By WUG Team
Introducing More Tools and Improved Usability
The WhatsUp Gold v14.3 and the fully integrated WhatsVirtual 2.0 plugin are officially available for download folks!
With this latest release the Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold team is proud to arm the Network Admins and IT Managers of the world with the fastest, most intuitive, and most scalable version of our award-winning Network Management software.
Looking for improved pagination capabilities on reports so you’re armed with information concerning your network faster?
WUG 14.3 has it.
Did you ask for new pre-configured views for enhanced out-of-the-box operation and rapid time to value?
We heard you. WUG 14.3 has it.
WUG 14.3 also boasts:
- The ability to easily copy and replicate existing monitoring settings to new devices; and consolidated report views on all monitors for a device, or, for all devices per monitor.
- More Scalability allowing multiple changes to database storage, optimization techniques and querying leading to marked performance improvements; also added support for standard SQL clustering
WhatsVirtual 2.0 – which, when purchase, is fully integrated into WhatsUp Gold’s Alert Center, has seen a fair share of improved capabilities as well, including:
- vCenter, which discovers, monitors and controls all virtual resources through vCenter to offer complete accuracy and reliability.
- vMotion, which monitors live migrations as VMs move across physical servers to ensure a complete, accurate mapping of physical server relations at all times, including historical information and reports combined with powerful alerting capabilities.
- High Availability which gives complete access to historical information and reports, combined with powerful alerting capabilities to track VMs as they are automatically restarted or moved to other physical servers due to hardware or operating system failures.
Check out what John Shiells, the senior network analyst of Nucleus Information Service, Inc. had to say about WhatsVitural’s improvements:
“We are very impressed with the outstanding monitoring and reporting capabilities of WhatsVirtual 2.0, as well as the detailed overview of each host server, which allows us to quickly analyze performance and resource issues,” said Shiells. “We also find that viewing and reporting on historical log information for vMotion and High Availability in the same console is a huge time saver. The only time we use vCenter now is to fix a problem; everything else we can see and control with WhatsUp Gold,” Shiells said.
To find out more about WhatsUp Gold 14.3 and WhatsVirual’s enhanced capabilities – as well as improvements made to the WhatsUp Gold Flow Monitor visit our website!
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By WUG Team
We’re having a blast at Cisco Live! Las Vegas this year! We’ve met a lot of you out there and have loved hearing your feedback on WhatsUp Gold’s network management software and plug-ins.
If you’re in Vegas and haven’t had a chance to stop by booth #1751 at the Mandalay Bay yet, swing by today! We have scheduled tutorials by our engineers as well as some fun giveaways!
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By sbarry
The WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit is now available for download! So if you happen to be at the CiscoLive show in Vegas stop by booth #1751 and pick up a copy.
The Engineer’s Toolkit, normally a $995 value, is being offered free! It offers everything a network engineer needs to complete his or her daily tasks and helps to simplify common network management jobs like discovery, configuration, credentials, design, diagnostics, and verification of Cisco devices.
Check it out now!
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By sbarry
You’ve probably heard about the upcoming release of our brand new WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit – but are you familiar with its Diagnostics and DNS Verification categories? What’s more is that it can remotely manage your devices, as well as configurations and credentials of Cisco devices in one application.
This all-encompassing application can support a number of remote network tasks including:
- Initiate a remote boot up – Boot any remote network device, PC, or server, no physical access required. Remote boot up works on devices powered on or off.
- Check remote TCP connectivity – Checks all active TCP sessions, remote or local, and lets you reset the TCP session on any device.
- Manage Cisco device credentials – Keeps track of all your Cisco type-7 encrypted passwords and even decrypts them if needed, providing you with a plain text version.
- Take charge of Cisco NetFlow configuration – From one central management point, you can easily configure and manage NetFlow on your Cisco devices.
Just like your household handyman’s toolkit, WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit keeps the most essential tools in one place.
While we are putting the finishing touches on it you can stay up-to-date with release information through our advance notification sign-up. Plus, you will also be entered to win an iPad!
Want to learn more about the features of the WhatsUp Gold Engineer Toolkit? View our presentations:
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By sbarry
Would you pay eight times the price of an apple for the same apple or even a less appetizing apple? My guess is absolutely not. Maybe you’ve seen the apples-to-apples comparison on our website. If not, check it out. Needless to say, WhatsUp Gold delivers more for your money than the competition. Cough, cough, Solarwinds.
Whether it’s our device-based pricing system, array of plug-ins, or comprehensive and easy-to-use interface, WhatsUp Gold offers a superior value. Our apples-to-apples comparison of WhatsUp Gold vs. SolarWinds Orion pretty much sums it up.
WhatsUp Gold offers:
- Out of the box support for custom and non-custom MIBS
- Mobile Access
- Real-time alerts on Bandwidth Usage Violations
- Blackout alerting & reporting capabilities
- Simple and fair price per device – no overuse hidden costs
- Complete and Modular Security Log Management
- Conversion of raw traffic into standard NetFlow records
- Application Performance Monitoring (Standard)
- Integrated true layer 2 discovery
Solarwinds does not. A more extensive comparison is available in our Whitepaper.
The fact that the capabilities of WhatsUp Gold and Orion are comparable, with a few differences, comes as no surprise given the ever-changing and evolving nature of technology in general. What you may not know is that, punch for punch, WhatsUp Gold comes out on top when you consider the overall cost of ownership. Solarwinds users pay higher acquisition and annual maintenance costs hands down when looking at comparable configurations.
For instance, an infrastructure with 200 network devices (> 2000 network interfaces managed) and 300 servers (>2000 separate monitors) to monitor would require two Orion Enterprise licenses, NPM ($20,975) and APM ($19,995), for a total of $40,970. A configuration with the same device and server count would only require the 500 device license of WhatsUp Gold Premium for $5,195. How do you like them apples?
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By kmyers
We are finishing some last minute packing and getting ready to head out to Las Vegas for next week’s CiscoLive Networkers Show.
The WhatsUp Gold team will be setting up shop in Booth 1751. We’ll have giveaways, t-shirts, hands-on demonstrations, and a team of passionate people who want to meet you! You’ll also be able to check out the WhatsUp Gold Engineer’s Toolkit in action.
This year, we’ve set up a “Meet the NMD Experts” session – an opportunity for you to schedule time to meet with one of our experts and discuss questions, challenges, our product roadmap, or anything else on your mind!
So, if you are heading out to Vegas next week for the CiscoLive show, plan to stop by Booth 1751 and say hi –or at least grab some fun swag!
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