T Workflow Automation IT Workflow Automation for Dummies IT Workflow Automation Video Administrators have preset routine (run book) tasks to perform either during network faults or as an on-going maintenance task. These first level troubleshooting steps and repetitive laborious maintenance tasks can now be orchestrated and automated through powerful IT workflow automation engine. OpManager’s IT workflow automation: Code-free IT workflow automation with out-of-the-box checks and actions. An agile and flexible drag-n-drop workflow…
Over the past month, IDC and Forrester Research, two of the largest and most venerable analyst firms, have released 2016 predictions – and many readers will find their reports disquieting indeed (unfortunately, neither IDC’s FutureScape 2016 or Forrester’s Predictions 2016: The Cloud Accelerates are freely available to the general public). Forecast 2016: 5 fast-track trends to tackle now IT will drive business change in 2016 thanks to these key tech developments. READ NOW I believe that we’re in the beginning stages of an IT l…
What Is the Data that Drives Performance? By Joe Hessmiller Research indicates despite everything we’ve tried, project success rates have hardly budged in 30 years. A McKinsey & Company study of 5,400 large scale IT projects (projects with initial budgets greater than $15M) found that the well-known challenges with IT Project Management are persisting. Among the key findings quoted from the report: “17 percent of large IT projects go so badly that they can threaten the very existence of the company. On average, large IT projects ru…
PRTG: Ticket System Keeps Track of Network Monitoring Issues Another new feature for PRTG Network Monitor has arrived! Monitoring your IT infrastructure and taking care of potential issues is even more comprehensible now: The new ticket system lets you and your colleagues from the administration team keep track of all network related issues which PRTG detects. You can use it to document related resolution steps and important system information. Basically, the ticket system as implemented in PRTG manages and maintains lists of c…
Sending Out PRTG SMS Notifications Using a GSM Modem and the MWconn Freeware Tool 8 Easy Steps to Go In some monitoring scenarios users want a notifications system that can alert independently from an existing IP (and internet) connection. We have already introduced several means to do so, but with MWconn it gets really simple. PRTG already comes with IP-based SMS functionality which enables you to trigger and send out text messages to your mobile whenever there are alarms in your monitoring. IP-independent SMS dispatch can be…
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