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The Cost of Monitoring - with the wrong tool (part 1 of 2)
or “It’s not just the cost of buying the puppy, it’s the cost of feeding the puppy that adds up” This is a story I've told out loud many times, on conference calls, and around water coolers. But I've never written it down fully until now. This is the story of how using the wrong tool for the job can cost a company so much…
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Confessions of An Upgrade Cheerleader
If you’re a SolarWinds customer, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a video of a Head Geek, passionately urging you to upgrade to the latest and greatest version Right Now. And that Head Geek is likely me. If the speaker has TV anchor hair and boundless upgrade enthusiasm, it’s almost certainly me. In dozens of videos,…
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Building the Business Case for Monitoring Tools – New Benchmark Data
Now, more than ever, the business is relying on IT to keep things afloat and innovate to grow in this new environment. To make it happen, you’ll need to do things differently and invest in people, processes, and tools. When it comes to spending, businesses are more conservative and are putting a lot more scrutiny on…
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Called to Account
As IT professionals who have a special interest in monitoring (because why ELSE would you be here on THWACK, except for maybe the snuggies and socks), we understand why monitoring - and more importantly, automation in response to monitoring events - is intrinsically useful and valuable to an organization. We understand…
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The Cost of (not) Monitoring
What does a wireless thermometer have in common with ping? Both can keep a business from losing cash. One of the ways businesses stay in business is by keeping a tight rein on costs. So, it should come as no surprise that convincing executives to allocate budget money toward IT monitoring software can be a challenge. To…
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The Cost of Monitoring (but not Automating)
OR: "Don’t just sit there, DO something!" If you have used a monitoring tool for any length of time, you are certainly comfortable setting up new devices like servers, routers, switches and the like. Adding sub-elements—disks, interfaces, and the like are probably a snap for you. There’s a good chance you’ve set up your…
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Improve ROI for Network Change & Configuration Management
As networks grow, manual network configuration and change management (NCCM) becomes extremely cumbersome and can cause costly network downtime. Network administrators using manual processes can experience: * Increased time and effort to manage the growing number of devices * Human errors causing network outage and loss of…
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ROI for IP Address Management
“Over 52% of IT infrastructure pros other than networking cited IP address provisioning as being a task that took the most time to accomplish.” - Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) Too often, IPAM solutions have been considered to be optional and not business critical. Most companies continue to try and make do with…
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Calculating ROI for Network Management and Monitoring
People often need a solid justification in terms of return on investment (ROI) while making a purchase decision. With increasing complexity in IT infrastructure, administrators are asked to do more with less, as well as show a tangible ROI for investment made on IT, by rightsizing their network management system. How do…
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Why does the world need another file sharing solution?
Now that SolarWinds has released its own ad hoc file sharing solution, where does it fit in an increasingly crowded market? What Exactly IS File Sharing? When we're talking about file sharing, we're talking about the ability for individual end users to send files to other people: literally to ANYONE with an email address,…