In the real estate world, the mantra is location, location, location. In the network and server administration world, the mantra is visibility, visibility, visibility. If you don’t know what your ...

Ever wanted to stop a specific app from going online—whether to protect your privacy or block suspicious activity? Me too—and that’s why I use Portmaster, a free, open-source network monitor that lets ...

The trajectory for open-source network monitoring tools points towards exponential growth, pushing the boundaries of innovation. These open-source solutions, combining affordability, strength, and ...

Network World has an excellent review of open-source network management tools, which is a must-read for network and server administrators running free-software shops. (Reading the full article ...

Zenoss is a 100% Open Source application for network monitoring written in Python using the Zope framework. How does Zenoss (the company) make money? They provide support, consulting, and training for ...

Zabbix is a powerful and flexible open-source monitoring software solution designed to monitor IT infrastructure's performance, health, and availability, including servers, networks, applications, and ...

In a previous article, I wrote about/confessed what a mess my home/home lab networking was and discussed various tools I used to discover what devices were connected to my home network and where they ...

Computerworld recently showcased 10 great free network management tools. Readers responded with some of their own favorites, so I’m going to take a look at those tools and report on their capabilities ...

Nagios is a powerful, free, open source network management system, and when it’s wrapped up in a virtual appliance it has to be one of the easiest ways to evaluate a serious network management ...