aurembs asked:


The beginning of the 21st century was marked by an increase in the demand for more sophisticated yet user-friendly networking systems. The most common computer networks include LANs, WLANs, WANs, PANs, and GANs. A LAN is a Local Area Network that is used for small areas, like homes, offices, and schools. A WLAN, also known as a Wireless Local Area Network, allows users to move around within a larger coverage area while staying connected to the network wirelessly. The Internet is a good example of a WAN, a Wide Area Network, which covers a broad area, so users can communicate across countries. A PAN, a Personal Area Network, facilitates communication among various devices, such as telephones, fax machines, and printers. A GAN, or Global Area Network, supports mobile communications across a number of wireless LANs and areas under satellite coverage.

There are many devices you can buy in order to quickly and easily set up a computer network. The D-Link AirPlus Xtreme G DWL-2100AP is a high-speed wireless connecting system that provides a data transfer rate that is approximately 15x faster than the standard 802.11b with the D-Link 108G enhancement. This wireless access point allows you to receive a higher throughput, which aids in audio and video streaming as well as bandwidth–intense applications. D-Link also came up with a VPN router, the DIR-130 Broadband VPN Router, which lets you easily install a Virtual Private Network (VNP) at home and provides routing and firewall solutions. This VPN router uses a Dual Active Firewall, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI), and Network Address Translation (NAT) to effectively protect your network from online intruders.

Although D-Link is a very popular player among networking device manufacturers, products by EnGenius are also great buys. The EnGenius Wireless AP/Client Bridge/Router provides high wireless output power of up to 400mW. For efficient networking, this wireless router with EnGenius Client Bridge includes advanced features like a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Wireless Distribution System (WDS), and Power-over-Ethernet (PoE). The EnGenius Wireless LAN USB 2.0 Adapter delivers a power output of up to 200mW and a high-speed data transmit rate of up to 108 Mbps in super A/G mode. This wireless USB adapter also provides Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) for added data security. It is compatible with all major Windows platforms, including 98SE, ME, 2000, and XP.

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Barry Koplowitz asked:


There is a role that is needed within the IT Management Structure that is missing. In my opinion, this role could save large corporations many millions of dollars per year while contributing greatly to the overall health of all IT departments, and their personnel. While working on muti-month projects that report to senior management for corporations in many countries, I have never see anyone holding this position or performing this role.

THE PROBLEM:

In order to explain the role and where it fits in, we have to do a very fast review of a typical IT Management Hierarchical Structure. Please keep in mind that your organization may have a variation of this design and it may not reflect your structure exactly–but I bet it’s pretty close.
 


Silos: (A concept, not a role.)

This is a term I first heard used by a colleague that was COO for a major insurance organization. Silos are usually an agricultural term for tall cylindrical storage structures holding stores of grain. Basically, giant vertical cylinders. This makes them a wonderful description of how many IT organization’s various departments work. Self-contained vertical structures. They report up – but not sideways. Communication with the other Silos happens via an entity or role that sits above them. This is not helpful–but it is very common.

CIO:

Non-Technical Manager. Responsible for the business management of the entire IT Department. Probably an MBA. Sometimes they have had some technical training. They may have started their career as an Engineer, but that was long ago and what they once knew is long since obsolete. How could it be otherwise? Technology changes so rapidly that as soon as an Engineer takes on budgetary responsibilities–they will very quickly be mostly dependent on the technical skills of their direct reports. This would lead to an assumption that their direct reports have technical skills–which is usually not the case.

Vice President:

VP and Director may perform the same role depending on the size of the organization. (In Europe, Vice President is often a title more equivalent to the “Lead” role in the United States.) Often there are different VP’s for different areas of the IT world such as a VP of Infrastructure or Support–or some other “silo.” It is most often a non-technical role.

Director (or other Senior Manager):

Possibly Technical–but typically not. May have once had a departmental “silo” skill set. However, may never have been technical at all. Still essentially managing people, projects and possibly budgets. It should be pointed out that this particular role has the widest range of technical to non-technical people. Some are highly technical, but it is not the norm.

