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FEATURED: ServersCheck Monitoring Software Listing updated: April 1, 2010

ServersCheck Monitoring is a tool for monitoring, reporting and alerting on network and systems availability. It has 60+ different types of checks to monitor almost anything running in your network. You can monitor devices, using any TCP Port (HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, NNTP, POP3, SMTP, VNC, DNS, etc) and also perform database checks (ODBC, Oracle, MySQL), trap SNMP values (disk space, free memory, CPU usage, etc), verify content served from a web server and check NT services and process availability. If problems are detected, ServersCheck will alert you via SMS, e-mail, MSN and more. You can even send SMS messages back to the software. Monitoring Software runs as a local service and is administrated via a browser based interface. Additional features include alerts and graph output for long-term statistics tracking. The software can be extended with environmental sensors (temperature, humidity, power failure and water). This enables you to monitor your systems both from the inside and the outside.

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  • Users' Rating: 4.61 [84 votes] - Vote
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sl360 Tool Suite Listing updated: November 17, 2010

ScriptLogic sl360 Tool Suite consolidates dozens of network management and network monitoring tools into a single, integrated interface. The tool suite includes Cisco configuration management, server and application monitoring, open source and third party integration, a robust encrypted credential store, the ability to save and flow results between tools, deep network discovery (with network mapping) and syslog server capabilities. All of these tools compliment the extensive real-time monitoring provided by the sl360 Dashboard.
  • Users' Rating: 4.5 [4 votes] - Vote
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Dacris Benchmarks Listing updated: August 18, 2010

Dacris Benchmarks is a performance testing utility allowing administrators to easily benchmark an entire network of computers using a series of tests as well as system information. It is portable and highly accurate. After testing, you can also compare test results with a vast online result database.
  • Users' Rating: 5 [2 votes] - Vote
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AggreGate Network Manager Listing updated: November 22, 2010

AggreGate Network Manager is an enterprise-grade network management platform that provides unique abilities for monitoring networks, systems, servers, applications, services, traffic and performance.

IT infrastructure management features include patent-pending device data caching/normalization/synchronization, comprehensive network discovery and dynamic mapping, advanced alerting and reporting, built-in fault management and network performance analysis tools, event filtering, real-time charting, SQL-based query language, grouped operations, config replication, task scheduler, GUI widgets, custom device properties, an expression language, data export/import from different formats, MIB database, SNMP Traps handling, Syslog server, Windows Event Log consolidation, and more.
  • Users' Rating: 5 [1 vote] - Vote
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Goverlan Remote Administration Suite Listing updated: June 17, 2010

Goverlan v7 is an enterprise level remote administration solution for Windows platforms designed to provide: live user and desktop support, inventory management, software deployment, global desktop management and domain administration within Active Directory. Goverlan also includes a powerful Remote Control product truly engineered for IT Professionals with unique features such as Citrix and Terminal Services Session Shadowing, Data Center Monitoring, Video Recording and Remote Assistance over public networks.

With no hardware or database dependencies and no agent pre-installation required, it is easy to implement and maintain. Additionally, Goverlan is one of the most cost effective solutions since it is licensed per administrator with no additional client-node fee.
  • Users' Rating: 5 [1 vote] - Vote
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Engineer’s Toolset Listing updated: January 21, 2011

SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset includes a collection of powerful network management tools, all of which can be easily accessed through an innovative Workspace Studio to quickly resolve issues right from your desktop. With the Workspace Studio, you can organize your tools to tackle troubleshooting challenges and then recall that workspace with a click when you need it – saving valuable set-up time. And shared credential management saves even more time as you switch easily between the tools you need without re-entering credentials.

Take control of your day and your network with powerful, timesaving features, including: Monitor and alert in real time on network availability and health with tools including Real-Time Interface Monitor, SNMP Real-Time Graph, and Advanced CPU Load. Perform robust network diagnostics for troubleshooting and quickly resolving complex network issues with tools such as Ping Sweep, DNS Analyzer, and Trace Route. Deploy an array of network discovery tools including Port Scanner, Switch Port Mapper, and Advanced Subnet Calculator. Manage Cisco devices with specialized tools including Real-time NetFlow Analyzer, Config Downloader, and Config Compare.
  • Users' Rating: 4.65 [20 votes] - Vote
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Solarwinds ipMonitor Listing updated: January 29, 2010

ipMonitor delivers availability monitoring so that you always know what’s happening with your applications, servers, and network devices. With a built-in database and Web server, you don’t need to install anything but ipMonitor.

ipMonitor simplifies network management by: Discovering IP-based network devices and automatically recommending monitoring settings for each device; Performing monitoring of Active Directory, DNS, Microsoft Exchange, FTP, Web, IMAP, MS SQL Server, SMTP, and more; Monitoring end-user experience with synthetic transactions; and more...

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  • Users' Rating: 4.65 [85 votes] - Vote
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Orion Network Performance Monitor Listing updated: April 4, 2011

Orion NPM enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages. Out-of-the-box, it offers network-centric views that are designed to deliver the critical information network engineers need. And Orion NPM is the easiest product of its kind to use and maintain, meaning you will spend more time actually managing networks, not supporting Orion NPM.

Orion NPM provides comprehensive performance, fault management and network availability tools to ensure that your network is always running at peak performance. Via a cutting-edge web interface, Orion NPM gives you a unified view into the performance of thousands of nodes and interfaces on your network. From a single web page, you can monitor performance metrics from any SNMP-enabled device, including routers, switches, firewalls and servers. Commonly monitored metrics include bandwidth utilization, packet loss, latency, errors, discards and quality of service.

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  • Users' Rating: 4.6 [25 votes] - Vote
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Spiceworks' TFTP Server Listing updated: January 20, 2011

Spiceworks will provide a free TFTP server tool for Network Configuration Management as part of their upcoming free IT management software suite, Spiceworks 5.0 (available Sept. 2010). For now, download Spiceworks 4.7 now, featuring a state-of-the-art, full-featured help desk, network monitoring tools, troubleshooting fixes, software audit and inventory tools, and more. Once Spiceworks 5.0 is live with free TFTP server for network config, you’ll be the first to know how to grab the update. Download today – and share with your peers!

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  • Users' Rating: 4.58 [12 votes] - Vote
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EventSentry Listing updated: November 30, 2011

EventSentry is an affordable yet flexible real-time log, system and network monitoring suite. You can receive event log alerts through a variety of notifications (e.g. email, pager, etc.) and our filtering engine supports advanced features such as thresholds, day/time settings, summaries, timers, recurring schedules and more. EventSentry also helps companies meet the requirements of SOX, HIPAA, PCI and more through event log consolidation. With EventSentry you can consolidate events to a central database (many database type including Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL are supported) and create a variety of reports with the web-based reporting component. EventSentry uses reliable agents which monitor your machines without any impact on performance. Agents ensure that your systems are monitored in realtime regardless of network connectivity. Additionally, EventSentry also monitors services, disk space, performance, software/hardware, NTP and file checksums. EventSentry's compliance tracking feature normalizes Windows security events and provides insightful tracking information about Active Directory, application usage and logon activity. Network devices can be monitored through Syslog, SNMP and heartbeat checks.

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  • Users' Rating: 4.54 [79 votes] - Vote
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