At present, the competitors active in China's network monitoring software market can be divided into the following three forces:
Network element management software: The network element management software only manages individual network elements ( network equipment ) , which are generally provided by network equipment manufacturers. Graphical panels for manufacturers' equipment, such as AT-View Plus from Annette .
Foreign network management software: including HP 's OpenView , CA 's Unicenter , IBM 's Tivoli and BMC 's Patrol and other products. These products can provide comprehensive management of large-scale networks, with powerful functions and relatively complex operations, which are difficult to adapt to domestic network conditions.
Domestic network management software: including a large number of various domestic network management software, such as Zhihe network management platform SugarNMS .
From the perspective of market share, the network management software of HP , IBM , and CA has occupied half of China's network management software market, and other manufacturers have divided up the remaining 50% of the market share. It is worth mentioning that the market share of domestic network management software manufacturers has continued to grow in recent years. According to relevant survey data, products such as Zhihe network management platform are currently selling well in China, and Zhihe network management platform is currently the fastest growing in China. One of the network management software companies. How can domestic network management software stand out in the fierce market competition and be recognized and accepted by many consumer enterprises ?
The advantages of localization of network monitoring software
Localization advantage one: ease of use
Many domestic software have realized the full Chinese interface in recent years, and can be used without special training. The implementation period is short, and there is no need to install agent software on the monitored server. The user can basically complete the implementation in about a day after purchase, and the operation and maintenance are very convenient. However, foreign large-scale network management software requires specialized technical teams to manage ( "network management software for network management software" ) , which requires large investment, long implementation period, and relatively troublesome operation and maintenance.
Localization advantage 2: customized service
Large-scale foreign network management system is a general network management product, which is difficult to meet the needs of enterprises for special application monitoring. It is difficult and expensive to require large foreign companies to carry out secondary development of their products for domestic enterprises. Domestic software can usually provide source code-level technical support, which can be quickly customized and developed for the special application of enterprises.
Localization advantage three: cost performance
Foreign large-scale network management software has excellent performance and correspondingly high price. However, in the specific application environment in China, it is often difficult to fully display the power, and the performance advantage is greatly reduced, so the cost performance is dragged down. The domestic software has unique advantages in this regard.
Today's China's network management software market has transformed from an initial manufacturer-led model to a market demand-driven model. The market has basically matured, and users' purchasing behaviors are becoming more rational, and their requirements for products and services are more stringent. Without timely insight into changes in user needs, manufacturers that provide network management software products that conform to the development trend are difficult to survive in the fierce market competition.
Advantages of domestic network management software compared with foreign software
Winning Factor 1: Truly Intelligent, Automated, Visualized
In the process of automatic discovery, you can search for network devices, identify the device type and manufacturer model, generate a panel diagram of the device or search for device resources, such as: boards, ports, CPUs , memory, disks, etc., and discover between devices. link relationship.
The network management software supports the display of network topology relationships in a graphical way, supports the linkage display of tree structure and plane structure, and can also divide networks by area, region, level and other layout methods. The real-time status information of the device is displayed in real time with device icons of different colors in the topology. Manage devices, device resources, and links through topology diagrams.
The user can edit the connection through the topology view and select the performance data item displayed in real time for the connection. Support CDP , LLDP , ARP technology, neighbor routing, port forwarding table, and other physical topology discovery technologies to automatically identify aggregated link industrial ring networks, etc. Display the link, running status, and traffic performance data between devices.
Support user-defined device types and their device resources. The device template function allows users to customize the device panel diagram, and supports the maximum possible support for different device types.
Winning Factor Two : Remote Management
The network management system based on B/S structure can carry on the remote management very conveniently through the Web browser. Ruzhihe network management platform provides C/S and B/S client interface, compatible with PC and mobile devices.
Winning Factor 3: Active Management
Introducing artificial intelligence technology into network management, allowing the network to discover running problems and automatically eliminate some network faults, so as to realize the proactive and intelligent management of the network by the network management software, which is a new research direction of the network management software.
可以接收设备/服务器主动发送的消息，集中处理后，及时的通知用户，并可以通过集中的管理界面进行管理。
支持多种告警机制，自定义配置告警阀值，支持快速标示已经执行操作的告警，迅速定位告警设备。全面采集设备资源、应用、服务等告警信息。可将告警信息数据按照时间、资源、性能类型等多种维度以图表等形式展现。
制胜因素四：全面管理
通过拓扑视图中，用户可以方便的管理设备及其配置参数，支持对设备进行添加、修改、删除、移动等操作。
该功能是在拓扑图的基础上，进一步展示设备的一些细节，可以是设备的物理组件，也可以是服务器上的服务：比如：Web服务器、中间件应用服务、数据库服务器、邮件服务器等；还可以是用户定义的其他监控对象。
全面采集设备资源、应用、服务等性能信息。可将性能信息数据按照时间、资源、性能类型等多种维度以图表等形式展现。
支持对用户网络、用户权限进行设置，以及对黑白名单的控制，通过多层次多角度提升网络安全性，保障用户网络安全。
支持同时对每多台设备进行配置/备份和软件升级，以减少管理员的工作量，提高系统的可用性。支持单个和批量设备的配置文件升级、备份和恢复功能
支持多项数据的统计功能，让用户对网络有一个全面直观的了解。支持将软件中的统计图表导出或打印，以便备份或对比查看。
制胜因素五：集成管理
集成的网络管理要求通过一个控制和操作台就可提供对各个子网的透视、对所管业务的了解及提供对故障定位和故障排除的支持，也就是通过一个操作台实现对互联的多个网络的管理。实现集成管理的基础是网管软件的开放性和兼容性，包括开放式管理接口：使网络管理软件能管理其他厂商的网络管理设备，增加组网的适应性和灵活性;开放式应用编程接口：在网络管理平台上提供各种应用编程接口(API)，为用户提供增值机会。
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