Top Network Management Tools in 2014
1- Solarwinds Network Performance Manager 10.5
Solarwinds is a heavyweight in the network-monitoring world, and for
good reason. For years, Solarwinds NPM has provided all-round monitoring
capability. With the release of NPM
10.5, Solarwinds has dropped the “Orion” product branding (it’s now
officially ‘Solarwinds Network Performance Manager’ or ‘NPM’) in
addition to stepping up the scalability of their game. NPM 10.5 has
several new features and many improvements.
NPM 10.5 can handle
basic SNMP monitoring and alerting just like always. New features
include VMware & Hyper-V monitoring; and ConnectNow, an automated
network mapping tool. ConnectNow appears to be based on the old
LanSurveyor tool, but now nicely integrates into NPM. Improved
historical trend reporting is also a welcome change. And, a redesigned
UI rounds out the list of improvements.