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SNMP is one of the hottest topics in network reliability management. People throughout the industry want to learn about SNMP. We see this demand every day here at DPS Telecom. At last count, our SNMP Tutorial has been viewed and downloaded over 50,000 times.
The SNMP Tutorial has been really popular, but people have told us they want more - specifically, information on how SNMP monitoring can provide the same detailed data and alarm notifications as traditional telemetry.
So we've expanded the SNMP Tutorial with a new chapter titled "7 Fatal Mistakes Network Engineers Make When They Attempt to Integrate SNMP and Non-SNMP Systems ... and How You Can Avoid Them."
This new information covers the practicalities of SNMP telemetry applications. It will guide you away from some of the pitfalls of SNMP deployments, and give you straight answers about what telemetry capabilities you should insist on as your network migrates to SNMP.
There's only one place to get this valuable information - right here, right now, exclusively to QuickTips subscribers. Download the new chapter or the entire expanded SNMP Tutorial today. It's totally free, and it's exactly the information you need to make sure your SNMP monitoring is a success.
Best regards,
Chris Hower,
DPS Telecom Technical Support
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