Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

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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 ...

Modern network management platforms must go beyond basic monitoring to provide full topology visibility, bulk configuration capabilities and intelligent detection of hidden network elements like ...

Machine learning (ML) is a popular buzzword, including relative to networking. But is ML real technology we can use? Understanding Machine Learning ML is a small subset of the artificial intelligence ...

The elements you need for network management, and why it matters. Maybe you're wondering why we need network management best practices. To start, all complex systems will have many different ways that ...