Middle Manager:

Runs a department like the Network Team, Server Team, Development Team, etc.. A Technical Manager–but usually only in a specific area of expertise. Ironically, since the career path for such a person is moving into the more senior management roles–which are non-technical–this individual is probably working more on gaining business oriented skills than technological skills. You may see them, for example, running a technical department from a technical perspective, but going to night-school for an MBA.

Engineer:

Highly technical. Works in a department like the Network Team, Server Team, etc.. These are the people performing the technical tasks. There are different levels here as well and what is commonly referred as “The Lead” is usually the last technical word within the Silo.

So, here are my questions:

Who is there in this management structure that has the authority to task the Technical Managers and also understands what those Technical Managers are doing? Often, no one.

Who is looking at the big picture from a purely technological perspective? By this I mean, who is seeing how the processes of one Silo affect the processes of another Silo–or Silos? Often, no one.

Here is a very simple example. If the Network Team has placed a small server that only serves one or two applications, into a smaller switch–who is aware of the requirements of those applications AND the fact that such a move is taking (has taken) place? Would the Network Team know that this small server is running at 80% utilization and is responsible for moving enormous amounts of data? Maybe, maybe not. What would be the effect of such a move? It wouldn’t be pretty. Who would discover the problem? Probably a business user…ouch!

Here is where change control comes into place but it is usually a troubled process and designed with far too many holes. Few organizations have meetings where all Senior Managers or their Agents really sit down and review all changes for negative impact on their area of responsibility, and discuss the cross-over effects of such changes–horizontally. If they did have such a discussion would it be candid? Would they be in a political position to say, “hey, here is a much better way for YOUR Silo to do that work.” Most commonly such an act would be political ******* and against most corporate cultures. So, the concern usually ends up being, “does what you are doing hurt me?” If so, speak up. If not, keep silent.

Does anyone in your organization have the technical skills AND authority to provide that form of technical integration?

There is a commercial in the United States where a man stands in a room of his home in a suburban neighborhood. We see him flicker a light switch on and off. He then asks his wife, “Honey, what does this switch do?” She shrugs. The next view in the commercial is of his neighbor’s garage door opening and closing–again and again–on the hood of his neighbor’s car. Literally chewing it up! Unfortunately, this analogy works very well for large enterprise networks.

The Middle Manager is often the highest level of Manager that understands the technology from the technical perspective (as apposed to the business perspective), and they are themselves working in a Silo. They are responsible for their Team, their people and their budget. They are only one of many such Managers reporting up to the higher levels of management that, typically, do not really understand the technical details of the problem and can offer little to no help.


 
Senior IT Management receives different points of view coated in techno-speak and usually will be adverse to challenge their subordinates on any technical details of the problem. They can say, “not good enough; here is more budget; here are more resources.” Those things are helpful and needed-but it is not a role of technical integration. No real technical assistance can be offered.


 
Middle management reports to Senior Management explaining that they are actively working the problem. Senior Management reports to Executive Management saying that they are on top of it and have tasked their staff with the resolution of the problem.
 
Ok–so–whose hands are on the wheel?

Who is there in this chain of command that is capable of receiving input from the various Technical (Silo) Middle Managers–that has the technical skills to fully understand the details as well as the authority and mandate to task all IT departments? No one.

Is there anyone that understands, in a technical way, the actions and issues being worked by the Middle Managers in their individual silos? Yes, but minimally.

Is there anyone that can see where the issues overlap? This is the key–so I will repeat it. Is there anyone that can see where the issues overlap–technically? No.

The role of Chief Technology Officer or Chief Scientist is the closest, but they tend to be far removed from the day to day deploying and troubleshooting life of IT departments. They may be planning the overall path that the corporation will take with regards to IT, but they are usually in the dark with regards to the reality of daily IT work.

