About Jason Sherman

As Graphical Networks’ Sales Engineering and Support Services Manager, Jason Sherman leads the pre and post sales cycle with the entire Graphical Networks software portfolio, and ensures current customers are able to use the software to its fullest potential.

What’s in a Network Diagram? Choose Your Flavor

What’s in a Network Diagram? Choose Your Flavor

By - September 20, 2019

We get a lot of visitors to our website who want to know (Google tells us this, we’re not psychic), “what’s in a network diagram?”. This makes sense, as we make netTerrain, a leading IT and network diagram software solution — and we write about network and IT diagrams/maps all of the time. They are,…

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How Network Diagrams Help You Secure the Network

How Network Diagrams Help You Secure the Network

By - August 6, 2019

Just as the Equinox data breach seems to finally be on its way to being settled, Capital One gets hit with a massive data breach. In 2019, data is no longer just personal information: it’s a commodity that hackers want to steal and sell. For companies who are entrusted with keeping any kind of personal…

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Network Diagram Software: What Is It? What are the Options?

Network Diagram Software: What Is It? What are the Options?

By - January 23, 2019

Are you ever confused about what the heck network diagram software is? Over the course of this blog, we talk a great deal about why it’s so important to document the network and to keep that documentation up-to-date. For us, the means to this end is our network diagram software netTerrain Logical ( there is…

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The Importance of DCIM Software in Avoiding Network Disasters

The Importance of DCIM Software in Avoiding Network Disasters

By - January 8, 2019

Not every organization needs data center infrastructure management software (DCIM). As we’ve discussed over and over again on this blog (and will continue to do so), it’s not a solve-every-problem-and-boil-the-ocean kind of software. What DCIM software is, however, is a way to manage and control key aspects of data center life that, when not controlled,…

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How to Connect Solarwinds to Your Network Diagram Project in netTerrain

How to Connect Solarwinds to Your Network Diagram Project in netTerrain

By - November 29, 2018

In this blog about our IT visualization software netTerrain, we will show one way of creating a connector to Solarwinds using netTerrain’s Integration Toolkit (ITK). This is not the only way, and maybe not even the recommended one in certain scenarios, but it sure is a quick one, as we connect directly to the database….

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How DCIM Software Impacts Data Centers

How DCIM Software Impacts Data Centers

By - September 14, 2018

True DCIM (aka data center infrastructure management software) offers far more than sensor data and pretty 3D pictures. What is DCIM, anyways? It’s certainly not just any software that you can use in a data center. In a nutshell: while many data centers use spreadsheets to track assets, DCIM gives data center managers a way…

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Maximize Fiber Networks with Outside Plant Software

Maximize Fiber Networks with Outside Plant Software

By - September 13, 2018

IT infrastructure and networks today are growing at an incredibly fast pace. Daily modern life is only becoming more dependant upon technology, not less: as a result, the need for networks is skyrocketing. What does this mean on the network level — and for those in the trenches of fiber and telecom management every single…

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Stop Managing Your Outside Plant (OSP) In the Dark

Stop Managing Your Outside Plant (OSP) In the Dark

By - August 28, 2018

Lately, I’ve been working on a great deal of OSP projects. While the scope between these different outside plant projects can vary a bit: some may be limited splicing and some may be heavy on the splices. One common thread, however, is how hard it is to track all of this information. While inside plant…

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What Does DCIM Stand For?

What Does DCIM Stand For?

By - August 24, 2018

Call me old school or just call me old: when DCIM first started making headlines here and there, I never really understood the acronym. What does it stand for and what does it really mean? DCIM stands for ‘Data Center Infrastructure Management’. Why is it ‘DCIM’ for ‘Data Center Infrastructure Management’ anyways? My best guess…

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Network Diagram Software 101

Network Diagram Software 101

By - August 23, 2018

If you manage a complicated network, or if you’re establishing one, network diagrams are a necessity. A good network diagram defines the network’s structure and layout using a variety of symbols that represent the devices and connections between them. A ‘completed’ network diagram for a complex network will, most likely, have hundreds of symbols —…

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Can You Diagram the Network with Visio?

Can You Diagram the Network with Visio?

By - August 17, 2018

If you manage a network, you know (all too well) that IT documentation is one of those things you need to do but never seem to have the time to get done. It can be an especially daunting (and joyless) task if you plan to diagram and document with Visio network diagrams. That being said,…

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Why You May Not Need DCIM

Why You May Not Need DCIM

By - August 14, 2018

So, you think maybe it’s time for DCIM. Costs are getting out of control, troubleshooting problems abound, capacity planning is not going well, and you have zombie servers attacking your data center. DCIM can be a sizeable investment — and before you sign on the dotted line, it’s crucial to ensure that 1. you find…

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