Author: Marc Wilson

Marc Wilson

Marc is the lead editor of PCWDLD. He holds a CCNP and has worked in organizations across the private and public sectors with roles spanning network administration, server administration, Microsoft Exchange administration, network security and engineering.

His written work has been cited as reading material for students at UC Berkeley, University of Texas and Duke among others. His work is also frequently cited in industry forums and community wikis.

A self-confessed networking nerd, he spends his time outside of work getting his hands into things he shouldn't and as a hobbyist audio engineer.

The Best IT Infrastructure Monitoring Tools and Software

As a network increases in size and importance, so does the need to ensure the network runs (and keeps running) effectively. To achieve this, it is necessary not only to…

The Best MRTG Alternatives for System and Network Traffic Graphing

MRTG, Multi Router Traffic Grapher, is a great tool that is written in Perl that gives your details about networked devices that can be polled and monitored using SNMP. In…

PRTG vs Zabbix Comparison for Network Monitoring and Management

When looking for the differences between PRTG vs Zabbix, in terms of Network, Server and Infrastructure monitoring, we want to evenly consider the benefits, pros & cons and strengths/weaknesses of…

Comparison of PRTG vs MRTG & their Differences for Traffic Graphing and Monitoring

The endless debate of which software package is better than the other will never cease to amaze us, but we’d like to bring “PRTG vs MRTG” comparison and debate to…

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ApexSQL Monitor Review for SQL Server Monitoring & Management

ApexSQL Monitor is a Windows and SQL Server monitoring tool with a wide range of monitored metrics. It tracks Windows, SQL Server, AlwaysOn Availability Group and Failover Cluster instances, and…

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PRTG vs Nagios Comparison for Network Monitoring Tasks

The age long debate of which networking monitoring and management software is better never ceases to amaze us, especially in the comparison of Paessler PRTG vs NAGIOS – We’re going…

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SolarWinds NPM vs Nagios Comparison for Network Management and Monitoring

When comparing SolarWinds NPM vs Nagios software packages for Network monitoring and management functionality, it’s good to really dive deep into their inner intricacies to find out which basic and…

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Cacti Alternatives for Network Monitoring (FREE & Paid)

Cacti is an open-source network and server monitoring/graphing tool that is great for visualizing your data along with your systems on a very basic level. It gives you the ability…

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Active directory Users and Computers not showing in Administrative Tools? Here’s How to Install it!

We’ve recently upgraded all servers to Windows 2012 Server R2 and noticed that Active Directory Users and Computers is not showing in Administrative tools dialog box. So we’ve figured we’d…

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Zabbix vs Nagios Comparison, Which is Better for Network Monitoring?

When looking for a complete comparison of the differences between Zabbix vs Nagios, there are some basic functions that we need to take into account and understand why they are…