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Condé Nast Uses Proactive Monitoring Solution to Better Serve its Media Empire

Global Media Company Resolves Nearly 50% of Network Detection Problems Before Readers Log On. Condé Nast, the international print and digital media company who publishes Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, Wired and more, was eager to find an automated solution for its network monitoring issues. Condé Nast wanted to provide those logging onto the digital versions of their numerous magazines with reading experiences uninterrupted by network or server hold ups. The IT team required a swift and efficient way to create error reports, as opposed to their old way of using pencils and paper.

WhatsUp Gold 2022.1: Monitor More of What Matters, Right Out of the Box

Well, we’re here to change that. Progress WhatsUp Gold release 2022.1, available as of October 12, 2022, offers users even more built-in infrastructure discovery and monitoring power, available for immediate use. It’s now even easier for you to: It’s been a banner year for WhatsUp Gold users. Packed with enhancements, WhatsUp Gold 2022.1 layers onto the powerful improvements already released in 2022.0 last March.

Network Log Archiving = Perfect Backwards Visibility

Network monitoring is ideal for getting a real-time view of your connected environment, and with reports, you can look back in time too. Logs are key to this rear-view mirror look, as they contain all the data for all the elements you are monitoring. But without network log archiving, you can only look back so far. Did you know that according to an IBM/Ponemon study, it takes an average of 287 days to discover and contain a data breach?

Take Network Monitoring to the Extreme with WhatsUp Gold/Flowmon Duo

Network monitoring is the key to efficient, reliable operation, as well as performance and security. The deeper and more broadly you can monitor (yes, you want to do both), the better your network operates. What if you could combine a superstar in network infrastructure monitoring with the champion of network flow monitoring? You can. Progress, owner of WhatsUp Gold, recently acquired Kemp and their market-leading Flowmon solution.

Why is Network Monitoring and Network Log Management So Crucial?

Without Network Monitoring, there is no good way to get a real-time view of your connected environment. But with Network Monitoring reports, you can look backwards to spot problems and trends. Just as vital are logs that deepen this rear-view mirror look, as they contain all the data for all the elements you are monitoring.

Higher Education and the Persnickety Network: How Monitoring Comes to the Rescue

Colleges and universities face immense IT challenges. The end user base is regularly overturning with students coming and going. And residential students are just part of the problem. Increasingly, schools support extensive distance learning, which only gained ground thanks to COVID. Now that remote work and distance learning are the new mandates, there are even more difficult challenges for Higher Education IT to deal with.

Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum

The Deutsche Bergbau-Museum Bochum (DBM), or the German Mining Museum, is one of the premier locations to show those interested in the history of mining. Over its 100+ years of operation, the DBM has evolved its exhibits to use multimedia players and other digital devices connected to its network. However, the museum’s three-person IT staff faced a series of problems, including a lack of insight into where network outages occurred and no alert notifications. After working alongside P&W Netzwerk, DBM deployed Progress WhatsUp Gold to manage the broad network environment cost-effectively.

Best Practice Series: Securing the Monitoring System

Network security makes the headlines at least once per day – and usually for the wrong reasons. In today's world, ensuring and maintaining a secure deployment is of utmost importance. Did you know that WhatsUp Gold provides several important security features that you can configure and manage to maintain a secure deployment? These features can help you to defend against unauthorized access to the WhatsUp Gold server as well as to devices monitored by WhatsUp Gold.