Do you have an updated list of all your IT assets?
Do you know where all your assets are installed?
Do you know at any given time when any asset goes offline?
Do you know if those assets are performing adequately?
Are you aware of configuration changes made to devices that may impact
productivity?
Do you receive automated escalations (SMS, Telegram, slack, email, etc)
for root cause or high risk events?
Does your solution rollup to a big data type database for centralized
reporting?
Can your solution collect, store and monitor syslogs in a central database?
Can your solution easily filter and visually present collected syslogs?
Do you have the personnel and capability to determine what action should
be taken when an alarm condition occurs?
Can you investigate and report on what an end user is doing on your network?
Can you view application and server usage?
Can your solution provide customizable and business-related dashboards?
Do you have systems engineers that ensure that the monitoring systems
are effectively administered and maintained?
Which monitoring platforms have you invested in?