Stop Throwing Hail Mary Passes & Just Document the Network
By Jason Sherman - October 15, 2015Ah, network documentation: one of the most tedious tasks in IT. When you have to start from square one, it’s even more tedious. It’s also incredibly important. Proper network documentation helps you troubleshoot problems faster, gets new employees up to speed and saves time (and money) dealing with contractors and advisors. In short, it’s worth it…
Learn MoreGot Zombie Devices? Don’t Call Ghostbusters…
By Jason Sherman - October 5, 2015Our last blog was Zombie Cables focusing on DCIM software… but what about zombie devices? Now, those things can be a real drain: on your electric bill, on security, on documentation and on troubleshooting problems. It’s the stuff no one really knows about. You’ve probably had a conversation like this before: “Hey Bill ,what is that…
Learn MoreHow To Start Documenting the Network Right Now
By Jason Sherman - August 27, 2015OK: so I waited and I got busy. I said tomorrow will be the day….then tomorrow came and went. Now, I have a bunch of updates to put into the system and changes and – oh – where did I leave that piece of paper on which I wrote everything down? How do you keep…
Learn MoreNetwork Documentation: Scratching Our Own Itch
By Jason Sherman - August 6, 2015It’s been awhile since we’ve blogged about network documentation. It feels especially long considering how much activity there’s been over on the other side of town, aka the DCIM camp and all of our great blogs about choosing the right DCIM software. I want to kick start something similar to the DCIM series – but in…
Learn MoreOur latest webcast: Unmarrying Visio – Automated Network Documentation
By Jan Durnhofer - February 19, 2015Check out our latest webcast: Umarrying Visio!
Learn MoreWhat Network Documentation is NOT
By Jan Durnhofer - October 14, 2014When it comes to network documentation I sometimes feel like justice Potter Stewart, referring to the threshold test for obscenity: “I know it when I see it”. Organizations come in many shapes and sizes, engineers can be very creative under tight budgets, and everybody has a different way of tackling a problem, so when you…
Learn MoreThe Importance of Having Detailed Network Diagrams
By Jan Durnhofer - September 18, 2014Ahh, the steady state life of your network documentation… Usually outdated, most of the times scattered across different uninspired drawings and Excel files to be found on the big kahoona file server (or maybe on that other folder thingy that was on the z: network drive) and always in your to-do-list, your network documentation has…
Learn MoreGraphical Networks Releases netTerrain-inspired White Paper
By Jan Durnhofer - January 1, 2014New document analyzes current problems in business network documentation; explains how company’s flagship product helps overcome those obstacles. Today’s businesses are rife with complex, unconnected technologies that threaten to hurt their performance and, worse, their profits. In its recently published white paper, titled “White Paper on netTerrain, An Automated Documentation Tool,” Graphical Networks takes an…
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