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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Need to Design Server Rack Diagrams? Read This.
By Fred Koh - September 19, 2023There are many programs out there where you can create and manage your data center/telecom room rack diagrams. From placing servers, patch panels, switches, routers, PDUs, into the racks, having rack diagrams helps Data Center Managers and Network Managers to see how much space is available to place new equipment. But — there is more…
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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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An OSP Solution for Everyone, Not Just for Telcos
By Fred Koh - August 2, 2023So…are you the main network person who has all of the knowledge of your company’s infrastructure and….you’re about set to sail to your golden years (and, as a pre-retirement present, your boss has tasked you to start putting everything in your brain into a solution where all of your knowledge will be retained for your…
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Lowering Your PUE Goes Way Beyond Just Your Carbon Footprint
By Fred Koh - July 24, 2023Power 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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