Good SysAdmin IT Tools?

[hellfire88]

Hey guys, I have a general question. Some of you probably work in IT so I figured I'd ask. We have a surplus in budget which we have to spend by tomorrow...

Can you recommend any good SysAdmin IT tools that would help with say:

- Mixed brand infrastructure management
- Network monitoring
- Something to help to assess ongoing threat such as virus, network attack, etc.
- User self-service, etc.

The only thing is, each item/license has to cost under $900, but we can buy several (weird, I know). For example, some useful small tool such as Softerra LDAP Manager:

http://www.ldapadministrator.com/

Or some file/folder/registry comparison tool:
https://www.scootersoftware.com/

Basically anything that would make an System Administrator's or HelpDesk's life a bit easier.

If I can't find anything, I'll just buy a bunch of Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Project, and Microsoft Visio licenses for the team I guess. Thanks in advance.

 

[VRT]

How many nodes on the network are there and how many users do you have?

 

[MikeTrike]

Are you able to share any of the tools you're currently using?

https://www.forensit.com/products.html

 

[CyberBots]

You can try RMM software, It helps to monitor and maintain all your IT operations by a single console.

 

[frankmansal]

http://www.gfi.com/products-and-solutions/network-security-solutions/gfi-languard3 I have used this software in the past for several of my consulting companies and it works pretty good.