"When it comes to network monitoring, SolarWinds has always advocated that IT Pros take the back-to-basics approach. We know visibility into the health and performance of a network is essential to any organization," said Chris LaPoint, vice president product management, SolarWinds. "However, as BYOD and increasingly mobile workforces evolve networks in new and complex ways, the 'basics' are changing, so it's critical that IT Pros have a single, dependable solution to automate tedious -- yet essential -- network monitoring tasks. SolarWinds NPM ensures that the fundamentals of network monitoring are not overlooked."
Automate wireless network mapping to enhance wireless coverage
With SolarWinds NPM's NEW wireless network heat maps, IT Pros can automatically map their wireless networks to show signal strength according to their floor plans -- whether in small doctor's offices or a 40,000-sq. ft. campus -- with a visual display of critical status and performance metrics. With these maps, IT can now:
Troubleshoot client connectivity issues, keeping mobile end-users working with minimal disruption to their productivity
Generate user-sourced wireless signal strength surveys for coverage in all network locations, including remote sites
Prioritize wireless signal strength where it is most needed and proactively make adjustments such as adding wireless access points, modifying the environment, etc.
Use client location tracking to find any wireless-connected device within the network, helping IT keep track of end-users and rogue or misplaced devices
Automate capacity planning to prevent network outages
With NEW capacity forecasting, IT Pros can automate planning for network needs (bandwidth, WAN circuits, etc.) to help prevent poor performance and sudden network outages. IT can now:
Use historical data from SolarWinds NPM on CPU, memory, volumes, connected wireless clients, node, and interface traffic utilization to provide automated assessments of average and peak use
Answer the question, "How many days before I run out of disk space/CPU/bandwidth, etc. and it impacts a user's network connectivity?" and set customizable alerts to proactively secure the necessary network resources to get ahead of those situations
