BI & Data Centers: Do You Really Need a Business Intelligence Tool?
By Fred Koh - July 5, 2023In the corporate world, business intelligence tools are frequently a topic of conversation. Several years back, our Product Manager and CEO Jan Durnhofer wrote a technical article on this topic. Check out his article here. When you think of Business Intelligence (BI), names like MicroStrategy, SAS, Microsoft, and Oracle might come to mind. These companies…
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Will Network Diagram Software Visualize Your Third-Party Apps & Data?
By Fred Koh - July 3, 2023Tired of dealing with network headaches stemming from a lack of insights and visibility? If, for example, you’re a new company network administrator, it can be a real…errr maybe downright impossible….challenge to figure out what’s installed without doing a tedious site survey, right? And let’s be honest, those spreadsheets and manual network diagrams in a…
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6 Fun Facts about netTerrain: A User-Friendly Galaxy for IT Documentation
By Adriana Lora - June 8, 2023Here at Graphical Networks, we’re all about making your life easier. Our IT & network documentation software (for networks, data centers, and fiber plants) is designed not only with functionality in mind, but also user-friendliness. Whether you’re looking to translate our platform into Klingon, model your own devices quickly, or even earn rewards just for…
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New Outside Plant Software Features in netTerrain 9.6
By Jason Sherman - May 30, 2023Our latest version of netTerrain, 9.6, introduced three key new improvements to make documenting your fiber plant even easier and more efficient: Single Strand Circuit Paths, Re-splicing and Re-re-splicing, and Circuit Creation from a Circuit Layout Record (CLR). These new enhancements are designed to simplify your tasks, increase your flexibility, and improve your overall efficiency…
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Don’t Buy DCIM Software That’s Like a Home Printer
By Fred Koh - May 23, 2023We all know the drill: you buy a home printer and before you know it, you’re locked into buying the vendor’s pricey ink for the lifespan of the printer. The printer vendor gives you only one cartridge type as an option and it’s sold at a ridiculous markup. Is there a workaround? Well, sure: you…
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Avoid Headline-Making Network Outages: Prevent Expensive Downtime
By Fred Koh - May 22, 2023There’s been a rise in news stories lately about companies experiencing network disruptions, like the infamous Southwest Airlines outage that was caused by a vendor-supplied network firewall. Headline-making incidents like this underline the need to take measures that prevent network disruptions…before you become a news story! According to the Uptime Institute, third-party outages – such…
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Resources: Easily Learn How IT Documentation/Visualization Software Helps
By Adriana Lora - May 1, 2023Need software that makes it easy to understand, manage, and visualize your fiber infrastructure, data center, or logical network? We have a boatload of resources that our team here at Graphical Networks has created to make your IT documentation/visualization buying process smooth sailing! When it comes to finding the right IT software for OSP software,…
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netTerrain Quarterly Newsletter Q2,2023
By Hannah Ash - April 27, 2023At Graphical Networks, we’re continuing our commitment to stay in touch with you, our awesome customers, on a regular basis and keep you up to date on all things netTerrain. Our second quarterly newsletter has hit the virtual presses: our sophomore issue includes a comprehensive product roadmap, engineering updates (including the scoop on our recent…
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Fiber Mapping Software: OSP vs. GIS
By Fred Koh - April 24, 2023Do you have fiber management headaches such as: not knowing how much capacity you’ve got, how much capacity you need, where everything is, or not knowing what you need to take with you to fix an issue? Need a tool that will help you easily document and manage your outside plant? Are you sick of…
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Streamline IT Asset Management (ITAM): How DCIM Software Helps
By Fred Koh - April 20, 2023Introduction: What is IT asset management (ITAM) and why you need it IT asset management (ITAM) is important because it assists organizations in managing their IT assets throughout their entire life cycle, including acquisition, maintenance, and eventual decommissioning. This ensures efficient resource allocation and effective utilization of assets. If you have headaches related to efficiency,…
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Solarwinds Users, Make Network Documentation Easy Using netTerrain
By Fred Koh - April 19, 2023Do you use Solarwinds?Are you fed up with struggling to keep track of all your network devices, their locations, and associated metadata? Having trouble managing your network documentation and visualizing the relationships between IT? netTerrain is network documentation software (and visualization) that you can use to document and visualize your network. With netTerrain, understanding and…
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Fiber Mapping Software & Fiber Strand Documentation: What, How, Why
By Fred Koh - April 18, 2023As a fiber professional, you understand the importance of documenting and mapping fiber strands in your fiber plant documentation — which involves not only documenting the plant itself but also individual fiber strands. Clear fiber documentation and mapping are crucial for troubleshooting issues and making changes to your fiber plant in the future. To manage…
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