Don’t End Up a Prisoner to Your IT Documentation Software
By Jason Sherman - October 15, 2019How many characters can I fit into a field? Well…let me tell you: more than you would probably ever need. Wondering what the heck I’m talking about? Drumroll, please… I mean the data you can place into a field for an object: an object might be a building or a network device such as a…
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DCIM Software: How Long Will it Really Take to Implement?
By Jason Sherman - October 11, 2019“Yeah, it all sounds great but honestly, this seems like a lot of work: how long is this DCIM project going to take us?” The above is real question from a data center manager interested in purchasing data center infrastructure management software (DCIM), we hear questions like that a lot as vendors of DCIM software….
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Procrastinating on Network Documentation? Your Ultimate Self-Help Guide
By Jason Sherman - October 4, 2019I was recently reading (ok, ok…listening, I’m lazy…) to a book. So, it was a book about habits…maybe to get some less lazy habits going on in my life, but hey: I am going off topic already! Anyway, what does me reading a book about adopting less lazy habits have to do with network documentation…
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Sick of Backhoes and Magic 8 Balls? 3 Big Reasons You Need OSP Software
By Jason Sherman - October 1, 2019“Oh, why didn’t I document my fiber…woe is me. Now, I’ve got a hole where my bytes used to be.” Ah, the reasons you may need outside plant software…as if you need more reasons you need it! That said, below are some of those real big-ticket reasons that many of our netTerrain OSP users ultimately…
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What’s in a Network Diagram? Choose Your Flavor
By Jason Sherman - September 20, 2019We get a lot of visitors to our website who want to know (Google tells us this, we’re not psychic), “what’s in a network diagram?”. This makes sense, as we make netTerrain, a leading IT and network diagram software solution — and we write about network and IT diagrams/maps all of the time. They are,…
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Sorry, Reddit: Visio is NOT the Gold Standard for Network Diagram Software
By Fred Koh - September 13, 2019Recently, I read on Reddit something alarming: someone called Visio ‘the gold standard’ for network diagram software…what? Visio, really? While Visio may be an excellent diagramming software — made for diagramming the network it is not — #sorrynotsorry as the kids say. I got out the popcorn and I kept reading the comments on this…
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The Different Flavors of Network Documentation & Network Diagram Software
By Fred Koh - September 10, 2019As the Sales Director for a software company specializing in IT visualization (Graphical Networks), I’ve come across all different aspects of network documentation and network diagram solutions. What exactly do I mean? There are so many different possibilities that it’s kind of an overload trying to find the right solution to document your network. There…
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The Story of Our Company’s Evolution
By Fred Koh - September 3, 2019From time to time, folks ask us, “How long has Graphical Networks been in business?” or “How many customers do you have” and “Can I see a product roadmap?” as well as “How did Graphical Networks get started?” These are all great questions — and, if you are evaluating a DCIM, automated network documentation, or…
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Common Questions about netTerrain DCIM
By Fred Koh - August 28, 2019In the first post in this 3-part series, we went over the basic structure of netTerrain and looked at the top questions asked about netTerrain Logical, for network diagrams and automated network documentation. In the second post, we discussed the most commonly asked questions about netTerrain OSP (Outside Plant). For this the final post in…
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Most Common Questions about netTerrain OSP (Outside Plant)
By Fred Koh - August 27, 2019In the last post, we went over the basic structure of netTerrain and looked at the top questions asked about netTerrain Logical, for network diagrams and automated network documentation. Next, let’s look at netTerrain OSP (Outside Plant). What is it? netTerrain OSP is an ideal solution to document all of your fiber cabling infrastructure —…
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Most Common Questions about netTerrain Logical
By Fred Koh - August 26, 2019As the head sales honcho here at Graphical Networks, I’m constantly answering questions about our products. Since I answer so many questions, I figured why not go ahead and create a blog series on the top five questions about netTerrain. In this article, I’ll discuss netTerrain Logical, our software for network diagrams and automated network…
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Choosing a DCIM Software: The Devil is in the Details
By Jan Durnhofer - August 23, 2019There’s a saying that goes, ‘the best marketer always wins’. And, if you think about it, this kinda makes sense. Why, exactly? Well…if you’re buying software such as data center infrastructure management software (DCIM), you typically don’t really get into the details of a software until after you’ve actually bought it. If the best marketer…
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