Showing posts with label network-management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label network-management. Show all posts

Friday, September 21, 2012

Trigger, Python networking toolkit

By Vasudev Ram


Trigger, a Python-based network toolkit, originally created by the AOL Network Security team for their own use. Now open source on GitHub.

Excerpt from the Trigger page:

[ Trigger is a robust network engineering toolkit written in Python that was designed for interfacing with network devices and managing network configuration and security policy. It increases the speed and efficiency of managing large-scale networks while reducing the risk of human error.

Started by the AOL Network Security team in 2006, Trigger was originally designed for security policy management on firewalls, routers, and switches. It has since been expanded to be a full-featured network engineering toolkit. ]

- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises



Sunday, September 2, 2012

NetVigil from Fidelia, for large IT infrastructure management

By Vasudev Ram


Saw this today via a chain of links.

NetVigil, from Fidelia, is a product for IT infrastructure management, designed for very large enterprise and service provider networks. (They also have another product called Fidelia Helix, on the same lines, but meant for small or medium sized enterprises. Both NetVigil and Helix are built on the same underlying engine.)

Some features of NetVigil:

- Runs on Linux, Windows, Solaris

- Predictive reporting on upcoming problems

- Powerful correlation graphs between servers, networks and applications

- Web interface offers minimal learning, ubiquitous access

- Automatic setup and discovery- operational within minutes

Excerpts from their site:

[ Founded in 2000 by Vikas Aggarwal and a team from Verio (acquired by NTT in 2000 for $6B), Fidelia Technology, Inc. is a privately held, venture-funded software company based in Princeton, New Jersey.

Fidelia has about 70 customers including Sony Online Entertainment, Spirit Airlines, Verizon Wireless, Cornell University and Yale University who have been using the product for over 4 years.

Downloadable over the Web, NetVigil begins discovering the IT infrastructure immediately, returning its value quickly. The NetVigil application is affordably priced for mid-tier enterprises, but scalable enough for Fortune 500 organizations. ]

- Vasudev Ram - Dancing Bison Enterprises