If you're managing a major network and need some serious analysing power, then Colasoft Capsa professional network analyser packs an impressive punch.

Designed to provide 24/7 monitoring, in-depth protocol analyzing and packet decoding, it gives you more than enough power to diagnose the most serious of network problems. It goes without saying then that novices or those managing their first network should think twice before attempting to use this program as it takes more than a little fathoming. That said, the developers claim it's suitable for office managers wanting to oversee their office network so it hasn't been designed with experts solely in mind. Once configured, which is the tricky part, it does do a lot of the hard work for you. It constantly monitors your network to look for unusual activity and analyses data packets for malicious or potential problematic issues. The program employs a "safeguard" network which is specifically focused on security issues so anything your firewall is not dealing with, you should be able to pinpoint with it.

The overall aim of the program is to reduce the amount of network downtime, security threats and data bottlenecks that your organisation is victim to. Whilst some of these issues will be out of your hands, Collasoft Capsa gives you a remarkable amount of network analysis power in one package.