Network Management Tools

Overview
Network management tools help IT professionals monitor, manage, and optimize network infrastructure. They provide insights into device performance, application and service performance, and help troubleshoot issues. Features include device discovery, performance monitoring, configuration management, and fault analysis, with additional features like network mapping, traffic analysis, and security management in some tools. Network management tools offer benefits such as increased network visibility, improved network performance, and reduced downtime, resulting in improved user satisfaction. The choice of tool depends on organizational needs, network size and complexity, device and application types, and budget available
Why are network monitoring tools required for you?
Gain insight into network performance.
Identify and troubleshoot issues
Network device discovery
Performance monitoring
Configuration management
Fault analysis
Why implement network monitoring tools?
Capacity Planning
Predicting network growth and planning for future needs
Traffic Management
Controlling and optimizing network traffic
Syslog Server
Send event data logs to a central location for storage
Performance Optimization
Best practices used to monitor and improve network performance