NetFort Technologies published the "findings of its annual network monitoring survey. NetFort surveyed a total of 138 network managers from small and medium size businesses (SMBs). Key findings from the report include the following:
- 76% of respondents already use network monitoring tools
- Most important feature not provided by existing tools - Ability to break down traffic by application and user
- Reports most often requested by management: Information on bandwidth consumption
- 71% of respondents think it is a necessity to associate network activity with usernames and not just IP addresses
- 18% of respondents want more visibility into bandwidth consumption
- 18% would like to monitor application performance
- 12% would like more visibility into Internet activity and monitor activity by IP address and username
- Nearly 27% of respondents would like a breakdown of traffic by application and user"
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