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Hello and welcome to this week's top 10,
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where we're looking at the top 10
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network monitoring tools and software.
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Now that more and more companies are
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reliant on digital tools to ensure
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business productivity and efficiency, no
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one can afford to struggle with a
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network problem. The question is, though,
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which network monitoring tool delivers
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the best results? Before we start, make
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trends, tech, and solutions. So here they
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are, the top 10 options to help you make
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your investment count. Starting us off at
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number 10 then, we've got Spiceworks.
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Spiceworks is free to use, making it
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available to any company no matter the
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size. And it comes with a convenient
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web-based GUI for monitoring performance.
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The connectivity dashboard comes with
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integrations available for other
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essential Spicebox tools to connect
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multiple parts of, say, the cloud, help
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desk, and inventory monitoring. Number
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nine, Icinga. An open-source approach to
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network monitoring, Icinga helps you to
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track the performance of your cloud
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services, network, and data center. As an
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entirely web-based software, Icinga can
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be configured through your GUI or using
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domain specific language to track all
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the metrics crucial to your performance
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management strategies. Number eight,
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ConnectWise Automate. A solution suited
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for the modern world of hybrid work,
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ConnectWise Automate can be used
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remotely and proactively to monitor all
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kinds of endpoints, networks, and
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computers. The solution will
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automatically discover all the devices
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in your network to make them more
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visible. There's also a patch management
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tool for protecting systems with central
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patching. Number 7, Zabbix. Zabbix allows
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you to instantly watch things like
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packet loss rate, network bandwidth usage,
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and device temperature issues in a
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matter of seconds. Zabbix has an active
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community spread around the world and
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gives users freedom to use the open
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source solution without the risk of
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vendor lock-in. Number six, Nagios. Nagios
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can help you track the sources of
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unknown issues in your environment. With
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Nagios, it's easy to monitor important
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metrics like response times of crucial
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nodes, availability, and more. You can even
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access advanced features like agentless
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monitoring and determine where
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unresponsive machines are in your system.
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Halfway there at number five, and we have
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Catchpoint. Promising an easy way to
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identify, visualize, and manage
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interconnection and peering issues
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across networks, Catchpoint provides full
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visibility into your entire environment.
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This system provides you with insights
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into services delivering edge, local,
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transit, hybrid, and backbone networks by
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proactively testing from a customer's
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point of view. At number four, we have
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Paessler from PRTG Monitor. The highly
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customizable PRTG monitoring solution
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from Paessler allows you to choose
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between a range of sensor options to
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monitor all the sectors of your network.
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Each sensor also monitors an individual
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value in your network such as hardware
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parameter sensors, bandwidth monitoring
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sensors, VoIP and quality of service
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sensors as well. Number three, OpManager.
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Created by the ManageEngine brand,
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OpManager offers real-time monitoring of
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the performance of your network devices
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and can track everything from storage
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devices to wireless LAN controllers,
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firewalls, and routers. Their customizable
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dashboard comes with access to a huge
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range of widgets so you can design your
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monitoring experience from scratch. At
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number two, Datadog. Datadog's networking
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monitoring tool gives you a complete
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view of all your cloud and on-premises
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networks including application layer
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performance and health insights into any
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of your devices. You'll get full
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visibility into every layer of your
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infrastructure while monitoring for DNS
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performance, application issues, and more.
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And finally, at number one here we have
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SolarWinds. SolarWinds's network
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performance monitor automatically tracks
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your availability with advanced
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performance analytics, critical path
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visualization, and instant alerts, keeping
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you one step ahead of your network.
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There's access to intelligent mapping to
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help you determine where connections are
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coming from and which applications or
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devices are consuming the most bandwidth.
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