Rafe Needleman reviews mobile apps and products for fun, and picks startups apart when he gets bored. He has evaluated thousands of new companies, most of which have since gone out of business. I'm ...

Network monitors are an absolute must-have for any network administrator. But which tool, out of the thousands, should you consider for your tool kit? Jack Wallen offers up his five favorites. Image: ...

I've been doing some searches on this topic and read a few threads here as well.I've read about Nagios, OpenNMS, Spiceworld, Cacti, MRTG, (...), but I don't know which one is best for my environment: ...

Network security monitoring software is essential because it enhances security by detecting threats in real time and ensures operational efficiency by minimizing downtime and optimizing performance.

If you’re into the server ecosystem, you may already have a couple of monitoring tools set up on your home lab. While Uptime ...

ActionPacked Networks offers free network device management software to help IT more easily configure access control lists, track traffic flow data and set quality of service metrics without depending ...

Microsoft is known for listening to feedback from its users. However, the requirement for a native Windows network speed monitor was neglected for a while and was even missing from the tech giant’s ...

If the thought of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an enterprise net management platform is getting you down, you may be relieved to know that dozens of free management tools are at your ...

If the thought of paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for an enterprise net management platform is getting you down, you may be relieved to know that dozens of free management tools are at your ...

Right now we use Sonicwall's Viewpoint (with our sonicwall routers) which digests and spits out syslog info. It works OK, but there are obvious limitations (like we have routers that don't have a ...