Managing Fiber Capacity: Free Webinar Presented with BICSI
By Hannah Ash - November 15, 2023Graphical Networks is excited to partner with BICSI for an upcoming webinar titled “Managing Fiber Capacity.” This event continues our collaboration with BICSI, an organization dedicated to advancing the information and communications technology (ICT) community. Hosted by BICSI, the webinar features Jan Durnhofer, our CEO and Product Manager here at Graphical Networks, as the main…
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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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Exploring netTerrain: Your Guide to Discovery Calls, Demos & Free Trials
By Adriana Lora - October 2, 2023In the world of IT visualization and documentation like DCIM, network diagrams, and fiber mapping, software like netTerrain stands out for its deep ability to fit your work, custom configurations, any apps you use and your team like a glove — plus, its powerful visualizations and user-centric (not just user-friendly) interface. netTerrain’s great but it’s…
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Unlock Capacity: Discover netTerrain DCIM at Data Center World 2024!
By Hannah Ash - September 26, 2023The Graphical Networks team is excited to announce that, once again, we’ll be returning as exhibitors at AFCOM’s Data Center World 2024 Conference. This year, the conference is set to take place from April 15 to 18, 2024, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.—not far from our headquarters here in Maryland….
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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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Advanced Integration of ServiceNow with netTerrain
By Nadia Sharabarova - August 16, 2023ServiceNow, a cloud-based platform that provides a single view of IT, operations, and business management, is used by organizations of all sizes to automate workflows, improve efficiency, and deliver better customer experiences. As you may know, ServiceNow’s platform is based on the ITIL framework, which is a set of best practices for IT service management….
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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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