Be a network nastie from the pub
Use an iPhone and Meru's network console
by Tony Dennis
It's a network manager from Hell's (NMFH's) dream come true. Dictate
to your network users via that fashion icon – the Apple iPhone – without having
to return to your desk.
Meru Networks probably doesn't even know what it's
unleashed. But, by providing a completely browser based application that is fine
tuned for the iPhone, the company has introduced the ultimate network management
tool.
The best bit is that managers don't even have to go onto
the infamous App store to access this facility, it's simply a part of Meru's
standard network management console.
The application does all the usual network management stuff
- view network load, density, client counts, connection status, for example.
Plus – whilst sipping the latest designer pilsner in the Pin & Stripes – network
managers will still be able to receive urgent notifications of high-priority
events – like the CEO's PC going offline.
It's even possible to initiate heavy-duty network
management stuff like telling the network operations centre to restart a
RADIUS server. How cool is that.
There's not really much of a catch that a NMFH can't overcome. Such as having to
run Merus' EzRF network manager 2.0 on the network and opt for EzRF OnTheGo.
It will set them back a mere $499 per user license. Not
sure how much that is in Euros at the mo'.
There's another advantage. If your favourite drinking establishment has Wi-Fi
access, you don't even need an iPhone, you can use an iPod Touch instead.
Pretend you love hot-desking rather than spend your lunch-times in the pub and
contact Meru Networks here.