So, who is in authority to task Middle Managers from any IT department (Silo) to provide tests, logs, diagrams, or to perform specific actions–who is actually in a position to see ALL Silos and understand the technical aspects of ALL Silos? No one. That is the problem. That is the missing link.

THE SOLUTION:

Imagine that within Executive Management there was another role. Let’s call it the Vice President of Technology Coordination, or some other such thing. This individual is highly skilled technically, in all areas of enterprise information technology. They are also an experienced people and project manager. They are NOT a Business Manager and do not have budgetary responsibilities. Their job is to sit at the side of the CIO and provide that top level TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT that is not currently in place. Such an individual would maintain the 20,000 foot view technically–but be able to drill down with any Middle Manager, (or direct that drilling), and get into the details technically as well.

There are not many individuals that can fill this role–but they exist. Seek them out. If you find someone with these skills–create that position and invite them to fill it.



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Colin Yao asked:


Why is proper fiber optic cable management so critical?

Service providers have deployed more and more fiber optic cables for their high bandwidth, low costs, greater reliability and flexibility. But just deploying is not enough; a successful fiber network also requires a solid infrastructure based on a professional fiber optic cable management system.

Fiber optic cable management affects a network’s reliability, performance, cost and maintenance. It provides the ability to reconfigure network, restore service and implement new services quickly.

Four goals to achieve with professional fiber optic cable management

1. Protect fiber optic cable from microbends and macrobends loss

Microbends are small deformities in the optical fiber and macrobends are larger bends of the fiber cable. Fiber bends beyond the specified minimum bending radius can cause signal loss or even break the fiber, causing service disruption.

As a rule of thumb, the minimum bending radius should be bigger than ten times the outer diameter of the fiber cable. Telcordia recommends a minimum 38mm bending radius for 3mm fiber optic patch cords.

Fiber optic cable management system should provide bend radius protection at all points where a fiber optic cable makes a bend. This helps ensure the network’s long-term reliability; thus reduces the network operation cost by reducing network down time.

2. Well defined fiber optic cable management routing paths

The leading cause of fiber optic cable minimum bend radius violation is improper routing of fibers by fiber installation technicians.

In a proper fiber cable management system, routing paths are clearly defined and easy to follow; such that the technician has no other option but to route the cables properly.

Well defined routing paths reduce the training time required for technicians and increase the uniformity of work done. It also makes accessing individual fibers easier, quicker and safer.

3. Easy access to installed optical fibers

Allowing easy access to installed fibers is critical in maintaining proper bend radius protection. The system should be designed to ensure that individual fibers can be installed or removed without inducing a macrobend on an adjacent fiber. Accessibility is critical during network reconfiguration.

4. Physical protection of installed optical fibers

Well defined fiber optic cable management system physically protects the fibers from accidental damage by technicians and equipment throughout the network.

Fiber optic cable management system procurement

When making the decision on purchasing your fiber optic cable management systems, the goal is getting the most cost-effective system that provides the best cable management, flexibility, and growth capabilities.

Going with the cheapest approaches for fiber optic cable management can cost more money in the long run. A strong fiber cable management system will enable you to extract the maximum value from your installed optical fiber networks.

Specifying Fiber Cable Management Systems: Cost and Value

As a means of keeping operational costs down, service providers around the world are increasingly turning to systems integrators to install their networks.

This practice allows the service provider’s technicians to focus on operations and maintenance, rather than network installation. There is, however, an inherent risk in this practice.

As the purchasing decision for the fiber cable management system moves from the service provider’s engineering group to the systems integration prime contractor, the cable management features of the distribution system are generally not specified.

What can happen, then, is the equipment installed may lack key features and functionalities. In light of the importance of proper cable management within the ODF, the service provider needs to specify the basic requirements for the cable management system.

