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Network + Systems Management
R E V I E W  
The End All of Network Performance Management

  December 1, 2002
  By Bruce Boardman


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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.


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