As of July, WhatsUp Event Archiver, an important tool for audit requirements and regulatory compliance, has been certified for compliance with all U.S. Army and Department of Defense (DoD) standards of security, compatibility, and sustainability.
The Certificate of Networthiness (CoN Cert #: 201004611) allows WhatsUp Event Archiver to serve as an enterprise software product that can be deployed in the Army Enterprise Infrastructure Network utilized by the U.S. Army, all National Guard, Army Reserve and DoD organizations. Event Archiver enables the Army to streamline the process of clearing, collecting, consolidating, and storing log data for auditing and compliance purposes, while at the same time exceeding the strict security, sustainability, and interoperability requirements that are in place.
Event Archiver automates log collection, clearing, and consolidation as part of the WhatsUp Event Log Management Suite. The Suite also includes WhatsUp Event Analyst, for event examination, log trends analysis, and reporting; WhatsUp Event Alarm, for monitoring, alerting, and real-time notification of key events; and WhatsUp Event Rover, for on-the-fly forensics and log data mining.
To learn more about WhatsUp Event Archiver and the rest of the Event Log Management Suite, click here.
It ‘s now back to work as usual for many of us here at Ipswitch’s Network Management Division after an exciting trip to Vegas. CiscoLive proved to be a great launching platform for the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit; interest in this free, limited-time offer was widespread during and after the show.
For those of you unaware of the toolkit release, the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s toolkit, valued at $995, is now available for free. You can now simplify many common network management tasks like configuration, credentials, design, diagnostics, discovery, and verification of Cisco devices. If you weren’t lucky enough to make it to Vegas for the show, the toolkit is still available for download on our website.
To see pictures of the show, visit our facebook page.
In other news, WhatsUp Gold v14.3 is now available! Check it out now with a free 30 day evaluation.
The name of the tournament speaks a lot to just how huge the World Cup is in the scheme of worldwide sporting events. The hype and anticipation around the tournament has been steadily growing since the groups were selected back in December. It has received coverage everywhere from local newspapers to espn.com. Videos and commercials have gone viral in a matter of hours as they are played over and over again on Youtube. And now here we are, less than 24 hours away from kick-off.
It’s no surprise that a tournament of this magnitude, that only comes around every four years, were to receive so much hype. Here at Ipswitch, though, we were more concerned with the effect the World Cup was going to have on the performance of networks in regards to companies’ bandwidth consumption jumping as tournament games are streamed live during work hours.
It was our hunch that companies could expect a spike in their bandwidth usage do to live streaming of World Cup games, specifically in Europe and other countries with competing teams. We tested our theory with the creation of our Network Traffic Calculator, and after weeks of collecting data from uses of the calculator, we are happy to report that our expectations are right in line with those of network managers. We collected over 1000 responses through the calculator, and some of our key findings were as follows:
Bandwidth use is expected to increase by 38.85% in participating World Cup Nations to 86.89% during matches
In Europe the figure is expected to double, from 40.25% current average bandwidth use, to 78.67% during key match times
In the UK, despite the culture for some businesses to close during England matches, bandwidth use is still expected to increase by 30.79% to 71.85% of total capacity.
In host nation South Africa, IT Managers are bracing themselves for network bandwidth to be completely maxed out to 100% from a base average of 58% during a typical working day.
Despite not being typically thought of as a football watching nation, the US is somewhat surprisingly expecting bandwidth use to rise to over 80% during some key matches
Check out the Network Traffic calculator for yourself and see what kind of spike in bandwidth usage your network can expect as the World Cup commences.
Network Managers, as you know, don’t typically have a lot of down time on a day-to-day basis.
It seems there’s always some network or user issue popping up (and in most cases it’s more than one issue at a time) so you find yourself running around trying to keep the network running and the users happy.
Not only will including this in your strategy allow you to maintain control and ensure of the peak performance of your network’s bandwidth, it will also ensure your network is not at risk of viruses, malware attacks or any other malicious behavior.
A proper Flow monitoring tool delivers peace of mind, allowing you to have confidence that your network is secure and your bandwidth is not being consumed with such capabilities as:
Support for Popular Flow Formats: The ability to monitor NetFlow, sFlow and JFlow, with support for switches and routers from vendors such as Cisco, Extreme, Juniper, HP and more
Visibility into Network Bandwidth Utilization:Complete, real-time visibility into QoS and exactly how your network bandwidth is being used to ensure optimal network performance
Comprehensive Reporting:Collection of NetFlow, sFlow and JFlow records and conversion into useful reports which track real-time usage as well as historical trends
Threshold Based Alerting: Receiving alerts in real-time when configured thresholds are exceeded allow you to proactively troubleshoot and resolve performance bottlenecks and eliminate malicious behavior
WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor is a network traffic analysis solution that offers all of these benefits, allowing you to focus on other business-critical projects while giving you the peace of mind that your network is constantly performing at its peak. Don’t just take my word for it, though. Here is Claudio Robles, one of our WhatsUp Gold experts, offering more insight into the benefits of Flow Monitor.
Did you know that while the online video giant’s official birthday is February 14, 2005, it was exactly five years ago today that the very first video was uploaded? Well if you didn’t, now you do.
The video was titled “Me at the Zoo,” shot by Yakov Lapitsky. It was just 19 seconds long and featured one of YouTube’s founders, Jawed Karim, at the San Diego Zoo . . . and it marked the beginning of a new way to share and view video online.
As a business, Ipswitch, Inc. has come to rely heavily on YouTube to help distribute content – from tutorial videos to viral videos – about our WhatsUp Gold product.
If you haven’t already, check out our library of video on the IpswitchWhatsUpGold Channel. You’ll find an extensive list of tutorial videos walking you through nearly every aspect of our product.
As always, we rely on your feedback to make all aspects of WhatsUp Gold the best IT management solution we can – so if you have an opinion, don’t hold back and comment here!
Ipswitch, Inc. hasn’t forgotten its humble beginnings. In fact, we’re proud of our past.
Roger Greene founded Ipswitch, Inc. in 1991. We started off small, but thanks to his vision and business savvy and the support of our customers, it’s been nearly twenty years and we’re still private and profitable!
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If you’ve been putting off giving WhatsUp Gold a try, Stop and download today. Not only will you make your life easier, you’ll be making the life of a small business owner somewhere in the U.S. easier too!
