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adding vendor images - superb, I am so gonna work out that feature

mcam wrote: Which ever side you sit on, letting your users know has to be paramount, most would not even think of what they are sending over the network. Having said all of that, this would only apply to BYOD - if its corporate owned then its mine all mine I could not agree more. I have users though that embody what you…

definitely agree on a sea of alerts that cause all to be ignored. I have several alerts configured that I use for reactive as well as proactive response. I have alerts configured for all my nodes as any of these being down would require a reactive response. They can be considered proactive when I receive one during…

I have several custom properties I use a Custom Property named "Site" to identify which physical location my node resides. My company has 3 locations and it like to manage my nodes by their physical location I use this a lot in my views. In NCM as well I use a custom Property named "DELL_Service_Tag" to record the serial…

thank your for providing recordings

I would love to have something like this for my critical patches and connections. Hail to the spreadsheet and Visio diagrams to manage thus far ! ! !

I missed the deadline for the thwack point . . . . hoping I still get them but here are how we minimize our footprint: 1. Pay a certified and environmental authority sanctioned company to do environmentally safe disposals - server, storage, cables 2. Resell PC's to employees - PC's, laptops 3. Donate PC's to charities

I got so many but my latest 2 irks recently handed out new corporate mobile phones Laboratory Supervisor meets me in the car park LS: my phone is not working Me: what's wrong with it? LS: its not pairing with my car Me: (with a straight face) Is it able to make phone calls and send\receive corporate e-mails LS: yes Me:…

Great article in similar stride to its predecessors. Please continue to post these invaluable bits. I hope to see more in the future DPI has alerted me to anomalous activity on my network and it is something that I will continue to keep my eyes on.

I like how you created that department specific alert using a CP

Enabling NetFlow will give you some insight on what your network actually carries -- Nicolas Fischbach in Black Hat conference A more true statement has not been made

I have Solarwinds NPM, NTA, NCM, UDT These work pretty great. NTA and NCM are my core apps Intel/McAfee NSM for our IPS CheckPoint for firewalls (would love for that to be integrated in SW) To complement Solarwinds, I use Netfort LANGuardian to provide insight to network traffic beyond the reach of NTA. Such as top SMB…

did mine since long time no FB profile for me, don't think I want any thwackers looking at my weekend pics

this would be really great NCM working beyond startup and running config

VERY frustrating not having Mobile Admin support\compatibility for my Windows 8 phone

Great outline bruce.jarrett I assuming that all those components would have to be monitored by SW for a problem area to be identified. sounds complex

This is a great idea, As extrands mentioned, a natural enhancement to existing features. I would like to add\suggest that this feature have an configurable optional approval option before the changes are applied, such as VLAN membership change, speed change etc. for security and audit purposes. Especially if lower…

Muting would allow for silenced alerts. I was actually taught this in a SolarWinds training class as the lecturer saw the article on muting on thwack and thought it to be quite handy, I would also like to see a maintenance mode for the same reason that RichardLetts mentioned; to allow for accurate node availability…

good Stuff

done

"Don’t assume bad motives. Too often we assume that users are doing something they shouldn’t be and when we get the call that their computer has malware or we find something funny in the logs we treat them pretty bad. Sure, some people are jerks and try to get around the rules. But most people just want to get work done…

good intro and ummm the Love had me googling her interested where this will go in NPM . . . new way to take over the world? maybe I'll retire my IPS box?

I think this may be beneficial and would like to see it. not all switches would report the access point I don't see it in my DELL PowerConnect switches ISDP or LLDP tables

I really like this. I have done only a few UPS pollers to date, for the critical info, but really like all the additional stuff in yours. Great work and thanks for sharing

Just got my points and loving it

great idea

I manage an all-DELL PowerConnect network SFlow saved my skin once after many hair pulling, My Exchange server suddenly stopped sending outbound mail. The outbound mail queue was ridiculously large at the end of business day. We involved Microsoft support, who had different team remote in and investigate - Exchange Team,…

Here here syldra I can support that perspective anyday

I would have to add a sigh here for your point on the Admin becoming the end-user, its a dreaded thought and uncomfortable place to be as I am now tracked and monitored by a system that I do not administer, my habits are subject to sale and analysis for retail gain or security purposes. We are all tracked in some way or…

this post just reaffirm my mantra that I have been pushing for some time now - generic out-of-the box IPS will not provide the security that may be expected. instead targeted and customized packet inspection based on the target great stuff and good read keep more coming