APIs for Network Mapping: Get More Accomplished
By Jason Sherman - August 7, 2018On Fridays, I kick back for a few, take a break from the daily grind of network mapping and diagrams… and hit up Blogpost Friday over on Reddit. After enough wasted time – I mean ‘invested’ time – I found a great article on automation and APIs. This blog takes a hard look at the…
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Movies that Desperately Needed Network Diagrams
By Jason Sherman - August 6, 2018Sometimes, we all want to see the kind of work we do up on the big silver screen. Although the life of a network engineer isn’t as glamorous as say, the life of an international spy….we still have those dramatic moments at work from time to time (hey: I’m sure there were some Hollywood-worthy lines…
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To Reduce Cybersecurity Risks, You Need to Know What’s In The Network
By Jason Sherman - August 2, 2018Exciting developments at foot in the world of cyber security: the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed the Cybersecurity Framework, which is a voluntary framework with standards, guidelines, and practices for managing (and mitigating) cybersecurity risks. If you haven’t heard about it, here’s the Cliff Notes version: The Cybersecurity Framework began back in…
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How to Translate netTerrain to Klingon – DCIM, Outside Plant, Network Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - July 20, 2018Every once in a while, we all need to translate something into Klingon. With netTerrain, you can do this. In this blog (and video – click here to watch it), you’ll learn how to localize strings in netTerrain: in other words, how you can translate netTerrain DCIM, Logical (networking mapping), and OSP (outside plant software)…
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A Crash Course in DCIM Software
By Hannah Ash - July 16, 2018DCIM: what is it, where did it come from, and what can you do with it? In this ‘crash course in DCIM’, we’ll look at the history of DCIM, what managers used before the software, if DCIM is delivering on its promises, and what, exactly, you can do with it. In the Beginning: Early Data…
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The OSI Model: Introduction
By Hannah Ash - July 13, 2018When it comes to things to be excited about in this world, learning about the Open Systems Interconnection Model (OSI) probably ranks somewhere between Tacos Tuesday (very exciting) and yeah getting a tooth pulled (very painful). If you’re reading this, you’re probably not getting a tooth pulled — so hey: life is looking up for…
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Graphical Networks Announces Partnership with Siemon
By Fred Koh - July 11, 2018After a search for the right data center hardware manufacturer with whom to partner, Graphical Networks is pleased to announce it has partnered with Siemon, a leading network infrastructure specialist. This partnership will afford Siemon’s customers the ability to manage, control, and document the data center. As an industry leader in network infrastructure, Siemon specializes…
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What is a Network Diagram?
By Jason Sherman - June 29, 2018As a software vendor specializing in IT documentation, we get a decent amount of website visitors who find our site while searching for specific explanations of what, exactly, network diagrams are…so we figured: why not write about them in-depth… Learn the in’s and out’s of network diagrams: what they are, how they’re used, how to…
Learn MoreWebinar Registration: Manage Your Inside & Outside Plant
By Hannah Ash - June 25, 2018To accomodate a variety of different time zones and schedules, we are offering this webinar at three different times. Choose the time that works the best for you! Manage Your Inside & Outside Plant Webinar – First Session: Time Zone: 10 AM Sydney 6/29 5 PM Los Angeles 6/28 8 PM New York City 6/28…
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Dashboards for DCIM, Outside Plant, and Network Mapping Software
By Jan Durnhofer -netTerrain Dashboards (also called reports) are collections of gadgets showing aggregated data from the netTerrain database. These dashboards are accessed from the netTerrain project with a simple click (as we will see below). Whether it’s for DCIM, network mapping and documentation, or outside plant dashboards offer a very powerful visual way of aggregating and displaying…
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What is DCIM? DCIM Software 101
By Fred Koh - June 15, 2018DCIM, which stands for Data Center Infrastructure Management, gives data center managers a central repository from which they can manage their data centers’ assets, space, power, cabling, cooling, and downtime. DCIM makes managing the ever-expanding ecosystems in data centers less daunting: with DCIM software, cable and circuit outages can be traced and resolved, new equipment…
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How To: Network Diagrams with Visio & Spreadsheets
By Jason Sherman - June 12, 2018If you’re a network engineer trying to manage the network — without automated network diagramming software — let me tip my hat to you: you’re probably better qualified than I am to write the introduction to this blog. Network engineers everywhere know, all too well, the pain of troubleshooting, fixing network outages and issues when…
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