There are several industry-standard specifications that can assist service providers in writing specifications for their cable management systems. Two of these specifications are:

• Telcordia Generic Requirements for Fiber Distribution Frames GR-449-CORE, Issue 2, July 2003

• Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) Generic Equipment Requirements, TR-NWT-000063



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Groshan Fabiola asked:


Network management may mean different things to different people. To some network management may be a solitary network consultant monitoring network activity with an outdated protocol analyzer, to others network management may be about distributed database, high-end workstations generating and traffic. Speaking generally, network management is a service, which uses a wide range of devices, tools, and applications, to enable the network managers to monitor and maintain networks successfully & efficiently.

Network management deals with the top-level administration and maintenance of widespread and large networks, commonly seen in the field of computers or telecommunications, which may be necessarily, include user terminal equipment.

Network management executes functions such as security, control, allocation, monitoring, coordination, deployment and planning to name a few. It is also worth noting that network management is governed by a several protocols which are basically present there for its support, including SNMP, Common Information Model, CMIP, WBEM, Transaction Language 1, Java Management Extensions, and Netconf.

Routing is also an important area of network management. Routing refers to the process of selecting the paths in a computer network on which to send data. In this arena of network management, logically addressed packets get transported from their source to their destination with the help of nodes. These nodes are called routers, in a process termed as forwarding.

Successful network management also uses accounting management. This controls and reports on the financial status of the network. This area of network management involves bank account maintenance, financial statement development, and analysis of cash flow and financial health.

Coming to Network Monitoring, it is about policing network traffic. In other words, network monitoring is spying for the benefit of smooth working of network management. Network monitoring is part of network management. Ideally network monitoring is a function that one of your systems must perform on an ongoing basis. While the other systems are performing the functions assigned to them, one should set aside at least one computer to monitor network activity. This is network monitoring in a nutshell.

The computer performing network monitoring must be kept always on. Which means that network monitoring system should have exclusive power lines or, backup generator facility. Everyone should understand that network-monitoring system is the most critical part of any network, because it is with the help of network monitoring that that the alarm will be sent if something is wrong.

Network monitoring will identify the slow or failing systems and notify the network administrator of such lapses. Issues like overloaded systems, crashing of servers, network connections being lost, virus infections, and power outages will be dealt without losing time if network monitoring is in place.

For more resources about Network management or even about Network monitoring please review this site http://www.networkstrategy.com



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Groshan Fabiola asked:


SNMP is a computer network protocol and stands for “Simple Network Management Protocol”. Of course, most network managers complain that it is anything but “simple”. This protocol is a method of communication that systems, routers, switches and other various network equipment running SNMP agents, use to transfer and broadcast critical information about their status, happenings on the network, and whatever else may be concerning them. Typically, these agents are listening on a couple different UDP ports, namely 161 for standard SNMP queries, and 162, for SNMP Traps. When a system sends an SNMP message in the form of a trap, it doesn’t matter which port it sends it out on, but because the remote listener is usually always listening on port 162, it must always send to 162. This is a reserved port for SNMP Traps in the list of assigned ports on the IANA website: (http://www.iana.org/assignments/port-numbers).

SNMP Traps are a crucial part of an entire network management solution. The traps utilize a push method of communication, i.e. they send unsolicited information to a network manager about themselves, in the form of an SNMP message called a Trap, Notification, or Inform. This information is then used by the manager to glean what possible happenings in the network can affect the business.

Fault management primarily consists of these traps, and because of that, it is a reactive type of technology. On the other hand, Performance management (a practice that does not capture traps), consists of polling or “proactive” monitoring, in which case a polling process contacts a list of agents in the manager’s configuration, talks to them on port 161, and queries these agents for information related to statistics that the manager is interested in. Both of these have their advantages and disadvantages, but what we want to talk about more here is the SNMP protocol and how it relates to these trap messages.

The Trap message has several different components. Here we will discuss only the SNMP version 1 trap. Please note that there are other versions, including version 2 and version 3, but that is beyond the scope of this article. The easiest way to see these components is to use a protocol analyzer (also known as a sniffer), and capture these SNMP messages on the wire. Once captured, the observer can see that the protocol data unit (PDU) is broken up into several parts, including the enterprise, agent address, generic and specific trap values, a time-stamp, and a list of variable bindings.

