that our software, netTerrain, is all about documenting and mapping the network. Recently, we received a request from a prospective customer who said they needed a tool for dynamic network documentation and dynamic network diagrams. They wanted to know…
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DCIM Pricing: Should You Pay by Racks or Objects?
By Jason Sherman - February 4, 2021Need DCIM software? Are you currently looking at various vendors, capabilities, and options? Wondering what’s better…pricing DCIM software by rack or object? I’ll make this one easy for you: pricing by objects…hands down! Why is that? Pricing DCIM by objects gives you far greater control over your data center and all your network documentation and…
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Need to Manage Remote Sites? DCIM Helps
By Jason Sherman - January 21, 2021Recently, a prospective customer told me that a key reason behind their interest in netTerrain DCIM is the need to manage remote sites…I thought, “I’m sure I can send him a blog about that since netTerrain DCIM helps our customers manage remote sites all the time”. Nope: I realized we didn’t have a blog detailing…
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DCIM: Is Integration Easy?
By Jason Sherman - January 19, 2021We recently heard from a prospective customer who asked us, “can I integrate with other tools such as CRM, NMS, and BMS?”. Good question! How easy is integration with DCIM software? In this blog, we’ll try and answer this by giving you a look at how integration with our software (netTerrain DCIM) works. Keep in…
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