Simple device discovery using Open-AudIT

Simple device discovery using Open-AudIT

Open-AudIT will discover any device on your network. Using the correct credentials will allow Open-AudIT to retrieve a great deal of information about any given device via SNMP, SSH or WMI. Windows, Linux, OSX, AIX and VMware have specific audit scripts that can be run against the target device and will do so automatically as […]

Auditing Web Servers with Open-AudIT

Auditing Web Servers with Open-AudIT

Do you know how many websites are running in your organisation? You might be surprised to see the number, not only of actual web servers – but also the number of sites those web servers are serving. Open-AudIT has a built-in query to easily show you the websites (even those not running) in your organisation. […]

AntiVirus Program Auditing with Open-AudIT

AntiVirus Program Auditing with Open-AudIT

Your AntiVirus console should tell you which PCs have their AntiVirus software installed. But will it tell you which PCs don’t have their AntiVirus software installed? What about your server’s that live in a DMZ or another disconnected network? What about AntiVirus software from another vendor? Because Open-AudIT captures the programs installed on a PC, […]

Business Services – Redefining Multi-Tenancy

Business Services – Redefining Multi-Tenancy

Over the last decade or so, I have worked with many organisations and while all of them are different, they have many things in common. One thing organisations have in common is the need for more flexibility in the authentication system to give them the ability to provide access to resources being managed by the […]

System Automation Through Integration

System Automation Through Integration

I have the pleasure of working with dozens of engineers every month from companies all over North America. No matter the type of business they work for I have found they all have one thing in common – they’re all trying to maintain larger and more complex networks with a smaller team of staff. Network […]

Improve Mean Time to Resolution Using NMIS Automated Base Lining

Improve Mean Time to Resolution Using NMIS Automated Base Lining

Managing a large complex environment with ever changing operational states is challenging. Several of our engineers who previously managed shifts in large 24hr Network Operation Centres described how they used Automated Live Base Lining when starting a shift and during shift handovers to immediately understand a network’s current health and recent history. NMIS Live Base […]

Baselines in Open-AudIT

Baselines in Open-AudIT

Our new major feature for 1.10 is the beginning of our Baselines feature. This is not finished as yet (in 1.10), but we wanted it out there for feedback. Baselines in Open-AudIT Enterprise allow you to take the details of one machine (say it’s software list) and use that as a basis for comparison against […]

How to extend NMIS with OpModules

How to extend NMIS with OpModules

Looking to extend the features and functionality of NMIS, but not sure where to start? We’ve put together a product selection guide to help you tailor a network management solution to meet your organization’s requirements using our range of modules. Click Here to Download the PDF

Open-AudIT Enterprise License Changes (for the better)

Open-AudIT Enterprise License Changes (for the better)

Great news everyone – FirstWave now provide a free license for 20 devices that is not time limited. That’s right – you can now use Open-AudIT Enterprise on 20 devices for free, forever. We don’t mind if you’re a small business owner, a student or just have an extensive home network. Open-AudIT Enterprise is free […]

Update Device Attributes In Bulk With Open-AudIT

Update Device Attributes In Bulk With Open-AudIT

Open-AudIT provides a simple and powerful way to edit the attributes of multiple devices at the same time. Using this feature enables Administrators to quickly and easily update 1,000’s of devices with manually set values for attributes such as device location, type, purchase details, credentials, etc. Any user of Open-AudIT with an access level of […]