You’re probably thinking that it’s not easy to monitor all the new network devices that are being implemented everyday. Sometimes, it ends up being extremely overwhelming to keep track of what is going on. You’re going to have to get a handle on it, however, and if you use your organizational skills mixed with a bit of technology you can make it happen.
One thing that can help with constant network change is to make sure that the networking team has a regular status update meeting. This could be something that you do every day, or you could even try making it virtual in terms of an in-house wiki or blog that can keep the folks on the networking team in the loop. This is really helpful because then they have a solid place to go where they can go back and refer to both major and minor changes that they then can relate to users if needed.
That doesn’t necessarily mean you can just rely on the software tools you are using when you monitor networks. Keep in mind that network monitoring via a web-based platform is also very important. The best way to do this is to use a web-based system that everyone can easily use through their browser.
With a piece of software like that, you can use automated network discovery tools to make sure that everyone is updated, in real time, about what is going on. Using automatic discovery is ultimately better than trying to constantly keep track of network changes. What are you doing right now to try and manage this?
It all goes back to making things simple: why try to make it more complicated than it has to be? It doesn’t have to work that way if you know how to use the right tools. Network management is not easy, but you can make network management simpler for both you and your colleagues, if you want to.