Tag: NetMRI

Just as good personal hygiene is a prime contributor to personal health, good network hygiene is a major contributor to overall network health.  Pete Welcher introduced me to the concept [...]

Here is a list of the articles I posted in February to my blog at Netcordia: “Network Management Sucks!!!“ discusses why I think Jimmy Ray Purser, a blogger for Cisco [...]

I’m working on network management requirements for several customers and keep running into the same requirements.  One of the key requirements is that of event reporting.  Events typically take two [...]

I’m doing my presentation titled Troubleshooting Converged VoIP and Data Networks at Interop New York on September 17 at 1:30pm.  The session title is Troubleshooting Converged Networks.  It has been [...]

There are several key components used by successful IT and networking organizations: People Processes Tools People are the most important assets, followed by proper processes, then the tools to implement [...]

Today, I was talking to one of PCI DSS compliance, as they have obligation to the credit card companies to protect end user data. They have started to use NetMRI [...]

It is always great to get feedback directly from our customers and I had the privilege of a good exchange of information with Matthew Almand of Texas A&M University.  They [...]

I’ve been looking at a number of different reports that would be useful to network administrators.  One that came up in talking with some people about data centers is a  [...]

We just announced the NetMRI Event Analysis system, which analyzes syslog and snmp trap events, and is pretty exciting (see Applied Infrastructure blog under

One of the neat things about talking with VCs is meeting really smart people. During one of our meetings we were talking with Mike O’Dell, a long-time friend and associate [...]

VoIP troubleshooting is a pretty interesting problem. (See my earlier blog entry regarding my talk at VoiceCon Fall 2007.) There are a large number of tools that look at packets [...]

Today I am speaking at the Cisco User Group meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. The topic that resonates with Cisco user groups is Networking Tips & Best Practices. A previous [...]