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Review: Dartware InterMapper 5.3

If you’re looking for a product that will map your network, and help manage your network connections, then check out Aaron’s review of InterMapper 5.3 from Dartware.

Techniques for Monitoring WAN Links

Proper WAN link monitoring involves keeping track of three key metrics: availability, utilization, and latency. This tutorial provides an overview of the basics of effective WAN monitoring.

New Software Release: dopplerVUE 2.1 from Kratos Networks

A new version of the dopplerVUE network management system was released last week by Kratos Networks. Aimed at “business-class” users, dopplerVUE 2.1 includes features like automated discovery and mapping, fault and performance monitoring, and more.

Review: Apparent Networks – PathView Cloud

PathView Cloud excels at monitoring connectivity. It maintains a dashboard for each path that displays important information like Available Capacity and Latency, as well as number of hops to destination, and performance per-hop.

Review: CA eHealth Performance Manager 6.1

Aaron takes an in-depth look at Computer Associates’ eHealth Performance Manager 6.1 Suite. Read on for his take on how eHealth stacks up.

Ipswitch Releasing WhatsVirtual 2.0 in July

One tool that has unified virtual and traditional server managment is a plugin for the WhatsUp Gold monitoring platform, called WhatsVirtual.  And Ipswitch, makers of WhatsUp Gold, announced this week that an update to their WhatsVirtual plugin for WhatsUp Gold would be released on July 13, 2010.  The update adds a large number of powerful features to the plugin, making it easier to monitor virtual machines more effectively.

New Engineer’s Toolkit from the Makers of WhatsUp Gold

Ipswitch recently announced the launch of a new “Engineer’s Toolkit” for later this month. The toolkit promises to make network design, discovery, day-to-day management and troubleshooting easier by combining a wide range of common functions into a single application.

SNMP Tutorial Part 2: Rounding Out the Basics

Aaron covers Part 2 of our SNMP Basics series. This tutorial will help you understand basic SNMP terminology, and additional basic SNMP concepts.

SolarWinds Releases Orion Network Performance Monitor 10

Orion NPM 10 from Solarwinds has just dropped and its packed with new goodies including a cool mapping feature previously only available in their LANsurveyor product.

New Free Tool from SolarWinds: SAN Monitor

Solarwinds has just released a new free tool: SAN Monitor. The new utility tracks storage asset information, including array name, model, manufacturer, serial number, firmware version, number of controllers, number of disks (allocated and spare), and total raw capacity.