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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Beam Me Up, Scotty: Migrating to a New DCIM Solution
By Fred Koh - April 3, 2023Are you lost in space: stuck with an outdated DCIM system, and feeling like you’re aboard a malfunctioning starship? Perhaps you’re dealing with high costs, limited features, poor customer service, or your DCIM vendor has been acquired or discontinued support (or, maybe even worse, you’ve received no communications from your vendor in a long time…
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netTerrain 9.6: Rich Text Support, OSP Upgrades, & More
By Jan Durnhofer - March 31, 2023The eagle has landed once again: we’re thrilled to announce the release of netTerrain 9.6! Packed with user-driven enhancements, Collector upgrades, and the usual mix of new features, small fixes, and improvements, this latest version of netTerrain delivers even more user-friendly tools to help you get your work done even more quickly and easily. Check…
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FAQ: netTerrain Free Trials
By Adriana Lora - March 24, 2023We get a lot of questions regarding our 14-day free trial, so here we go! Before we dive in — real quick, let’s get a couple disclaimers out of the way: First, if you are looking for a tool that will find what is on your network and need to know what it is connected…
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Network Discovery vs. Network Monitoring
By Fred Koh -Hey, new network Admin! Congrats on your new gig! So, when you fire up your computer and start digging into the company’s network, do you ever feel like you’re Peter in Office Space, trying to figure out what the heck is going on with the TPS reports? Are you desperately searching for spreadsheets and Visio…
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Industry Spotlight: Fiber Mapping Software for Municipalities
By Fred Koh - March 23, 2023Municipalities play a critical role in ensuring smooth operations within their communities — from managing communication networks to essential services like fire and police stations. With technology rapidly advancing, the demand for fiber, and demands on the folks who manage fiber, have never been greater. If you manage municipal fiber, hats off to you: your…
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Fiber Mapping Software: Time to Upgrade from Google Earth and Spreadsheets?
By Fred Koh -Over the years, we’ve been to countless meetings discussing various organizations’ need for an Outside Plant (OSP) solution, we’ve attended many BICSI events, and have many of netTerrain customers using netTerrain to manage their fiber plant (close to 400 organizations!). So, what are the main fiber plant headaches that many companies are trying to solve…
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Reducing Data Center Carbon Footprint with DCIM & PUE – A Comprehensive Guide
By Fred Koh -Did you know that data centers account for a whopping 2% of all global carbon emissions? Here in the US alone, 0.5% of total greenhouse gas emissions are attributed to data centers. That’s more than the emissions of the airline industry! Data centers are one of the largest consumers of electricity worldwide, with all the…
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Upgrading IT Documentation/Visualization Software Shouldn’t Be Hard
By Fred Koh - March 8, 2023IT visualization and documentation software is essential for successful troubleshooting, capacity planning, cost control, and security, among other things. To keep up with today’s rapidly changing technology landscape, it’s crucial to keep your IT visualization and documentation software up-to-date with the latest vendor version. However, upgrading can be a daunting task, if your vendor does…
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Industry Spotlight: DCIM for Healthcare & Hospitals
By Fred Koh - February 20, 2023As a data center manager in healthcare, you certainly face unique IT challenges that require specialized solutions — hats off to you! From regulatory compliance to uptime and critical patient data, the stakes are high. Not to mention the explosion in reliance upon technology that the recent pandemic helped bring about — from telehealth to…
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Discover How netTerrain Can Cut Your Cloud Costs at Our Free DC Lunch & Learn, April 27th
By Hannah Ash - February 15, 2023If you’re based in the DC Metro Area (DMV), we’ve got some exciting news: the team here at Graphical Networks is hosting a free in-person Lunch & Learn event on April 27th at Maggiano’s Little Italy in Chevy Chase, and we’d love for you to attend. At the event, we’ll be discussing how our software,…
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Graphical Networks Exhibits at Data Center World in May, ‘23
By Hannah Ash - February 13, 2023After a hiatus from exhibiting at AFCOM’s Data Center World, our team is excited to announce the return to the upcoming conference in Austin, Texas from May 8-11. Our team will exhibit our flagship software suite netTerrain at the conference, netTerrain DCIM. Used by leading industry giants and small businesses alike, netTerrain is a flexible,…
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