If the diversity, size and lack of control of your network remind you of the United Nations, your network might be a good candidate for a network management system. Configuring devices to work ...

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 ...

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 ...

Monitoring the right things in your network and making them visible in dashboards can make the difference between proactive and reactive responses to network problems. I recently wrote about using log ...

Automation, better metrics top list of Cisco’s network-management challenges. Network management has been a source of frustration for Cisco for years. CEO John Chambers annually seems to lament the ...

Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise (ALE) is updating its OmniVista Cirrus network management system with its release 10 milestone that was announced this week. "OmniVista Cirrus 10 offers advanced analytics ...