Post the H.323 release, VQManager continues to go places and this time we are accompanying a big ManageEngine team alongside dedicated ManageEngine European partners. Mark Miller's team at VoIPPlannet and TMCnet gave us just the right beginning to our "shout-out-loud" plans on letting the VoIP world know of a truly simplified, complete, cost-effective VoIP monitoring solution ;). Now that VQManager supports most VoIP protocols in the market, we're quickly adding features and improving on performance - expect the next product release very soon!

So Europe, we're coming over to meet u in your neighbourhood. We're arranging a Roadshow from Denmark to Sweden, France, Italy, Germany, Portugal, Poland and the UK on September 8th to October 3rd.

Check out the dates here: http://manageengine.adventnet.com/euroroadshow/agenda.html
Our speakers: http://manageengine.adventnet.com/euroroadshow/speakers.html
You can register here: http://manageengine.adventnet.com/euroroadshow/registration.html

We very look forward to meeting you!

Configuration Wizard with 6.1

Jul 04 2008 06:28:45 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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We’ve built you a configuration wizard that’s more than just pretty.

Configuration Wizard

This screen appears when a user logs into VQManager for the first time. All first-time users can now breeze through the steps to set up VQManager to start reporting on VoIP traffic. Access the help card found on the top right corner of the wizard for more details on each screen.

VQManager-data-input

So it’s not just the product log-in screen that’s got prettier in the latest VQManager 6.1 )

VQManager-login

VQManager at NXTcomm & Cisco Live

Jun 14 2008 12:43:35 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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We’ve been having a great month. The latest Beta that supports the H.323 protocol has been received well by our testers and evaluators and we now want a lot more of you to have a feel of it.

ManageEngine is travelling to the US for two shows:



NXTcomm 08, June 16-19, 2008, Las Vegas, NV, Booth SU8207


Cisco Live, June 22-26, 2008, Orlando, FL, Booth 332

The team includes Sujith Regan from VQManager. Go ahead and get to know in and out of VQManager with this guy! Technical feasibilities, product direction, VQManager – the beginnings, deployment advise, limitations, tips.. Regan’s the man.

See you soon. Cheers!

Feature requests & the roadmap

Apr 17 2008 05:33:27 PM Posted By : sreelesh
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VoIP protocols to support.. alarm triggers to add.. inbuilt reports to have.. QoS & other call details to track..

In addition to sending us your feature requests, you can now post them in an open forum and check out how popular your requested feature is with other VQManager users.

http://roadmap.manageengine.com/index.php?category=VQManager

Do post your feature requests using the link above and make yourself a part of every release VQManaqer goes through!

Thanks,

Team VQManager

Spring VON.x – We’re back!

Mar 17 2008 04:50:44 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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Venue: Mcenery Convention Center

Date : March 17-20, 2008

Catch our experts at Booth #542 and get to know the latest on ManageEngine VQManager. Prod further and walk away with yet-to-be-disclosed news on availability of new features and protocol support that’s in the works. Register soon for your free passes to the event!

Spring VON 2008

End-of-Day call reports

Mar 13 2008 01:41:50 PM Posted By : sreelesh
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Here’s a quick ‘How-to’ on configuring End-of-day call reports for an IP phone.

Get to the “Reports” tab, click on the “Add Report Profile” link found on the top-right side of the screen next to the Custom Reports header. Let’s take a typical requirement we’ve heard from many of our customers:

End-of-day report for all the poor quality calls experienced by a user’s phone.

Poor MOS calls

Give a name to the report and specify the duration for which the reports are to be generated for (Today/Yesterday/Last 7 days/Last 30 days/Custom period).

For the first report criterion, we’ll zero in on all the calls made by Martin. Provide the necessary conditions: “URL” for “any” “contains” “martin”.(Criterion 1)

Click on the “Add Criteria” link to set another criterion so as to filter all the poor quality calls. Provide the conditions: “MOS” for “any” “less than or equal to(the symbol)” “3.4”(Criterion 2).

Make sure the radio button “Match all of the following” is selected so that you get the report to contain Martin’s poor quality (MOS less than or equal to 3.4) calls (Criterion 1 + Criterion 2).

Select the “Schedule & Email Option”. Select the “Daily” radio button so as to have the report generated daily. Provide the time at which you would like the report to be generated on. Next choose either of pdf, csv or xls formats for the reports. Provide the Email Ids to send the generated reports, multiple Ids to be separated by commas.

