It is well known that any partnership that is built on mutual gain has more potential to last longer and progress further. How to define this relationship, however, can be difficult when dealing with constantly changing technology and differing client bases. The relationship between a managed service provider (MSP) and a business is one that […]
Knowing what is on your network is equally as important as understanding how your network operates. An often overlooked component while gathering performance data is accounting for scheduled outages. If scheduled outages are not accounted for, there can be negative effects on your reporting and your efficiency. Preparation can stop events from expected outages taking […]
The standards for many organizations are still in the proverbial “dark ages” when it comes to keeping track of what is on their network. As a support engineer with Opmantek I speak with multiple engineers every day. It isn’t unusual for me to hear that engineers at large, fortune 500 companies are still using text […]
What does it do? Open-AudIT is an application to tell you exactly what is on your network, how it is configured and when it changes. Open-AudIT is designed to be run on a server (Windows or Linux) and to scan your networks for devices. Once a device is found, Open-AudIT runs a series of commands […]
Cyber Monday is here and we are getting excited for some bargains! While Opmantek are offering 25% off an Open-AudIT Professional 100 device subscription with the promo code ‘CYBER17” until 5th December 2017, we have also been trawling the internet for the best deals for technology products and services our small business customers will love. Here are our top […]
Introduction Open-AudIT can use Active Directory (AD) to provide user authentication and optionally authorization. Using AD for authentication only means the user must exist within Open-AudIT and AD is used to simply verify the user’s username and password. If we go to the next step and configure authorization, then Open-AudIT will assign Roles and Orgs […]
Introduction Open-AudIT provides many useful reports about your network, the devices that exist on it and many other items. Three quick and easy reports that will provide you with an invaluable insight to your network are: Daily Discovered Devices, Daily Discovered Software, and Devices Not Seen. You can schedule these to run each week and […]
Introduction Adding fields that are specific to your requirements is an extremely simple process with Open-AudIT. You can then populate these fields with whatever data you would like recorded. Asset Numbers, Cost Codes, specific attributes, etc. Fields can be one of two types. A freeform text field or a selectable list of values. A log […]
Gartner have just released their 2017 Market Guide for Network Automation with Opmantek featured for the second year in a row. The annual market review assesses sentiment and trends as well as key developments in the platforms and tools that automate the maintenance of virtual and physical network device configurations, providing an opportunity to lower […]
The demand for cloud security services in today’s dynamic cyber security landscape, is growing at a rapid pace across the globe. But unlocking the huge new revenue opportunity in the enterprise market segment for a telco or data centre operator is a challenging task. Having worked for many years in Telstra Corporation – the #1 […]