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Intermapper Application for Splunk Answers Need for Log Analytics in Network Management

By Shamus McGillicuddy on Wed, 09/07/2016

The Intermapper application for Splunk brings together Intermapper's robust network monitoring software with Splunk's high-powered searches and analysis of data stores.

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Does Your Robot Schedule Have Old Jobs That Never Run?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

When it comes to cleaning up these old Robot Schedule jobs, the best way is to use a SQL statement that you can run from STRSQL. This article will show you how.

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Do You Need Enterprise Scheduling Software?

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/30/2016

Job scheduling was simpler when you only needed to worry about your IBM i (AS400) server and its batch processes, but several dynamics have changed over the past decade which have forced us into worrying about processes on other platforms.

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Can File Events Automatically Populate Reserved Command Variables?

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

A powerful feature of Robot Schedule file monitoring is the ability to capture the file name and path information, and use it in a file transfer, copy or delete operation, or combination of commands.

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File Monitoring and Other Features of Robot Schedule 12

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Let’s say you have a bank transmission or FTP process that occurs randomly throughout the day. How do you monitor that activity? OPAL? CLP scripts? Not anymore!

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Automate the Un-Automatable

By Chuck Losinski on Tue, 08/30/2016

Automated job scheduling means your batch jobs run smoothly and your stress level goes down, but that’s only half the battle if you’re using labor-intensive, interactive applications that require you to fill out screens to submit a job.

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Why IT Departments Benefit from Upgrading to SNMPv3

By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 08/29/2016

Upgrading to SNMPv3 is a best practice for most organizations, but that doesn't make it the easiest transition. Learn how Intermapper can help you successfully upgrade to and deploy SNMPv3.

Get great network mapping software support. Here’s 7 questions to ask prospective vendors.

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7 Questions to Ask About the Support Your Network Mapping Software Provides

By Kevin Jackson on Mon, 08/29/2016

The best network mapping software offers great support. What should great support include? Here are seven questions to ask potential software vendors about the support they provide their users.

Here’s how network monitoring probes work and why they’re important.

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Everything You Need to Know About Network Probes

By Kevin Jackson on Wed, 08/24/2016

What are probes, how do they work, and why are they so essential to network monitoring?

Learn the benefits of using network monitoring with document management

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How Network Monitoring and Document Management Work Together

By Kevin Jackson on Wed, 08/24/2016

Maximize productivity and amp up your security by using network monitoring and document management solutions together.

Keep compliant with our comprehensive network monitoring tool

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How Intermapper Helps Businesses Stay Compliant

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Keeping up with compliance regulations from governing bodies or your own internal team is essential to prevent security breaches and hefty fines. Learn how our network monitoring software can help keep your business compliant.

Learn how to get the most out of your network monitoring software by streamlining

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5 Steps to Streamline Your Network Monitoring Process

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Learn five ways to maximize the efficiency of your network monitoring solution and streamline its implementation to make sure it's keeping your network as healthy as possible.

Learn about the three key tenets of network optimization

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How to Achieve Optimal Network Performance

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Learn three key tenets of network optimization and how a network monitoring software can assist in this task.

7 basics about network monitoring every IT professional should know

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7 Network Monitoring Basics Every IT Professional Should Know

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Every organization has a network. Whether you’re a new IT professional or seasoned in technology management, here are seven network monitoring basics you should know.

Learn how to make the move to IPv6 a smooth transition

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The Impact of IPv6 on Network Management

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

With the unstoppable growth of IP-enabled devices, the move to IPv6 has been on the minds of network administators for years. Learn how to prepare for the future with the right software in place.

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Why Businesses Thrive When they Monitor and Report on Network Performance

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Far too many organizations fail to take the proactive approach to network oversight. Learn how monitoring and reporting on network performance helps keep business thriving and customers happy.

Tips on explaining the benefits of network monitoring software

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Tips for Getting the Budget Greenlight on the Network Monitoring Tools You Need

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Getting budgets approved is no easy feat--especially when it comes to software. Here are a few benefits of network monitoring software that can be useful when making a case to upper management.

See what free probes Intermapper has to offer

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Our Top 5 Favorite Probes

By Kevin Jackson on Fri, 08/19/2016

Intermapper comes with 150 built-in probes. From SNMP Traffic probes to Host Resources probes, see which ones made our top five list.

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Trigger Events with a File in Robot Schedule 12

By Tom Huntington on Fri, 08/19/2016

Robot Schedule version 12 makes monitoring for file events and setting them up as dependencies a very simple process.

Web Based GUI

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User Interfaces: GUI vs. WUI

By Tom Huntington on Tue, 08/16/2016

You might be asking yourself, “What’s a WUI?” At Robot, WUI stands for web user interface, and we think it has some big benefits that are giving the GUI a run for its money.