Network Monitoring

Network & technology transparent monitoring

Who imagined the flood of business apps, smartphones, virtualization and cloud technology just 3 years ago? What will your IT look like in three years? Choosing an IT monitoring solution is a long-term investment. You do not want to get stuck in a financial corner with very complicated pricing and licensing structure, or technically limited with a solution that doesn’t scale with your needs. One of the most powerful features of op5 Monitor is that it is not limited by technology (virtual, cloud or outsourced services) and is vendor independent, being able to monitor any part of your network as long as the equipment is IP-based. The modularized architecture of op5 Monitor allows high flexibility and it is possible to use extensions to add functionality to the standard feature set.

3 ways to reduce your business risk

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Todays global business is very technology dependent and need 100% uptime of business critical services, hence malfunctioning IT systems has direct impact on revenue. A professional monitoring system like op5 Monitor gives you the clear overview of your entire IT environment and enables proactive IT management, that is necessary to ensure 100% uptime.

Todays business is agile, hence your IT organization must be agile and subsequently your control system must be agile. op5 Monitor can monitor changes in your IT environment, send alarms and notifications that lets you catch small issues that in the end will cause problems for your business.

Today business is measured on “time to market” and is an important competitive advantage. The use of IT can significantly shorten time to market, hence the IT departments task is to facilitate fast time to market and not be a bottleneck. IT should add control and provide important information to the business. A monitoring system such as op5 Monitor can map and measure performance before and after investments and changes, providing the organization with valuable facts. The choice of technology to base new products and services on should be a swift and easy process.

3 Ways to reduced your technology risk

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The flexibility with open source based products. Avoid costly vendor lock in on closed proprietary code or competence. An open source based software such as op5 Monitor is easy to use and open to customise for maximum usability.

The use of turn key solutions. A turn key solution is easy to evaluate, easier to calculate total cost of ownership (TCO) and provides predictable functionality. op5 provide a committed roadmap and professional support, trying to ensure maximum return for you as a customer.

Focus on ease of use to minimise need of IT critical resources. Make sure your skilled IT staff is used to do what they are good at and not spending time on unnecessary maintenance. We provide automatic updates and patches to all our basic and enterprise users.

Proactive IT management

Growing tired of spending too much time and resources on “putting out fires”? Not having enough time for the proactive work of preventing issues to ever become problems? This situation creates a negative spiral, wasting time, money and competence on the wrong tasks, leading to even greater shortage of time to spend on preventive work. Using op5 Monitor will allow you to free up resources and create time for the proactive work. With op5 Monitor the proactive management becomes easier, having the whole environment in one tool, with visualised dependencies, automatic alarms, alarm escalation, notifications and reports. You can use the information from op5 Monitor to prioritize what needs to be addressed before it creates problems. A proactive IT management is essential to achieve high quality IT services and efficient utilization of resources.

Are your organization prepared for tomorrows network?

Networks and IT services become harder and harder to control and manage with the old generation tools. With mixes of virtual and physical hardware, outsourced and cloud based services the challenge and cost increases. We deliver ONE solution that can handle the challenges of being in control of the whole enterprise IT environment, both today and tomorrow. Improving system awareness that results in early detection, comprehension and repair of issues that may arise in the network. This saves time, resources and of course, money.

Map, measure and manage your network

map, measure and manage your network MAP your network. By mapping your network infrastructure, applications and traffic flow in op5 Monitor, you get a comprehensive, yet easy to understand, overview that enables simple root cause analysis. It helps you identify the primary cause of issues in your network before major damage is done. The information gathered is very valuable in change management.

MEASURE the performance. When you are aware and have an overview of the problem, you can easily benchmark and measure how your internal and external IT services is performing. Monitor your SLA (service level agreements) that you have with external service providers to set common ground and have hard facts when negotiating the terms. This is a key element when setting priorities for future investments and planning your IT resources.

MANAGE your network proactively to increase the over all quality of delivered services. Using the data gained from op5 Monitor you can make educated decision based on documented facts and figures. The data is invaluable for change management, budget- and investment planning.