Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint

Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint

By - July 24, 2023

Power 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…

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Will Network Diagram Software Visualize Your Third-Party Apps & Data?

Will Network Diagram Software Visualize Your Third-Party Apps & Data?

By - July 3, 2023

Tired 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…

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New Outside Plant Software Features in netTerrain 9.6

New Outside Plant Software Features in netTerrain 9.6

By - May 30, 2023

Our 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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Don’t Buy DCIM Software That’s Like a Home Printer

Don’t Buy DCIM Software That’s Like a Home Printer

By - May 23, 2023

We 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…

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Fiber Mapping Software: OSP vs. GIS

Fiber Mapping Software: OSP vs. GIS

By - April 24, 2023

Do you have fiber management headaches such as: not knowing how much capacity you’ve got, how much capacity you need, where everything is, or not knowing what you need to take with you to fix an issue? Need a tool that will help you easily document and manage your fiber plant? Are you sick of…

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Streamline IT Asset Management (ITAM): How DCIM Software Helps

Streamline IT Asset Management (ITAM): How DCIM Software Helps

By - April 20, 2023

Introduction: What is IT asset management (ITAM) and why you need it IT asset management (ITAM) is important because it assists organizations in managing their IT assets throughout their entire life cycle, including acquisition, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning. This ensures efficient resource allocation and effective utilization of assets. If you have headaches related to efficiency,…

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Fiber Mapping Software & Fiber Strand Documentation: What, How, Why

Fiber Mapping Software & Fiber Strand Documentation: What, How, Why

By - April 18, 2023

As a fiber professional, you understand the importance of documenting and mapping fiber strands in your fiber plant documentation — which involves not only documenting the plant itself but also individual fiber strands. Clear fiber documentation and mapping are crucial for troubleshooting issues and making changes to your fiber plant in the future. To manage…

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Network Discovery vs. Network Monitoring

Network Discovery vs. Network Monitoring

By - March 24, 2023

Hey, new network Admin! Congrats on your new gig! So, when you fire up your computer and start digging into the company’s network, do you ever feel like you’re Peter in Office Space, trying to figure out what the heck is going on with the TPS reports? Are you desperately searching for spreadsheets and Visio…

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Industry Spotlight: Fiber Mapping Software for Municipalities

Industry Spotlight: Fiber Mapping Software for Municipalities

By - March 23, 2023

Municipalities play a critical role in ensuring smooth operations within their communities — from managing communication networks to essential services like fire and police stations. With technology rapidly advancing, the demand for fiber, and demands on the folks who manage fiber, have never been greater. If you manage municipal fiber, hats off to you: your…

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Fiber Mapping Software: Time to Upgrade from Google Earth and Spreadsheets?

Fiber Mapping Software: Time to Upgrade from Google Earth and Spreadsheets?

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Over the years, we’ve been to countless meetings discussing various organizations’ need for an Outside Plant (OSP) solution, we’ve attended many BICSI events, and have many of netTerrain customers using netTerrain to manage their fiber plant (close to 400 organizations!). So, what are the main fiber plant headaches that many companies are trying to solve…

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Reducing Data Center Carbon Footprint with DCIM & PUE – A Comprehensive Guide

Reducing Data Center Carbon Footprint with DCIM & PUE – A Comprehensive Guide

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Did you know that data centers account for a whopping 2% of all global carbon emissions? Here in the US alone, 0.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to data centers. That’s more than the emissions of the airline industry! Data centers are one of the largest consumers of electricity worldwide, with all the…

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Upgrading IT Documentation/Visualization Software Shouldn’t Be Hard

Upgrading IT Documentation/Visualization Software Shouldn’t Be Hard

By - March 8, 2023

IT visualization and documentation software is essential for successful troubleshooting, capacity planning, cost control, and security, among other things. To keep up with today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, it’s crucial to keep your IT visualization and documentation software up-to-date with the latest vendor version. However, upgrading can be a daunting task, if your vendor does…

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