The Trap Enterprise field gives information in the format of an Object Identifier (OID), about the vendor of the equipment or agent that the trap originated from. This allows a network manager an easy way of looking up the information and cross-referencing with other events and/or faults. The agent address contains information about the originator (the sender) of the trap. This address, in the form of an Internet Protocol (IP) address, is not always from the sender, especially in the case that the trap was forwarded through an intermediary system. The Generic and Specific Type fields give the fault manager software an exact idea of the type of trap that is being sent. The timestamp specifies the exact time that this message was created and sent out on the wire. And finally, the variable-bindings include additional, detailed information that is specific to this event and that the manager can use to determine more about the event.

So, to sum up, the SNMP Trap PDU is not so simple, but luckily for us we have smart network monitoring programs and algorithms that know how to identify, decipher and act quickly on this information.

For more info about SNMP Traps or especially Fault Management please visit this website http://www.oidview.com



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Varuzhan Kankanyan asked:


Apr 11, 2007 (Nsasoft) — Nsasoft today announced the release of a new version of its popular network security scanner, Nsauditor Network Security Auditor 1.5.5. It is a Windows based multi-purpose tool designed to scan networks and hosts for vulnerabilities, and to provide security alerts. Nsauditor is a complete utilities package that includes more than 45 network tools and gives you the possibility to get information about operating systems, service packs, hotfixes, installed software and running processes on remote PCs. The tools are wide-ranging, from a basic portscanner to more complex SQL and web server scanners, and a set of related utilities and reporting options. Nsauditor is an excellent solution for auditing all types of computer assets in the corporate networks.

Nsauditor significantly reduces the total cost of network management in enterprise environments by enabling IT personnel to scan and monitor network for possible vulnerabilities. The software checks your network for all potential methods that a hacker might use to attack it. With Nsauditor Network Security Auditor, Systems Administrators are able to gather a wide range of information from all the computers in the network without installing server-side applications on these computers and create a report of potential problems that were found.

A network monitor provides some insight into services running locally, with options to dig down into each connection and analyze the remote system, terminate connections, block unwanted network connections with incrusted fireawall system and view data on the associated process.

Nsauditor includes scanning tools that examine Microsoft SQL servers for exposed services and vulnerabilities, and another which discovers and walks through available SNMP nodes on the network.There are also agents that scan MS RPC named pipes and SunRPC services, and a tool for auditing NTLM passwords, by capturing password hashes from NTLM sessions and brute-force decrypting them. Nsauditor also includes event monitor that examines the local Windows logs and triggers when a specific event ID is detected. The trigger can send email to an admin, send a Windows network message or play a sound file (even speak a custom message with a text-to-speech tool).

Nsauditor “Adware Scanner” tool scans network computers for common Adware traces and gives you a quick look at the Adware, malware and spyware installed on local or network computers.

In summary, Nsauditor Network Security Auditor is a very complete network tools package for a surprisingly low price.

Application Info: http://www.nsauditor.com/network_security/network_security_auditor.html

Application Screenshot: http://www.nsauditor.com/images/screens/nm1.jpg

Download URL: http://www.nsauditor.com/downloads/nsauditor_setup.exe



CARROL

John Hammond asked:


IT Networks though simple, require extensive planning to ensure stability, yet we often encounter businesses that are acquainted with the imperative role networking plays in the efficient functioning of their company.

Informed business entrepreneurs often opt to upgrade their networking systems to suit their organizational structure. Although upgrading is an expensive, time consuming process, its benefits are ten fold. Though, there are some small size companies that insist on having a Windows XP workstation function as a network server, this decision may eventually lead to decrease in efficiency and productivity of the entire Information Technology environment.

Network Consultants should always analyze the nature of your business so as to recommend a networking/Information Technology system that would be the best fit for your business. IT Consultants should evaluate both hardware and software requirements to guide your company through the pros and cons of various networking options that your business may be considering.

