Several months ago, Ipswitch engaged Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) to research and provide an independent opinion on network management software licensing options, which base price on either devices or active elements being monitored. One outcome of this research is a white paper EMA authored, “What You Should Know about Licensing for Network Monitoring Solutions.” I recently [...]
If you think that public sector organizations can’t be leaders when it comes to IT management, think again. At Ipswitch’s Network Management Division, we work with government IT teams at the federal, state and local levels every day, and get to see just how innovative they really are. It’s one of the public sector’s best-kept secrets. [...]
Happy 40th Anniversary Mobile Phone!! How many of you are old enough to remember the first mobile phone, introduced 40 years ago today? If you aren’t, here is a picture of the first commercial handheld cellular phone that Motorola introduced in 1983, The DynaTAC 8000X. A beauty – and only the coolest of us owned one. It [...]
The answer to BYOD security concerns rests in user awareness. Could it really be that simple? Traditional security measures – such as firewalls, secure access points, passwords and remote device wipe – will always be essential to deflecting BYOD security threats. However, user awareness “might be the most important non-hardware, non-software solution available,” according to Ken [...]
Network Monitoring systems are a must-have for organizations of all sizes. When evaluating solutions focus is often placed on comparing features and ease of use, but understanding the total cost of ownership is very important. The core licensing structure, whether it is device-based, port- or interface-based, or measurement-based, can have a big impact on license [...]