What is USU IT & Service Monitoring (ZIS)?
The USU ZIS IT & Service Monitoring solution offers a highly automated and well-integrated platform that is tailored for comprehensive supervision of your hybrid system environment, services, and workflows. It is certified in all 16 ITIL® disciplines, which demonstrates its adherence to established industry standards. Furthermore, the solution has achieved PinkVerify™ certification in key areas such as Event Management, Availability Management, and Capacity Management, reflecting a commitment to a standardized and service-oriented framework for IT service management. This monitoring solution is especially advantageous for organizations in need of automated oversight functionalities. With a wealth of project experience, our team of monitoring experts takes a hands-on approach to both the deployment of your system and the training of your staff, facilitating rapid proficiency with the tool and enhancing the return on your investment. In addition to improving user competence, this focus on training ensures that organizations can leverage the solution to its fullest potential. Ultimately, USU’s monitoring solution is a vital asset for boosting operational efficiency and improving service quality across various sectors.
What is AdRem NetCrunch?
NetCrunch is commercial, self-hosted, agentless network and IT infrastructure monitoring software for Windows Server. It monitors network devices, servers, virtualization platforms, cloud services including AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, applications, websites, logs, telemetry, and custom data using technologies such as SNMP, WMI, REST APIs, and scripts.
NetCrunch supports 680+ monitoring targets and provides 270+ ready-to-use Monitoring Packs for devices, applications, and operating systems. Policy-based monitoring automatically applies monitoring settings, Monitoring Packs, thresholds, and alerts to matching devices and systems. Licensing is based on monitored nodes and network interfaces rather than individual sensors, checks, or metrics.
Real-time dashboards and automatic Layer 2 and routing topology maps provide visibility into network status and performance. NetCrunch supports event correlation, dependency-aware alert suppression, predictive thresholds, escalation, and 40+ automated response actions, including script execution, notifications, webhooks, and integrations with external IT and collaboration tools.
NetCrunch also provides hardware and software inventory, network device configuration backup and change tracking, bandwidth monitoring, and network traffic analysis using NetFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and other flow technologies. Distributed Monitoring Probes extend monitoring to remote and isolated locations, while REST APIs support integration and automation with external systems.
NetCrunch is self-hosted on Windows Server and can monitor on-premises, air-gapped, cloud, and hybrid IT environments.
Pricing Information
$1600 for NetCrunch 50 nodes
NetCrunch licensing is based on the number of monitored nodes and network interfaces. Each node license includes one monitored interface, and additional interface licenses can be added when more network interfaces need to be monitored. Licensing is not based on individual sensors, checks, or metrics.