How DCIM Software Improves Data Center Security
By Fred Koh - April 1, 2019My colleague Jan Durnhofer wrote an article about how to secure your DCIM solution from security attacks (click here to read it). Continuing the discussion around DCIM and security, I’d like to discuss another key aspect of security for your data center: how DCIM can help managers secure the data center from within the organization….
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netTerrain 8.1: Enhanced Discovery & Outside Plant
By Jan Durnhofer - March 27, 20198.1 is finally here and, though I hate to admit it, we are releasing it a lot later than we would have liked. We are, however, very happy with the results. With every release, we keep improving our usability and feature set as we strive to always put out nothing less than the best IT…
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netTerrain not supporting netViz (insert pet feature) !
By Jan Durnhofer - March 22, 2019Welcome back to the second installment of a new weekly update that could as well be called “self-deprecation”…this blog series is for those old geezers like me who come from the netViz world. You’ll have a laugh, I promise! Anyways, the title of this blog has already given me away: “netTerrain not supporting netViz !”…I…
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DCIM Software: Integration with Existing IT is Crucial
By Jan Durnhofer - March 21, 2019Part 1: integration methods In a recent survey of netTerrain users (from a variety of customers large and small), 100% of respondents said that they would recommend netTerrain to others. That’s right: our users use netTerrain! One of the key aspects for a successful DCIM (Data Center Infrastructure Management) implementation is its ability to be…
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netTerrain User Satisfaction Survey Results (for DCIM, OSP, Logical)
By Jan Durnhofer - March 19, 2019The netTerrain users have spoken and now it’s time to brag: we just got the results from our latest survey. For starters, exactly 0% of respondents would not recommend netTerrain to others. Yeah, that’s right: all users — but one — said that they would recommend netTerrain to others. The lone dissenter hasn’t implemented netTerrain…
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DCIM Software DCOI Compliance for U.S. Federal Data Centers
By Fred Koh - March 12, 2019netTerrain is the DCIM software of choice for numerous U.S. federal data centers and networks (check out our federal government customers here). Our users rely on netTerrain DCIM for a solution that’s both easy-to-use and affordable when they need to get their networks, and documentation, into regulatory compliance. When it comes to the Data Center…
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netTerrain Complaint of the Week: dwg files?
By Jan Durnhofer - March 1, 2019Welcome to a new weekly update in which we do something a bit odd for a vendor: expose holes in our product. We’re pulling from complaints, rants, and problems our customers have experienced using netTerrain. The goal is to discuss real-life problems netTerrain users have encountered, and by doing so, to foster a collaborative environment…
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DCIM Software: 6 Questions Before You Start Your Quest
By Fred Koh - February 28, 2019Several months back, I wrote an article about DCIM 101 — which aims to dispel some myths and cover the basics of what DCIM software is. As that article has been popular, I want to follow up and discuss the next steps in finding the right DCIM software for your organization. You may be wondering…
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What Your Favorite Network Engineer Wants for Valentine’s Day
By Hannah Ash - February 14, 2019Valentine’s Day is upon us — and, if you know anything about Cupid, he is great at finding things — like true love. Here at Graphical Networks, we’ve noticed that many of the network engineers who use our software netTerrain had to become, like Cupid, pretty great at finding needles in a haystack before they…
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Network Diagram Software: How It Benefits Your Organization’s Bottom Line
By Fred Koh - February 13, 2019I’ve written a number of articles about why network documentation is important and why it should be a priority project (instead of being sidelined and pushed as a lower priority project). At this point in my career, I’d take out a billboard ad if I thought it would help: “automated network diagram software (aka network…
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Discover your Network Like a Boss with the New netTerrain Collector
By Jan Durnhofer - February 7, 2019Up until now, the discovery of the network in netTerrain was done through the Integration Toolkit (ITK). This discovery process worked quite well across multiple scenarios; there were cases, however, where the ITK discovery fell short. What did we do? We took a look at all the instances in which our discovery had limitations. Starting…
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Need a Magic Red Button for Network Documentation? Read This.
By Fred Koh - February 6, 2019We get countless inquiries from people looking to ditch their spreadsheets and Visio diagrams: they are looking for an automated network documentation/network mapping solution. More often than not, network folks want to find the holy grail, for example: “What exactly can I discover, and can it automatically place the network device inside my data center…
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