Tag: management

Ensuring Network Security and Compliance using DeviceExpert

With increasing security threats to mission-critical network resources and serious legal consequences of information mis-management, enterprises everywhere are required not just to follow standard practices, internal security policies, stringent Government regulations and industrial guidelines, but also demonstrate that the policies are enforced and network devices remain compliant to the policies defined. Ensuring compliance has become a priority for network administrators nowadays.

Tip of the week: Ping Retries and Port Check options to cut down false positives

We had earlier looked at the network availability check and url availability check options that help reduce false alarms in Applications Manager. This week we will take a look at a couple more options that could be useful in certain situations. 1

Get real-time control on device configuration changes using DeviceExpert

Enterprises depend on network availability for business continuity. In heterogeneous networks, administrators face numerous challenges in properly managing the device configurations, carrying out changes, ensuring compliance to regulations, and in minimizing network downtime triggered by human errors. Particularly, faulty or unauthorized configuration changes often wreak havoc to the business continuity. Hence detecting changes and having complete control is a crucial task.

Do you still keep your administrative passwords in text files and spread sheets?

Modern IT and other enterprises are heavily dependent on servers, databases, network devices, security infrastructure and other software applications for their day-to-day operations. These infrastructure are accessed and controlled through administrative passwords.

Voice Quality Monitoring – Do you need it? Vote to choose if NetFlow Analyzer should have this module

Virtual workplace and telecommuting (in very simple terms, this means working from home) are 2 key words enterprises have been hearing a lot about recently. According to a study underwritten by Intel, 84% of decision makers expect demand for telework to increase in the next 3 years