The most accurate definition of a network management system that I have seen comes from a Cisco training document: “In some cases, it (network management) involves a solitary network consultant ...

Touted as frameworks for component-like network software tools, they were theoretical successes but practical failures. All too often, customers discarded NMS, in favor of management software bundled ...

Nagios is a powerful, free, open source network management system, and when it’s wrapped up in a virtual appliance it has to be one of the easiest ways to evaluate a serious network management ...

As technology advances, automation projects today are becoming more and more complicated. Many times engineers are focused on the design of the end application and fail to spend enough time thinking ...

Echoing Atkinson, Bussiere says mobile computing is a serious security threat thanks to the prevalence of desktop replacement systems, so network infrastructure must play a role in protecting the ...

Does software-defined networking need software-defined network management? Today's network management discipline has numerous problems that will affect software-defined networks (SDNs). The Trouble ...

John Iwuozor is a freelance writer with expertise in the technology field. He has written for a host of top tech companies, the likes of Technologyadvice, Tripwire amongst others. He's an avid chess ...