NetCool Definition from PC Magazine Encyclopedia

NetCool

A suite of network management tools developed by Micromuse Inc., San Francisco, CA (www.micromuse.com) that gathers information from a huge variety of network applications and devices. Supporting SNMP and non-SNMP products, NetCool enables organizations to monitor large, heterogeneous networks. In 2006, IBM acquired Micromuse and rebranded the flagship product as IBM Tivoli NetCool.

Operations Center

This is the network operations center of Tenneco Inc., Lincolnshire, IL, which uses NetCool to monitor faults and keep the network running smoothly. (Image courtesy of Micromuse Inc.)