2024 netTerrain User Summit
By Hannah Ash - April 8, 2024The 2024 netTerrain User Summit is just around the corner, and we can’t wait to welcome both new faces and familiar ones back to Washington D.C. this October. Whether you’re a netTerrain newbie or a seasoned pro, this event is for everyone. What’s on the Agenda? From October 7th to 10th, we’re taking over Maggiano’s…
Learn More15 Years of netTerrain: The Road from 2009 to 2024
By Hannah Ash - April 1, 2024It’s April 1st 2024, and here at Graphical Networks, our team is celebrating 15 years (or 5,479 days) of netTerrain! From its first iteration as myGIS to today, used by thousands of users across the globe, let’s take a quick walk down memory lane. In 2009, our company launched the first iteration of netTerrain. By…
Learn MoreNative Modbus TCP Support in netTerrain for DCIM Applications (Part 3): Supplied Application & Testing
By Jan Durnhofer - February 26, 2024In part 1 of this blog series, we went over the basics of Modbus and what support for this well-known industrial protocol exists in netTerrain DCIM, along with its limitations. In the second part of the series, we looked at the Modbus configuration process in netTerrain, as well as the Modbus configuration file. In this…
Learn MoreNative Modbus TCP Support in netTerrain for DCIM Applications (Part Two): Configuration
By Jan Durnhofer - February 23, 2024In part 1 of this blog series, we went over the basics of Modbus and what support for this well-known industrial protocol exists in netTerrain, along with its limitations. Here, in the second part of the series, we will go over the Modbus configuration process in netTerrain DCIM. Our Modbus TCP monitoring implementation is different…
Learn MoreIntegrating Nagios with netTerrain for Automated Network Diagram Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - February 21, 2024In network management, it’s common for businesses to use different tools for monitoring networks and then for documenting IT infrastructure. In a sense, it’s like trying to use separate apps for 1000 emails or more and the same number of appointments — which can lead to a gap between a network’s actual status and its…
Learn MoreNative Modbus TCP Support in netTerrain for DCIM Applications (Part One)
By Jan Durnhofer - February 20, 2024With the release of version 9.6 last year, netTerrain started supporting the Modbus TCP protocol for network and infrastructure device monitoring purposes in Data Center Infrastructure (DCIM) applications. What is Modbus? Modbus is a widely used communication protocol in industrial automation systems that enables data exchange between devices within a network. The Modbus protocol was…
Learn MoreIntegrating PRTG with netTerrain for Automated Network Diagram Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - February 12, 2024Most network monitoring tools don’t really show you what’s going on in a visual way – it’s like reading a technical manual without any pictures (check out a blog that goes more into this called “what network documentation is not”). Usually, companies will use one set of tools to keep an eye on their network…
Learn MoreSolve the Labyrinth: How Detailed Fiber Mapping Software Transforms Capacity Planning
By Fred Koh - January 31, 2024Introduction: Fiber Plant Management Challenges If you manage your organization’s fiber plant, you know (a little too well…) that you’re in charge of a complex and incredibly intricate and hidden ecosystem full of conduits, cables, strands, splice boxes, manholes, strands, handholes…the list goes on. Not knowing what you’ve got, where it is, and what you…
Learn MoreIntegrating BMC Remedy with netTerrain for Automated Network Diagram Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - January 29, 2024BMC Remedy is not just an IT service management (ITSM) platform; it’s a comprehensive solution that propels organizations to automate and enhance their IT processes and service delivery. This platform equips users with features for incident, problem, change, configuration, knowledge, and service level management. BMC Remedyalso integrates effortlessly with a variety of other IT systems,…
Learn MoreIntegrating Zabbix with netTerrain for Automated Network Diagram Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - January 25, 2024To optimize IT infrastructures, ensure seamless ops, and minimize downtime, today’s organizations are pulling off a high-tech juggling act that’s not for the faint of heart. The need for robust and efficient monitoring and management solutions has become increasingly paramount. The paradox here is that most monitoring solutions offer little to no visual representation or…
Learn MoreHow Well Does ChatGPT Describe netTerrain?
By Jan Durnhofer - January 24, 2024I have to admit it: many of us at Graphical Networks have been drawn into using ChatGPT for various purposes and, as a software company with a couple tentacles into AI (watch out for AI-based device modeling coming at some point), we’ve looked at this craze closely. Since I’d like to think I know netTerrain…
Learn MoreIntegrating WhatsUp Gold with netTerrain for Automated Network Diagram Mapping
By Jan Durnhofer - January 8, 2024In today’s digital era, efficient management of IT infrastructures is crucial for business continuity and keeping the network up and running. Monitoring and management solutions are key to this — but a major issue is that many monitoring tools offer limited visual and documentation functionalities (check out this blog for more background: What Network Documentation…
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