33. Shinken
Shinken is an open source computer system and network monitoring software application compatible with Nagios. It watches hosts and services, gathers performance data and alerts users when error conditions occur and again when the conditions clear.
Shinken’s architecture aims to offer easier load balancing and high availability. The administrator manages a single configuration, the system automatically “cuts” it into parts and dispatches it to worker nodes.
https://www.shinken-monitoring.org
34. SmokePing
Smokeping is a latency measurement tool. It sends test packets out to the net and measures the amount of time they need to travel from one place to the other and back.
For every round of measurement smokeping sends several packets. It then sorts the different round trip times and selects the median, (ie. the middle one). This means when there are 10 time values, value number 5 is selected and drawn. The other values are drawn as successively lighter shades of gray in the background (smoke).
https://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping
35. SpiceWorks
Spiceworks is a professional network for the information technology (IT) industry that is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
Spiceworks is an online community where users can collaborate and seek advice from one another, and also engage in a marketplace to purchase IT-related services and product. The network is estimated to be used by more than six million IT professionals and 3,000 technology vendors.
The company’s free proprietary software is written in Ruby on Rails, and runs exclusively on Microsoft Windows. The software discovers IP-addressable devices and includes help desk functionality and an integrated knowledge base.
It focusses on simplifying the process of taking inventory, monitoring networks, and generating reports for IT professionals at small and medium-sized businesses. By the end of its first year, Spiceworks had 120,000 users.
36. SteelBytes Connection Monitor
A simple Windows program that pings hosts at regular intervals, to determine if your connection is working, and generate a log of the results.
