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The End All of Network Performance Management

December 1, 2002
By Bruce Boardman

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	Introduction
	ProactiveNet 4.1.2
	Concord Communications eHealth Suite 5.0.2
	Other Products Reviwed
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	How We Tested
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Trying to get a handle on your entire business takes easily understandable information about the network, systems and applications you operate. Our review of end-to-end performance management tools from Argent Software, Compuware, Concord Communications, NetQoS, NetScout and ProactiveNet focuses on the packages' usefulness in painting a clear picture of your IT systems' overall health. We considered their reporting abilities, root-cause analysis abilities, data collection, implementation, administration, pricing and "gotchas."

We awarded ProactiveNet's eponymous performance management suite Editor's Choice, primarily for its outstanding root-cause analysis features. More thoroughly than the competition, this product uses automatically created performance thresholds, logical groupings and its top-notch filtering ability to list the most likely sources of network trouble.