Category Archives: DCIM

Why Financial Institutions Can’t Afford Outdated Network and Data Center Management

In financial services IT, small documentation gaps can slow incident response and increase operational risk. If you work in financial IT, you already know (all too well) how small gaps turn into big problems…fast: A missed dependency An undocumented port An outdated rack diagram Any one of these can mean longer outages, slower audits, and…

The Changing DCIM and OSP Landscape: Why a Niche Vendor Like netTerrain Makes Sense

DCIM and OSP tools have changed in more recent years. Many of the well-known platforms reached end-of-life, merged into larger hardware ecosystems, or slowed down their development. More and more teams have started looking at DCIM alternatives, vendor-neutral options, and OSPInsight replacements because they need software that will stay consistent over time. When, to use…

DCIM & OSP Software That Actually Adapts: Why netTerrain Works

You probably chose your DCIM software or OSP software expecting it to last — reliable, adaptable, something you could count on. But the landscape’s shifted. Big vendors are merging platforms, folding smaller tools into larger ecosystems, or moving away from software-only solutions. If your system comes from one of those vendors, it’s fair to ask:…

Native Modbus TCP Support in netTerrain for DCIM Applications (Part 3): Supplied Application & Testing

In part 1 of this blog series, we went over the basics of Modbus and what support for this well-known industrial protocol exists in netTerrain DCIM, along with its limitations. In the second part of the series, we looked at the Modbus configuration process in netTerrain, as well as the Modbus configuration file. In this…

How Well Does ChatGPT Describe netTerrain?

I have to admit it: many of us at Graphical Networks have been drawn into using ChatGPT for various purposes and, as a software company with a couple tentacles into AI (watch out for AI-based device modeling coming at some point), we’ve looked at this craze closely. Since I’d like to think I know netTerrain…

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netTerrain Pricing Guide: Logical, DCIM, & OSP

We 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,…

Beyond the Demo: netTerrain’s User-Friendly Features That Deliver Big ROI

Got 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,…

Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint

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…

BI & Data Centers: Do You Really Need a Business Intelligence Tool?

In 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…

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

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…

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

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,…