From a network consulting standpoint, these are five common problems that are either neglected by businesses or not included in the overall planning of the Network Infrastructure.

Disaster Recovery: Although entrepreneurs are risk takers they provide for all contingencies. While they insure their store and goods against fire, theft, natural calamities, etc., in many cases they ignore the need to implement a disaster recovery plan for financial records, employee payroll and client data. Losing valuable customer information to a fire would result in temporary chaos and a financial drain. Therefore, a data recovery system should be available to restore normal operation within 24 to 48 hours. There are several options to evaluate depending on the size of the business. A good Technology consulting company should be able to assess the needs and accordingly recommend an IT recovery plan that is fool proof yet affordable.

Redundancy: Although businesses are advised to maintain an alternate or redundant source of power supply for critical servers, many entrepreneurs ignore this simple loss prevention method in order to save a few hundred dollars. For example, servers that process customer credit card transactions are not exempted from the probability of failure and if not backed by a redundant power source, it may lead to a major financial loss. The point that I am trying to get across is that important network equipment should be identified and a redundant plan should be implemented to provide against unforeseen circumstances.

Network Security: Viruses are not strangers to the world of computers and internet. While performing technology analysis and auditing we come across businesses that have servers on DMZ without network security measures like a simple firewall. We have seen instances were employees had full access to the network server running virus inviting programs like Limewire. An obvious result of this would be a slow network. In most cases, passwords for workstations, servers etc. are identical and shared. Impermeable network security plans should be implemented especially when business IT infrastructure holds confidential information of clients or individuals that may become a risk as well as an embarrassing situation if lost

or stolen.

Network Speed: Businesses always focus on maximizing efficiency and productivity at the lowest cost and what better way to achieve this goal than to minimize wastage of employee time? Speed of IT networks depend on many factors from simple network security policies to restrict P2P software to intelligent switching hardware. You may be surprised but network infrastructure cabling (Cat 5, Cat 6, and Fiber Optics) also makes a significant difference on the performance of the entire network.

Expandability: Change in networking structure is an option that should always be open for clients. To plan ahead is important as a business need not overhaul a huge part of their network to see an insignificant benefit. A simple example would be to anticipate network storage requirements of data. Clients often overlook the importance of discussing options with consultants to make sure their IT system remains adequate for at least 3 to 5 years. The aim should be to minimize dollars spent without hindering the quality of work being performed by employees.

Consultants are professionals and while their recommendations should not be overlooked, they should not be adopted blindly either. As a customer you are entitled to know the ‘whys’ and ‘hows’ of every suggestion made. Request layman’s explanation for every problem encountered. Most importantly, ensure that the 5 major and basic areas are covered in the initial audit reports or recommendations made by any Technology consulting company.

Onsite Chicago is Technology Consulting company for business in the Chicago area. Featured in major newspapers they are considered one of the top business network consulting firms. To view a complete list if IT services from Network Management, Network security and data / telephone cabling please visit Chicago Business Network Consultants page.



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Amy Nutt asked:


A managed services provider is a company that manages services for another company. Basically, they are a company that takes care of outsourced services on a month-to-month basis, which is how they also receive their income. Many of these services are provided via the internet and cover such tasks as IT services, remote data backup, desktop and security monitoring, and technical assistance. It is also common for a managed services provider to also manage a company’s web hosting and maintenance of their websites.

However, managed hosting is perhaps the most common function of many managed services provider. The provider bills the business they are providing the services for a fixed amount on a monthly basis. They provide IT services that would otherwise be provided in-house by existing or additional staff. They backup any data that is on the website and any data offered by customers visiting the website to benefit the business in case the website crashes. The customer data also allows the business to stay in touch with their customers. The managed services provider also continuously monitors the website in order to prevent security breaches. That way if there is a security breach, the managed services provider can rectify the issue right then and there. The managed services provider is also there to provide any technical assistance to the business or the customer if any issues come about with the web hosting.

