Review: Nexthink V6.0

16 December 2015
3 minute read
ITAM News & Analysis

Review: Nexthink V6.0

16 December 2015
3 minute read

nexthink logo NI reviewed Nexthink earlier in the year, worthy winners of our ITAM Excellence awards for Innovation. Check out a summary of Nexthink below or read the full review on Tools Advisor here: https://www.toolsadvisor.net/tools/nexthink

Nexthink V6.0

Nexthink is a pioneer of end-user IT analytics. This review takes a look at the core capabilities of Nexthink, the route to market for the company, competitive strengths and weaknesses, and market reach.

A new paradigm in IT Management Tools

Nexthink is perfectly placed to take advantage of the IT industry trend towards end-user centric computing, hybrid IT and analytics. Nexthink provide a sophisticated solution for visualizing IT infrastructure from an end-user perspective in real-time and over time.

This is a next-generation solution for forward thinking organizations focused on transforming the end-user experience, proactive identification of probable causes before end-users flag them as issues and generally increasing service quality.

Key Capabilities Table:

KEY BUSINESS CONCERN  KEY ISSUES  NEXTHINK – KEY CAPABILITIES
IT Operations Service quality gap between what IT believes its delivering and end-user experience View service quality from an end-user perspective
Majority of incidents are not reported by end-users Proactive Problem Management via end-user analytics
Demand to release applications at faster cadence Measure service quality before, during and after App deployments
IT Projects Stale or incomplete inventory Real-time analysis of IT Infrastructure
Lack of insight into project delivery Real-time visibility during App deployment and baseline service quality before and after
Inaccurate, out of date or failed CMDB implementations Continuous automated relationship and connectivity mapping in real-time
IT Security Poor visibility of IT infrastructure and connectivity CCTV-like experience recording real-time and historical
Zero-day exploits and rogue behavior Real-time monitoring and alerting of unauthorized or abnormal application and connectivity activity
BYOD and end-user centric behavior End-user centric relationship and connectivity mapping

Major Product Components – Nexthink V6

  • Collector – continuous real-time monitoring creates a ‘highlight reel’ of each endpoint and end-user.
  • Engine – continuous real-time analytics and alerting, discovery and dynamic pattern analysis to identify anomalies.
  • Finder – real-time visualization and ability to smart search, pivot on data / findings, look for patterns, and create custom investigations, alerts and actions.
  • Portal – near real-time visualization and historical trend analysis, sophisticated custom dashboards that include metrics, goals, thresholds, and status indicators.

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