Archive for August, 2010

GeoLocation: Just for Social Media Mavens?

TweetSince the launch of the newest geolocation app, Facebook Places, the Web has been buzzing about the fate and ultimate purpose of these tools. There seems to be a few favorites, but preferences vary. The market once consisted solely of Foursquare and Gowalla, with Foursquare being the more widely accepted. However, now that there are [...]

WhatsUp Event Rover will be available for free on September 1st!

TweetDo you have free time? So much time that you don’t even know what to do with it? Yea, neither do we. However, our WhatsUp Event Rover can help with that.  You know how fast Windows® servers and workstations event logs pile up, and your Windows event log viewer doesn’t really lend itself to recalling, [...]

Simplify Network Engineering with the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit – Part 2

TweetIf you haven’t already heard, the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit offers a lot to simplify and reduce time spent on common network engineering tasks. Among this array of tools designed to make your life easier are the Spam Blacklist and Port Scanner. The Spam Blacklist tool can help ensure your organization’s emails are not blocked [...]

Have you met the WhatsUp Gold Plug-ins?

TweetYou’re probably familiar with WhatsUp Gold’s device –based licensing.  It keeps business costs down by not charging you per device elements like interfaces, nodes, and volumes. You may also know that WhatsUp Gold’s low maintenance costs also contribute to a total cost of ownership (TCO) far cheaper than “the other guy’s.” We’re committed to providing [...]

Ipswitch Network Management Makes Strides with Government Sales and Pipeline Development

TweetOn July 28, Ipswitch’s Network Management Division announced its earnings for the first half of 2010. Given the lousy economy, one thing came as a surprise: North American government sales had already exceeded its combined 2009 revenue. Ennio Carboni, president, Ipswitch Network Management Division, expressed his faith in the WhatsUp Gold and WhatUp Event Log [...]

“Mobile Network Management Smartphone Apps for On-the-Go Engineers” – We’ve Got an App for That

TweetWritten by Lauren Smith Maintaining a work-life balance is extremely difficult for some – especially network managers who are on-call 24/7. A great article titled Mobile Network Management Smartphone Apps for On-the-Go Engineers on SearchNetworking.com got us thinking about all the ways network management software for smartphones and tablets helps make network managers’ lives easier [...]

Simplify Network Engineering with the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit – Part 1

TweetSometimes you probably think to yourself: “Self, why isn’t life easier?” I know I do. Thankfully for you network engineers and admins, life can be easier. Nearly 5,000 users have already taken advantage of the new WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit.  Its ease of implementation and uniform interface serve to reduce the time spent on mundane [...]

Failover Promotion Reminder

TweetSometimes it feels like Murphy’s law is in full-swing. Everything that could go wrong does go wrong. As an IT admin this can be particularly frightening when the well-being and success of a business relies heavily on the integrity of its IT infrastructure. Fortunately, when there is impending doom, WhatsUp Gold’s comprehensive Network Management Solutions [...]

Network Traffic Analysis: Stop Security Breaches in Their Tracks

Tweet As technology evolves so does the ability for people to hack it. Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold is staying ahead of the game with its versatile network traffic analyzer, Flow Monitor. Did you know it’s rarely an apocalyptic hack, like the ones depicted in SyFy films, of which businesses should be weary? Instead – according to [...]

Cloud Computing: Practical Steps

TweetWant to learn how to manage and grow your IT infrastructure without having to buy another server? There is useful little article floating around the web, titled Practical Steps for Building and Managing an Internal Cloud, by one of our network managers, Stephen Dalgar, and our Director of Product Marketing, Marina Gil-Santamaria. By now we’ve [...]

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