Network World, 11/13/00
This crowded category includes products that handle IP addressing
issues, local network monitoring and alerting tasks, network planning
functions and remote server management. The award goes to MediaHouse Software's
ipMonitor, which earned an overall 9.0 score from Test Alliance member
Barry Nance, an independent consultant, to beat out 33 other products.
Nance praised this Windows-based monitoring and alerting software for
its stellar ability to alert network administrators of connectivity and
server health problems and its slick user interface.
Best
of the Tests Award winner: ipMonitor
Company: MediaHouse Software, www.mediahouse.comDate reviewed: Sept. 4
Score: 9.0
Score above the category mean: 1.85
Reviewer's comment:"[IpMonitor] proved to be a superior and
intelligent problem-notification aid for our network. Its monitoring and
reporting features, together with its slick user interface, impressed
us greatly."
- Barry Nance, independent consultant