Tag Archives: network mapping
ROI Series: Calculate Your ROI from Network Mapping Software
By Jan Durnhofer - December 30, 2021In this blog series, we’re diving into return-on-investment analyses for network mapping and data center infrastructure software. If network documentation and network mapping software can solve your pain points, then this blog and the previous one are for you. If you’re looking for savings in the Data Center, rack documentation, cabling, power and cooling and…
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The Automated Network Mapping Software Checklist
By Fred Koh - August 27, 2021Before you buy automated network mapping software (software that helps network operations to understand all the devices on a network and how they are interconnected through network discovery), you typically go through the process of making sure you really need it, make the case to the bosses upstairs that they really need to fund it,…
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2021: The Year of the Network Diagram
By Fred Koh - January 4, 2021This past year, the need for automated network diagrams and documentation has really been brought to the attention of many organizations — especially with what’s going on with this great world of ours: the pandemic, the different phases of the way we live, and the complete lockdowns. When was the last time you were in…
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Meet Your SLAs with Network Diagram Software
By Fred Koh - November 19, 2020Ever set out to fix a common household problem like a leaky faucet? How much of that time do you spend actually fixing the problem — and how much of the time do you spend trying to figure out what’s wrong, where exactly the leak is coming from, which part you need, and so on….
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Not All Network Documentation is the Same
By Fred Koh - February 7, 2020When I’m talking to network engineers about documenting the network, I always ask the following question, “what does network documentation mean to you?” The responses I get range from: “I just want to document my routers and switches and be able to show this to management” ”I need to document everything — from office workstations,…
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What is Network Diagram Software?
By Fred Koh - January 24, 2020Our IT visualization software netTerrain allows our users to create a wide variety of network diagrams — because of this we get a fair amount of search traffic to our website who want to know what is network diagram software, anyways? Before we launch into a long-winded and incredibly exciting (yes, I’m being sarcastic) explanation…
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What’s in a Network Diagram? Choose Your Flavor
By Jason Sherman - September 20, 2019We get a lot of visitors to our website who want to know (Google tells us this, we’re not psychic), “what’s in a network diagram?”. This makes sense, as we make netTerrain, a leading IT and network diagram software solution — and we write about network and IT diagrams/maps all of the time. They are,…
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Music to Listen to While Documenting Your Network (Jan’s Take)
By Jan Durnhofer - September 27, 2018I think my colleague Jason wrote something about this in his own blog….well, I am no less of a music freak. I am, after all, the proud owner of close to 15,000 vinyl records (you read that right, no extra zeros there). 10,000 of those are catalogued on Discogs, by the way (check it out)….
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How to Keep Your Network Diagram Project Right-Sized
By Jason Sherman - May 17, 2018When it comes to mapping and diagramming the network, is there such a thing as inviting ‘too many people to the party’? Of course, it’s always more fun to invite others to your (network documentation) party…and, of course, sometimes you have to. Sometimes, however, it is more effective to start small and do just what…
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When You Can’t Google the Network
By Jason Sherman - April 3, 2018Need to find an answer to your network question quickly? How would you find it? These days, we’re used to being able to get the answers to our questions in seconds (thanks, Google). Need to know where the nearest Indian restaurant is when you’re driving through the middle of nowhere (this happened to me recently)….?…
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How to Keep the Network Compliant with Security Standards
By Jason Sherman - March 26, 2018Is your network in compliance with industry security standards such as the PCI Data Security Standard? These standards exist to safeguard sensitive information from vulnerabilities. The PCI Data Security Standard exists to ensure that organizations handling credit cards keep information secure in the following ways: Ensure Secure Networks and Systems Secure/Protect Cardholder Data Manage Vulnerability…
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Why My Uber Driver Quit Working as a Network Engineer
By Hannah Ash - March 19, 2018So…I had an interesting ride this morning: my car is in the shop and I used Uber. I had a great ride and my driver got five stars and a tip from me — but that’s besides the point. Over the course of our conversation, he shared that he was a relatively new driver for…
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