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Network Monitoring Software Users Want Reliability and Respect From Vendors, Shows SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Report
[March 30, 2020]

Network Monitoring Software Users Want Reliability and Respect From Vendors, Shows SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Report


SoftwareReviews announces its 2020 Network Monitoring Emotional Footprint Award winners, as determined by software users, who feel that four software vendors in the network monitoring space have provided them with exceptional customer experiences. According to users' answers to questions focused on satisfaction, which have been crafted by seasoned IT industry analysts at Info-Tech Research Group, the web conferencing vendor champions are:

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SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Diamond for the Network Monitoring software category shows champion vendors according to their users. (Photo: Business Wire)

SoftwareReviews Emotional Footprint Diamond for the Network Monitoring software category shows champion vendors according to their users. (Photo: Business Wire)

  • Corvil Analytics by Corvil
  • OpManager by ManageEngine
  • WhatsUp Gold by Progress
  • Prime Infrastructure by Cisco (News - Alert)



The Emotional Footprint Awards are showcased in a report of software reviews focused on vendor relationships with software users from the customer's point of view. Key takeaways from the network monitoring software category highlight that vendors will do well with their customers if they focus on providing reliable service in a respectful manner without over-promising.

Corvil earned the top Emotional Footprint score of +96 for Corvil Analytics, winning first place in 22 of 25 reviewer categories. ManageEngine (News - Alert), with an Emotional Footprint Score of +91 for OpManager, was the only other vendor to earn first place among their users, coming out on top for the remaining three categories. Progress earned second place for client-friendly policies from WhatsUp Gold, with an Emotional Footprint score of +80. Cisco won third place for over delivering and providing security through Prime Infrastructure, with an Emotional Footprint score of +79.


About the Emotional Footprint Diamond and Emotional Footprint Awards

The Emotional Footprint Diamond illustrates the customer experience with software vendors, showing a complex relationship spanning procurement, implementation, service and support. The Net Emotional Footprint of a vendor is a result of aggregated emotional response ratings in the areas of service, negotiation, product impact, conflict resolution, and strategy and innovation, creating a powerful indicator of overall user feeling toward the vendor and its product from the software users' point of view. The data published in the Emotional Footprint Diamond is collected from real end users through authentic software review surveys and meticulously verified for veracity. The survey uses standard net promoter scoring (positive percentage minus negative percentage) to arrive at the Net Emotional Footprint score. These skillfully crafted survey questions are informed by two decades of IT research and advisory.

Vendors with top user scores receive the Emotional Footprint Award. The Emotional Footprint Awards, an initiative proudly founded in 100% user-review data, is free of traditional components such as market presence and analyst opinion, which are opaque in nature and may be influenced by vendor pressure, financial or otherwise.

About SoftwareReviews

SoftwareReviews is a division of Info-Tech Research Group, a world-class IT research and analyst firm established in 1997. Backed by two decades of IT research and advisory experience, SoftwareReviews is a leading source of expertise and insight into the enterprise software landscape and client-vendor relationships.

By collecting data from real IT and business professionals, the SoftwareReviews methodology produces the most detailed and authentic insights into the experience of evaluating and purchasing enterprise software.


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