The benefit of being able to quickly diagnose IT problems is obvious; the problem will get addressed and resolved in a timely manner, and a solution to the issue can be found that will help prevent any future IT outages. In the world of IT support, getting to the bottom of an issue is known as performing a root cause analysis (RCA). Such an analysis begins by asking basic troubleshooting questions, which usually begins by looking directly at the performance of the technology in use. Although, as IT networks expand to become more complex and businesses grow to have more managers making IT-related decisions, a company’s RCA approach will naturally become that much more complicated. Consider wh...