Yeah, it was nearly 2 years ago we looked at it. It wasn't as sexy as that sounds... If we didn't already have good documentation (only happens if you get to build out net new infrastructure), then we might look harder at this. Frankly, a wacom tablet and Visio are still better than Netbrain.
Now if I were in the professional services space... The consulting version would be awesome for quickly documenting a network in order to make recommendations... On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 3:26 PM Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > I never installed or configured it, but I’ve got a client with offices all > over NA, and seem to get intelligent diagrams – you click on a site and it > expands, etc. etc. > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Don Ely > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 3:49 PM > > > *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone here used this product, and can > comment on it? > > > > Possibly... we looked at it and it was cool and if we didn't already have > some pretty decent documentation of our network devices, it would have > value. The problem with it for me is in a very large network, I don't need > one page with 200 devices on it. I like multiple pages that break things > down into a more manageable view and follow traffic flows... Busy diagrams > become very useless very fast... > > > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 12:23 PM Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> > wrote: > > …and if you are big enough to need it, it’s worth the price. > > > > *From:* listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto: > listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] *On Behalf Of *Don Ely > *Sent:* Tuesday, March 28, 2017 2:55 PM > *To:* ntsysadm@lists.myitforum.com > *Subject:* Re: [NTSysADM] Has anyone here used this product, and can > comment on it? > > > > It is cool and it IS expensive > > > > On Tue, Mar 28, 2017 at 11:37 AM Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: > > https://www.netbraintech.com/ > > I just interviewed someone who mentioned using it, so I looked it up. > > The general rule of thumb I've used is that if the web site has a > button to request a quote rather than listing prices, it's probably > really expensive - and probably beyond the reach of my current firm. > > They have a bunch of youtube videos, which reinforces my impression > that it's expensive, but it looks pretty cool, and I wondered if it's > worth investigating. > > Kurt > >
