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Top 10 Network Monitoring Tools & Software

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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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    sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel
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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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    So that's a wrap on this week's top 10,
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