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PacketTrap releases new network management system - Perspective

PacketTrap is a new “startup” network management company. I have been a fan of their free “pt360″ tool that gives you a single console for a variety of network management & troubleshooting tools. Besides the free version, they also have commercial versions of the pt360 that offer more features like built in Cisco management tools.

Recently, PacketTrap launched a whole new product - a network management & monitoring product called “perspective”. Perspective is solely a commercial product but there is the option to “try/eval” it. The name comes from the concept that it shows you the network from the “perspective” of the device that you are monitoring/managing. Perspective competes with products like IPSwitch WhatsUp, Solarwinds Orion, and others. Perspective is meant to be a true enterprise network management & monitoring application. It also integrates with the pt360 troubleshooting tool.

While I am not here to sell you anything, I just like to share the word about new & innovative products (especially the free ones). So, if you are looking for a tool for network management & monitoring, I encourage you to evaluate PacketTrap’s Perspective. Additionally, for network troubleshooting, you should look at pt360 (especially as you can use the free version to start with).

PacketTrap pt360 - new version 2.0 with Cisco features!

The very cool PacketTrap pt360 all-in-one network management application has a new version out - version 2.0.

With this version, you get the new Cisco Configuration features (what I have personally been waiting for)!

You can download a free 21 day trial version of the software from the PacketTrap Download site (and don’t forget that they have a FREE version too)! I have used this myself and it has been very helpful and has reduced the amount of time it takes to troubleshoot and configure my network. Trust me, it is much better than some of the other all-in-one network management applications because it is all integrated - not a bunch of seperate applications

So, give it a try! What the heck, its free, right?

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