Network Management

A Lesson from the Government: Make IT Management Strategic

By Terry McGee ⋅ April 16, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetIf 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

By Terry McGee ⋅ April 3, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetHappy 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 [...]

Combat BYOD Security Risks with Awareness, Education

By Terry McGee ⋅ April 2, 2013 ⋅ One comment

TweetThe 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 [...]

WEBINAR: What You Should Know About Licensing for Network Monitoring Solutions

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ March 22, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetNetwork 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 [...]

WEBINAR: WhatsUp Application Performance Monitor – Find early, Fix early!

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ March 15, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetNow you can isolate issues and resolve network and application problems before users are even aware anything is wrong. The new, easy to-use WhatsUp Application Performance Monitor, lets you diagnose and fix complex application performance problems quickly from within a unified dashboard. Application Performance Monitor Highlights: • Proactively alert and automatically repair potential problems before [...]

WhatsUp Gold v16 Now Available in 9 Languages!

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ February 7, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Tweet Ipswitch Network Management Division is proud to announce that our award winning IT management solution WhatsUp Gold v16 is now offering its web interface in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese, at no additional cost. Instructions to help you transition WhatsUp Gold from English to the language of your choice is [...]

Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards Best of the Best for General Network Monitoring Tool

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ February 4, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

Tweet We are pleased to announce that WhatsUp Gold won Silver in the 2013 Redmond Reader’s Choice Awards Best of the Best for General Network Monitoring Tool. “We are honored to receive this award from the Redmond community,” said Ennio Carboni, President and General Manager of Ipswitch’s Network Management Division. “We take pride in the fact that our network [...]

#ThrowbackThursday

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ January 31, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetI know #ThrowbackThursday is generally an Instagram thing but I just had to share with everyone. Check out the WhatsUp Gold logo from 1998! What do you think – should we have kept this logo or do you like the updated version better?

Data Privacy Day

By Jessica Kenney ⋅ January 28, 2013 ⋅ Post a comment

TweetFive years ago today the United States and Canada began Data Privacy Day as an extension of Europe’s Data Protection Day. The goal of this day is to educate and empower people to protect their privacy and control their digital footprint. This effort is run by the National Cyber Security Alliance, a non-profit, public private [...]

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