How Dartmouth College Cleaned Up The OT Network Chaos with OptigoVN

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Dartmouth College’s Technology Services team is unique. It consists of both OT network and facilities experts dedicated to ensuring the smooth operation of building automation systems (BAS) across the campus—a 269-acre sprawling location, with some buildings over 200 years old. With this kind of mixed building, retrofits and renovations often bring together a wide array […]

4 Things OptigoVN Can Fix For You (Right Now)

Network professionals are used to the process of getting meaningful results out of their network diagnostic tool as being tedious and time-consuming: extensive onboarding, configuration, network access, device adoption, etc. But with OptigoVN, not only is getting up and running easy, you’ll also start getting highly actionable results the first time you upload a packet […]

OT Networks & Energy Management: 5 Strategies That Deliver Real ROI

Operational technology (OT) networks and energy management systems can be powerful tools for driving energy efficiency. With ESG a chief mandate for many facilities teams, leveraging the data and capabilities of your energy management systems and OT networks has become a critical way to identify key opportunities to cut energy use and reduce costs. Let’s […]

Unlock Site Scope+ Advanced Diagnostics for Your OT Network (In Less Than 5 Minutes!)

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Whether you’re new to OT networks or a seasoned expert, Optigo Visual Networks (OptigoVN) makes it simple to set up and start monitoring your network. And when you’re ready to dive deeper, we’ve made it easy to unlock powerful advanced diagnostic insights with our Site Scope+ add-on. Site Scope+ helps you identify problems and find […]

How ALC New England Solved a University’s Slow OT Network with OptigoVN

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At a sprawling, mixed-use university campus with buildings over 160 years old, ALC New England faced a monumental challenge: improving the performance of an OT network plagued by misconfigurations and vendor conflicts. With systems spanning diverse hardware, protocols, and vendors, maintaining optimal performance was no small feat. As Matt Hogan, Service Project Engineer at ALC […]

Seeing the Invisible: 6 Reasons for Better OT Network Visibility

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Technicians must have comprehensive, real-time visibility into the performance and health of each device and the network itself. This visibility helps quickly spot issues and ensure systems are running without problems, and it enables minor issues to be addressed before they cause downtime. Network visibility isn’t a new idea, but it’s becoming more important for […]

BACnet Updates 2025: New Standards and Device Innovations Ahead

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These advancements highlight its commitment to innovation, efficiency, and interoperability—ensuring that BACnet remains a cornerstone of the OT networking landscape. BACnet is arguably the most dominant communication protocol in Operational Technology (OT), and that’s not an accident. For over 40 years, the ASHRAE “BACnet Committee” has been working to guide the ongoing consensus around the […]

From Visibility to Security: OT Networking Trends That Matter in 2025

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For the past several years, Operational technology (OT) networking has been on the brink of transformation—as emerging technologies promise to reshape how we design and monitor smart building systems. From massive campuses and cutting-edge hospitals to high-tech data centers and more, there are always some new developments that have the potential to create smarter, more […]

WHEN DO YOU NEED SITE SCOPES?

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If you’re an OptigoVN user, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Site Scopes. They are our secret weapon: with a Site Scope enabled on your OT network, you’re getting diagnostic insights no other OT network monitoring solution on the market has. But here’s the thing: there are still some OptigoVN users missing out by […]