Buyer's Guide: Network management software suites

Finding the suite spot
In today's new world of network management, the distinction between all-in-one frameworks from vendors such as Computer Associates and Tivoli, and individual point products from companies such as Concord Communications has begun to disappear. The framework vendors are offering point products and the point product vendors are offering software suites.

Tightly focused network management suites
We reviewed four of the most promising network management software suites to determine how much functionality and integration they provide.

How we did it
In our evaluation of these network management aids, we looked primarily for the ability to monitor and manage the health and availability of our servers and network devices.

Interactive Buyer's Guide
You can search the database for a particular criteria, do a head-to-head comparison of two vendors or simply browse through detailed product information from 19 vendors.

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