Over the last decade or so, open source development has skyrocketed, and network management software has ridden that wave. Many frustrated IT administrators have turned to free tools to monitor, ...

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As networking continues to expand and diversify, encompassing a growing number of wired and wireless devices, the demand for network monitoring tools remains high. While feature-packed commercial ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Build or buy? That's the typical discussion around network automation. In reality, however, ...

The economy isn’t the only reason open source management applications are currently garnering a lot of attention. With vendors building commercial business models around the low-cost tools, now is the ...

The 10 coolest open-source software tools in 2025 include software for developing AI agentic applications, managing streams ...

There are a handful of leading commercial toolmakers to help IT detect and respond to system outages and application failures, commonly referred to as "incident management and response," including ...

Documenting the network and keeping tabs on the equipment in your environment is the equivalent of doing the dishes, taking out the trash — i.e., the everyday household chore minutia that gets pretty ...

CARY, N.C. — Software vendor Atipa saw an opportunity and grabbed it by taking an open source network management project, adopting it as its own and developing software for sale to midsize and ...

Identity access management (IAM) tools, crucial for cybersecurity, have become highly sought-after due to rising identity-related breaches. A study from Varonis found that 57% of cyberattacks start ...

Open-source software tools are increasing in popularity because of the multiple advantages they provide including lower upfront software and hardware costs, lower total-cost-of-ownership, lack of ...