ROI for Network Documentation & DCIM Software: DCIM Analysis
By Jan Durnhofer - December 30, 2021In this blog, the fourth part in our ROI series, we’ll do a return on investment (ROI) analysis for Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software. If your main pain point is a lack of control over your Data Center spending, inefficient use of your space, power and cooling — and/or overall deficient asset and cabling…
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ROI for Network Documentation & DCIM Software: Network Mapping Analysis
By Jan Durnhofer -In this, the second blog of the ROI series, we’ll do a return on investment (ROI) analysis for network documentation and network mapping software. If your main pain point is a lack of IT and network visibility and you need a better way to document and map your network and you were looking at netTerrain…
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ROI for Network Documentation & DCIM Software: Basics
By Jan Durnhofer -Whether your organization is investing in a network documentation system, or a data center infrastructure management (DCIM) system (or something similar), chances are that, to secure funding for purchasing the software, you may need a certain level of approval. While it may seem painfully obvious to you as to why operations will run a lot…
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Easily Visualize Your Data Center Floor Plan
By Jan Durnhofer - December 23, 2021One of the things that you may want to document in a Data Center Infrastructure Management System (DCIM) like our software netTerrain is how objects like racks or power equipment are distributed in a data center floor plan. When you’re documenting a data center floor plan, there are lots of objects that you may want…
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3 Big Fat Myths About DCIM Software
By Fred Koh - December 21, 2021Here at Graphical Networks, we make netTerrain Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) software: it’s used by hundreds of organizations to document and manage their data centers space, power, and cabling capacity. It can be used to not only document your data center rooms, but also your telecom rooms and even your office floor space too….
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Scanning QR Codes in Your Data Center Using netTerrain
By Jan Durnhofer -With the release of version 9.1, netTerrain has a new feature for scanning QR codes using the netTerrain mobile app. The ability to scan QR codes is most useful in a data center environment (as you may want to quickly identify and locate a device in your IT inventory — for example: you may want…
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Why It’s Easier to Succeed with DCIM than You Think
By Fred Koh - December 1, 2021Data Center Infrastructure Management Software (DCIM): when you think of DCIM, what comes to mind? Expensive? Complicated? Way too much work to even get up off the ground? Difficult to convince your boss? Maybe it would add even more headaches to your job? Below are three key reasons as to why it’s probably a whole…
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Federal Data Centers: What You Need to Know About DCIM Software
By Fred Koh - November 18, 2021Do you manage federal data centers and need data center infrastructure management software (DCIM)? As you already know, regardless of what kind of software you need, there are certain boxes you’ve got to make sure are checked before looking at a specific solution. So, when it comes to DCIM software like netTerrain DCIM, which boxes…
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Physical Server Diagrams Explained
By Fred Koh - November 3, 2021Physical server diagrams….what are they? Physical server rack diagrams show how the equipment on the rack, such as servers, are organized and connected. Having these diagrams on deck helps take the guesswork out of finding out how network devices are connected. They also provide you with the insights you need to cut costs, reduce power…
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Cabling Headaches? Cabling Infrastructure Software Helps
By Fred Koh - October 26, 2021Go to an industry trade show or hop on Google and you may think you’re working for one of the last organizations still using spreadsheets and/or Visio diagrams to track your circuits and cabling infrastructure. As someone who talks to folks like you every day, I can say this with confidence: if you’re still using…
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DCIM Vendor Shake-up?!
By Fred Koh - October 25, 2021Well, that was very interesting…I just had a demo to discuss how our software (netTerrain DCIM) can help an organization that actually went with another DCIM solution ten years ago. I asked, “why are you looking at another DCIM solution if you already have one?”. Well, he said, one of the biggest players of the…
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Need a DCIM Solution? An Easy Crash Course
By Fred Koh - October 18, 2021As a DCIM solution vendor, we are often asked questions about Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM). What is DCIM? What can you do with it? How can you compare one vendor to another vendor? This fast crash course has overviews and links to resources that will help you gain a solid understanding of DCIM solutions….
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