Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

Network World has an excellent review of open-source network management tools, which is a must-read for network and server administrators running free-software shops. (Reading the full article ...

In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don’t know what your ...

As networking continues to expand and diversify, encompassing a growing number of wired and wireless devices, the demand for network monitoring tools remains high. While feature-packed commercial ...

I self-host a lot of apps and services on my home server, and I often expose several of them to the internet. Additionally, I have a ton of smart home devices connected to the internet — all from ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...

Auvik: Auvik Atera: Atera Spiceworks Network Monitor: Spiceworks OpenNMS: OpenNMS NetCrunch: NetCrunch NinjaOne: NinjaOne Pulseway: Pulseway LogicMonitor: LogicMonitor Small business owners cannot ...