It is obvious that a managed services provider can do a wide range of things for the business that the business would need an entire IT staff to do. Additional tasks that they perform include managed remote access, network monitoring, network management, scanning for vulnerabilities, firewall management, securing the e-mail and messaging system, tracking incidents, and server management. These are a few amongst the many tasks that would be required by the company that the company is outsourcing when hiring a managed services provider.

Benefits to the business

A managed services provider takes many tasks off of the hands of the business. In fact, the different payment models that managed services providers make available to the businesses that they serve is usually cheaper than having to hire one or two full-time employees to take care of these tasks or having existing employees add these tasks to their work loads. There may be times in which issues come about and those employees must focus on the managed hosting while putting their other job responsibilities on the backburner. However, some managed hosting operations are so large that it takes a number of employees to manage the system and everything that comes with it. This avoids having to pay higher salaries, additional salaries, training costs, and prevents staff members from being overworked.

Another benefit is that a managed services provider focuses on the task at hand because their job is to manage services for the business so that the business can focus on customer satisfaction, monitor costs better, save money by not having to manage their managed hosting themselves, protect vital information, and focus on making the applications satisfactory for the customer. They have no additional tasks other than focusing on the success of their client’s managed hosting.

Overall benefits

So the overall benefits are quite obvious in terms of convenience and cost. What’s really important is that the managed services provider is not consumed with other tasks because their job is to ensure the business they provide services for remains running smoothly in terms of their managed hosting. Successful managed hosting means the business can be more profitable and the consumer’s view of their business will be one of trust and satisfaction.



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Robert Snoog asked:


Do you want to take control of the hardware and software on your networks, It is easily and quickly, some Network Inventory software can help you. These software help you get complete information about the OS, service packs, hot fixes, hardware, software, and running processes on remote PCs.

You can use these Network Inventory software to Find and track hardware and software over LAN or WAN networks, be informed when changes occur on the IT Assets that you manage, streamline helpdesk operations, proactively resolve support requests and collaborate on tasks and projects with team members around the world. Download a free version of Enterprise Server today and find out how we can help you to take control of your IT department.

Belarc Advisor 7.2.1.8 is a Network Inventory product from belarc.com, Belarc Advisor scans your PC and builds a detailed profile of your installed program and hardware in form of an HTML report that you can view in your browser. The information includes Local Drive Volumes, memory Modules, printer information, Installed Licenses, Installed software, Multimedia information and a lot more. The report can be save for later or re-generated as needed.

Network Asset Tracker 2.13 is a product from misutilities.com, Network Asset Tracker enables administrators to view complete system information (including hardware and service packs), installed program and running processes on remote network machines. You can the create a custom report for the selected items and export it to HTML, XML, MS Excel or RTF formats. Network Asset Tracker is read-only and does not require any remote client installation, provide that you have administrative access to the remote machines.

Global Network Inventory 2.0 is another product from magnetosoft.com, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, Global Network Inventory is a utility and hardware inventory system that can be used as an audit scanner in an agent-free and zero deployment environments. It can audit remote workstations and network appliances, including network printers, hubs and other devices. The software requires only administrative access rights if used for on-demand auditing, and it can also be deployed as an agent to perform regular audits initiated through the domain login script. Global Network Inventory can export the scan results to HTML, XML, Microsoft Excel, or text formats, and also send reports via email. The price includes a license for up to 25 IP addresses, extra licenses to cover additional addresses can be purchased at any time if required.

Network Inventory Manager 3.0.11.5 is from microforge.net, get 5 Stars SoftSea Rating, This software can keep track of several aspects of network management. It can tell you when you’re low on critical items or you can find out the total cost of management.

Network Inventory 3.0.5 is anthor inventory tool that allows you to automatically monitor and manage enterprise assets. It provides information regarding user’s computers, hardware configuration and installed software. The hardware inventory includes, BIOS information, operating system information, CPU information, memory information, network information, hard disks information, mapped drives and network shares, printers, video system and attached devices.



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