As the physical security market migrates to IP-based systems for increased return on investment, there is a gradual integration of building systems and IT departments that promotes a unified approach to security and data infrastructures. With more devices on the network to manage the complexity and challenge increases.

To alleviate the pain, Kratos Networks offers a complimentary desktop app to conveniently monitor the availability and performance of the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager (VSOM) Server.

The Kratos VSOM Monitor continuously tracks the elements that are critical to ensuring optimal VSOM health including server availability, as well as the status of services and video and archive feeds.

The Kratos VSOM Monitor makes it quick and convenient for IT and physical security managers to continuously monitor from their desktop without logging into a management program. It's at-a-glance view allows users to easily see:

• Utilization of CPU and memory
• Capacity for storage
• Response time for vital services
• Performance of video and archive feeds

If you're looking for other free IT management tools, download them here.

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Are you attending Cisco Live this year? The clock is ticking and we are about a month away. The event takes place from June 10-14 in San Diego. You can get a complimentary pass to attend the World of Solutions Expo, keynotes and super sessions and access Cisco Live 365 by registering before June 8^th.

Kratos will be exhibiting at this premier education and training event in booth 2618. Come by and pay us a visit and learn about our IT, remote and SATCOM management solutions. By visiting our booth, enter yourself for a chance to win a 40” big screen TV and to attend training (a $3,000 value) at Global Knowledge, the worldwide leader in IT training.  Global Knowledge offers a whole host of Cisco related training that you may be able to take advantage of by visiting our booth.

We will also be promoting our free IT management utilities that handle the monitoring of network traffic, syslog alarms, Exchange, service levels, websites and more. If you haven’t downloaded any of our free IT management tools, visit our website and try them out today.

If you would like to schedule a visit to our booth, please contact us at info@kratosnetworks.com or just drop by anytime and we look forward to seeing you. You may be a lucky winner!

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Four Key Tasks to Consider to Help Make the Right Decision
If you have IT equipment in multiple distributed locations, but don't have IT staff at every site, it may be worthwhile to consider a remote management solution. A remote management solution offers many potential benefits including:

• Reduced operational expenses
• Improved service levels
• Enhanced security and regulatory compliance

So what is the key to success when considering the deployment of a remote management solution? Think about the management tasks that benefit the most from proximity. While remote management can apply to a variety of infrastructure components, to maximize its impact, concentrate on network infrastructure to ensure performance and availability as well as the capability for centralized management tools to connect to servers, switches, routers and other infrastructure. 

So what are the tasks best suited for remote management? Remote management excels at the following tasks:

1. Specific network configuration and change management tasks

• Automating initial configuration of newly deployed IT devices
• Implementing configuration changes
• Change tracking and auditing
• Automated Router Recovery when configuration files get corrupted

2. Particular network performance and availability jobs

• Device monitoring
• User experience simulation
• Run book automation

3. Network security management from an auditing perspective

4. Secure out-of-band access

By taking advantage of a remote management solution to handle these tasks, your organization can reduce costs, improve service levels and increase security.  If a remote management solution makes sense for your environment, consider the Mercury appliance that enables IT staff to perform administration, maintenance, and recovery tasks on switches, routers, and other equipment from a central location using a single interface. If you have any questions, contact us at: info@kratosnetworks.com.

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