Blog Posts
Automation, is it just a buzzword?
When you hear Opmantek refer to ‘Automation’, it’s not just a buzzword – it’s kind of a big deal! But..what exactly is it, and why should you care? Let’s get to the nuts and bolts of it. Robotic Process Automation (RPA) focuses on automating human processes and...
How SMEs can manage their Network Faults using Event Actions
Fault management is the process of detecting, analysing and responding to faults in a system. It is an essential part of any IT infrastructure because it helps maintain availability and quality of service for applications. Event actions, inside opEvents,...
Why Configuration & Compliance Management Is Crucial
Network security is of paramount concern for all businesses in 2021 and beyond, one facet of network security that should be at the forefront of most organizations is Configuration and Compliance Management. Creating and enforcing configuration and compliance...
4 Best Practices For Automating Your Network Management
This excerpt comes from a blog originally posted on MSP Insights Murphy's Law states: "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong." Equipment always breaks when you're on vacation, often when the on-call engineer is as far away as possible, and with little useful...
How To Leave Work At 5 PM: Visibility, Event Management & Automation
This excerpt comes from a blog originally posted on Packetpushers.net As organizations manage increasingly interdependent network infrastructure in an increasingly chaotic world, how can you, as a Network Operations professional, maintain control of your network...
Packet Pushers: Detect, Diagnose, And Act Podcast
Podcast: Download (46.2MB)Keith Sinclair, CTO and progenitor of NMIS, joins Greg Ferro on Packet Pushers They discuss: What NMIS does and how it works Protocol support including SNMP, WMI, SSH, RESTful APIs, and more The persistence of SNMP Opmantek’s approach of...
Discovery to Monitoring, Automatic & On Your Terms
Introduction So you have this great discovery and auditing tool called Open-AudIT and you also have an amazing monitoring tool called NMIS. How can you automatically take your discovered devices and have NMIS monitor them...and why would you want to? With version...
What have we Learnt through Navigating in an Economic Downturn & Pandemic?
Between suffering from uncertainty to naturally flourishing, the ability to adapt out of dead market space will have made all the difference for your business in the past year. Whether you are in a country that is on track for normality or being hit by a new wave of...
How to Manage Complex Event Responses
Managing complex event responses can seem like an overwhelming task, but with the right automated network management software, the process is simpler than ever. Let's take a look at how an automated system can help you manage complex event responses. What is a...
Why we need a Dynamic Baseline and Thresholding Tool?
With the introduction of opCharts v4.2.5 richer and and more meaningful data can be used in decision making. Forewarned is forearmed the poverb goes, a quick google tells me "prior knowledge of possible dangers or problems gives one a tactical advantage". The reason...
Why IP Address Management Is Important
Whether you’re a small organization or an enterprise, efficient management of IP addresses can be the difference between a functional network and an inaccessible service. Increasing complexities, growing device numbers, Cloud Computing, IoT and BYOD continue to...
Virtual reality surfing a winner at Opmantek Industry Awards
Enabling surfing coaches and their trainees to use virtual reality (VR) to overcome traditional obstacles in the sports’ training environment has won a team Griffith Sciences students top gong at the Opmantek Industry Awards. The awards recognise industry...