Just below the Report Name header, on the right side, the “column chooser” allows you to select the other fields/columns you want in the report. Not recommended to have more than 10 columns in the report – the generated report will not handle the many columns(will get cramped). You can also have the report sent to you as a link rather than as an attachment if the report size exceeds ‘x’ MB size.

Click on the Add button and you will now have Martin’s poor quality calls mailed to you everyday!

You know what you can do from these reports together with VQManager’s Calls tab – Problem Diagnosis, but that’s for another post. Or maybe you should have set an alarm whenever quality was beginning to touch those uncomfortable levels? Ok, I’m asking too many questions! We’ll be keeping you folks armed with more posts on how you could save yourselves a lot of work trying to keep your VoIP Up & Optimized.

VQManager@Cisco Networkers Barcelona 2008

Jan 18 2008 11:53:39 PM Posted By : sreelesh
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Hola!

Cisco Networkers 2008 is happening at Barcelona, Spain on January 21-24. We at ManageEngine are not one to miss an occasion to meet up with the Cisco family, so here's welcoming you all to our Stand #49, venue - The Centre Convencions Internacional Barcelona (CCIB).

The meet also focuses on Cisco's initiatives in keeping Mother Earth as green and healthy as can be. From Cisco's site, here is how attendees can help with the 'Green Agenda':

Playing Your Part in Helping Cisco Networkers to go Green

* Travel by foot or public transport to the venue

* Turn off lights, air-conditioning and electrical items when leaving rooms

* Reduce room thermostats by 1 degree whenever possible

* Opt for electronic information rather than printed

* Print only when necessary and always print double-sided

* Use the recycled / chlorine-free paper provided onsite

* Set computers and peripherals to sleep when not in use

* Use the recycling facilities provided for any unwanted material

* Hand in badges and unwanted collateral on departure for recycling

* Visit the Green team in the World of Solutions to exchange ideas and tips

Looking forward to the event. Hasta pronto!

Problems with your VoIP?

Dec 26 2007 07:24:12 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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Echoes, garbled voices, static, disturbances, humming….?

So you’re frustrated with your VoIP quality and all ready to speak to your ISP/VoIP provider about the poor call quality. Here are a few quick solutions/checks just before you vent out your frustrations..

  • Is your Adapter(ATA) too close to your router? Give a good distance, say 3 feet, and check if that solves the garbled voices.
  • Simply unplug and plug back your phone/adaptor/router to check if its static that’s causing all the occasional pops and clicks. Else get your electrician to check the grounding for your hardware.
  • Place your phone and its cable wiring away from any power sources to get rid of any background ‘humming’.
  • Try use another phone and check if the voice quality is the same. Could be you have a faulty equipment eg. issues with the frequencies used by particular phones or internal electrical feedback in the phone.

Still not solved? Pick up another phone and call up customer service.. You might want to download a VoIP Quality monitoring software and give that Customer Service Representative a few quick VoIP QoS(Quality of Service) stats too ;)

RECHARGED

Oct 30 2007 04:45:25 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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We recently spent a good 4-day break in "God's Own Country" - Kerala. We were at Munnar for 3 days and in Kumarakom for a day. Hills, tea gardens, mist, waterfalls, lakes, boats, coconut trees - pure bliss.

Just letting you know we're back, fully recharged and firing on all cylinders!

Cheers!

Team VQManager.

VON Autumn - 2007, VQManager at Booth #99.

Sep 24 2007 04:45:30 AM Posted By : sreelesh
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We are pleased to announce our presence in the VON Europe Autumn show held in Rome, Italy on September 26-27. Our experts at Booth #99 look forward to walking you through our ManageEngine suite of products and the latest VQManager 6.0.

Venue : Marriott Park Hotel, Via Colonnello Tommaso Masala 54, Rome, Italy

Date : September 26-27, 2007

Time : 9:00 am - 6:00 pm

It has been ten days after our release of the GA version of VQManager 6.0 and we are very thankful for the great support and acclamations from our customers and many of our evaluators. Here?s a summary of the latest in VQManager 6.0 :

- Added support for the Cisco Skinny protocol

- Detailed SIP and Skinny packet displays

- Live reporting focus in the monitor tab UI

- Customized, scheduled reporting

Look forward to seeing this and lots more from us at Rome!