WhatsUp Gold
WhatsUp Gold (WUG) is a network management and monitoring software produced by Ipswitch, Inc. WhatsUp Gold recently acquired Dorian Software, a maker of security event and log management products for Windows environments.[1]
Editions and Plug-Ins
WhatsUpGold is sold in three different editions:
- WhatsUpGold Premium
- WhatsUpGold Standard
- WhatsUpGold Distributed
Along with the core products Premium, Standard and Distributed, system administrators also use the following plug-ins to monitor and manage their networks[2]:
- WhatsConfigured for automated network device and configuration file backup, restoration and storage and automated change management processes.
- WhatsConnected, a layer 2/3 network discovery tool that provides the ability to depict, visualize and document device connectivity within the network down to the individual port.
- WhatsVirtual provides management of physical and virtual environments from a single console.
- Flow Monitor provides insight into network bandwidth and capacity utilizations.
- Flow Publisher extends the capabilities of Flow Monitor to offer insight and visibility into the network traffic for every device.
- VoIP Monitor delivers the capability to monitor and report on a network’s capacity to support and maintain acceptable call quality for Voice over IP (VoIP).
WhatsUpGold recently launched free Engineer's Toolkit, which is a collection of tools for daily network diagnostic, troubleshooting, and monitoring tasks.
Awards
- WhatsUpGold was named Network Management Product of 2010 by Network Computing Magazine.[3]
- WhatsUp Gold v12 Premium Edition received Excellent rating from ZDNet [4]
- ITPro gave WhatsUp Gold V12 5 out of 6 Stars [5]
- WhatsUp Gold won "Works Right out of the Box" 2008 Editor's Choice Award [6]
Technology Partners
The Ipswitch Network Management Division also has partnerships with the following companies.[7]
- Cisco
- Autotask
- Tigerpaw
- AlarmTILT
- Orsenna
References
External links
- Practical Steps for Building and Managing an Internal Cloud