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DCIM: What’s the Cost? What are the Options?
By Fred Koh - February 1, 2019Exploring DCIM software and trying to figure out the pricing from your DCIM vendors shouldn’t take a rocket scientist.In this blog, we will discuss: the specific items you should be looking for in a quote, what is included, are there any modules needed to fulfill your needs, and any hidden costs associated with your shiny…
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The DCIM Competitive Analysis Gone Wrong (Part Two)
By Jan Durnhofer - February 27, 2018This article continues our previous blog on why we don’t engage in competitive analyses; it is designed to give you an example of why an ‘us vs. them’ DCIM vendor comparison fails. Let’s break it down. First, here’s a link to a competitive analysis on netTerrain from another vendor (who’s never used netTerrain). Now, let’s…
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Why We Won’t Waste Your Time with a DCIM Competitive Analysis (Part One)
By Jan Durnhofer -Sometimes a prospect asks us if we can give them a competitive analysis: you know, how we stack up against some other DCIM competitor. I totally get why we’re asked for these; it is part of the usual song and dance and many organizations want them. We’re not immune: in fact, we have something like…
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Buying DCIM? If You Overlook This, You’ll End Up Stuck
By Jan Durnhofer - March 15, 2016In this 3rd part of our 8 part blog series, we’ll explore the process of creating an entire Data Center hierarchy – everything from a world level map down to sites, Data Center buildings, floors, racks, devices and ports. Though you may not pay much attention to hierarchies when you’re first on the market for…
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Graphical Networks Releases netTerrain-inspired White Paper
By Jan Durnhofer - January 1, 2014New document analyzes current problems in business network documentation; explains how company’s flagship product helps overcome those obstacles. Today’s businesses are rife with complex, unconnected technologies that threaten to hurt their performance and, worse, their profits. In its recently published white paper, titled “White Paper on netTerrain, An Automated Documentation Tool,” Graphical Networks takes an…
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