Security Information & Event Management Software from SolarWinds What SIEM does is merge Security Information Management (SIM) with Security Event Management (SEM). SolarWinds dashboard provides a graphical representation of the log data generated by your network devices. If you need to make sure that your IT department's security is compliant …
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager v7.0 Virtual Machines are great for reducing hardware costs, but they do tend to ‘Grow like Topsy*’. SolarWinds’ Virtualization Manager (VMAN) is the classic tool to control VM sprawl by answering these questions: How many VMs are there in our organization? Which VMs are struggling, and thus …
Review of SolarWinds PerfStack End-to-End IT Performance Supervision The concept behind SolarWinds' Orion Platform is to give you a view of the full protocol stack. You can analyse what's occurring from your network to the web and into the cloud. What gives you control is SolarWinds impressive dashboard, it will …
Review of SolarWinds Free IP Address Tracker Also Orion IPAM (advanced) Here are two utilities to help you locate IP addresses on your network. They will help you keep track of IP addresses on your network without needing a spreadsheet. Comparison Between SolarWinds IPAT and IPAM SolarWinds IP Address Tracker …
GNS3 + SolarWinds NPM = Awesome The main use of the Graphical Network Simulator is for testing potential new network configurations, but in the safety of a virtual world. Only when everything works as planned do you roll it out for real. The combination of open-source GNS3 and SolarWinds NPM …
What is Kiwi Syslog from SolarWinds? Syslog is a UDP protocol that sends messages from Cisco routers and other network devices. These log messages are invaluable for troubleshooting network problems; they are particularly useful for detecting security breaches. The free trial download of Kiwi Syslog Server captures these datagrams and …
Review of SolarWinds Engineer’s Toolset v10 The Engineer’s Toolset v10 provides a comprehensive console of 50 utilities for troubleshooting computer problems. Guy’s says it helps me monitor what’s occurring on the network, and teaches me more about how the system literally operates. Download a Copy of Solarwinds Engineer’s Toolset I …
SolarWinds Free SNMP Tool Here is a free utility to install and configure the Windows SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) service. It’s killer feature is that it empowers you to deal with zillions of machines at once, rather than laboriously visiting each server and then manually configuring this protocol management …
Review of SolarWinds IP Address Tracker – Free Network Tool The IP Address Tracker is a much better alternative to recording dotty-dot computer addresses in a spreadsheet. The dynamic nature of this free network tool means that in addition to listing the machine names you can also view data such …
SolarWinds Family of Licensed Programs Here is a comparison of the SolarWinds family of network programs. We have Performance (NPM), Server and Application Monitor (SAM), Configuration (NCM) and Service Level Agreement (SLA) SolarWinds Licensed Products Review of NPM (Networks) Review of SAM (Application) – Spotlight on SAM Review of NCM …