Today's networks are more complex than ever and require a comprehensive network management strategy. While this usually implies spending money on off-the-shelf network management applications, used correctly, free tools can play an important role in your overall management plan. Watch as our Head Geek, Josh Stephens, discusses the best ways to leverage free tools along with some of the things to watch out for. He also demonstrates how to use his favorite five free tools in order to simplify common network management tasks such as:-
• Virtualized infrastructure management
• Log management
• Network traffic analysis