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6 IT Survival Tips from a 25-Year Education Expert
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 06/19/2017
How can you survive and succeed as an IT leader? "As IT-ET leaders we need to strive for 99.9999% uptime and the best quality of service that empowers educators to design and engage our students in modern teaching, learning, and assessment practices."
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IT Maturity
By Per Bauer on Fri, 06/16/2017
What are your optimization goals?
An optimization initiative is typically triggered by one of the drivers listed below and the focus is dictated by your overall business objectives. But singlehandedly focusing on one objective may negatively impact your capabilities in the other areas. This can reduce the overall service quality and offer limited to no real value. In order to achieve concurrent...
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Why Dynamic Network Mapping Always Beats Microsoft Visio
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 06/16/2017
As IT environments grow in size and complexity, keeping an eye on performance has never been more vital. Here are five reasons why dynamic network mapping software is the best tool for the job.
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How to Drive Business Value with Capacity Management
By Per Bauer
Today’s businesses—and IT environments—are complex. Technology is changing rapidly, which makes it all the more difficult to manage. You may have considered capacity management to right-size your IT environment. But you might be wondering, “What do I get out of this?” Find out how capacity management will have an impact on your bottom line (and beyond).
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How to Control Your Cloud Deployment
By Per Bauer
Watch this on-demand webinar to learn why cloud deployments are more expensive than expected, what is contributing tot he high cost of cloud and how to gain control and optimize your cloud deployment.
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Intermapper Overview: Quick Feature Videos
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 06/12/2017
Need a quick introduction to what Intermapper can do? These short videos will walk you through what Intermapper is, how to create maps, automating tasks with Intermapper, and more.
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Intermapper vs. NetBrain: How Do They Stack Up?
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 05/26/2017
You’ll find multiple tools that do network mapping, monitoring, and automation. Intermapper and NetBrain are two of them. Find out what they do and how to choose the right one for you.
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Monitor Your Wireless Network Equipment with Intermapper
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 05/12/2017
Monitor wireless access points, backhauls, routers, and more with Intermapper. Real-time visibility into your device statuses helps you maintain reliable connectivity at all times.
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Need a Linux Network Monitoring Tool? Here's What to Look For
By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 04/28/2017
Is your organization running technology on the Linux operating system? From user-friendliness to flexible monitoring, make sure your Linux network monitoring tool has the features you need to ensure availability for your servers, hardware, and applications.
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What You Need to Know About IPv6 in 2017
What will push the industry past the tipping point? Should you be preparing your transition now? Get up to speed with all things IPv6 in this video.
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Stay Connected to Your Network with Remote Monitoring
Remote network access could simplify your life and help you improve uptime. Find out why and how in this on-demand webinar.
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Network Monitoring Software for Windows: 6 Must-Have Features
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 04/03/2017
Choose a Windows network monitoring tool that is easy to install, user-friendly, and flexible.
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Speedy Network Remediation with Intermapper and Automate
By Kevin Jackson on Thu, 03/30/2017
Learn how to cut your remediation time from hours to minutes thanks to a seamless interface between two Fortra products, Intermapper and Automate.
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6 Ways to Calculate Returns from your Network Monitoring Investment
How do you calculate the return on investment (ROI) of a network monitoring software? Learn the problems a network monitoring solution can solve and how to easily calculate its ROI.
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The Top 11 Network Automation Examples
By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 03/27/2017
As your network grows in size and complexity, automation can free up network administrators from repetitive, manual tasks to focus on more strategic, fulfilling projects.
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How to Go from Simple to Strategic Capacity Management
By Per Bauer on Fri, 03/17/2017
Capacity Management Strategies
If IT was like a restaurant…then capacity management should be like the restaurant manager (aka Maître D’).
Unfortunately, too many organizations are using capacity management as the clean-up department. When something goes wrong, capacity management fixes it. And while that used to work, that’s not the best...