The original focus of CoyoteMonitoring was striaght-forward and driven entirely by user-need: it was a tool for network administrators and WAN managers; for those who advise CTOs on network utilization and circuit provisioning. The data that CoyMon provided not only helped skilled engineers troubleshoot large-scale network issues, it also helped organizations save money and time. This was accomplished through simplicity: provide network utilization data in a graphical format that is easy to interpret and in such a way that queries and views can be saved, manipulated, copied and exapnded upon.

The initial goals were a success, and in fact, the software is still deployed and being used. However, CoyoteMonitoring is evolving.

With the start of CoyMon3, the entire architecture was re-evaluated and new goals began to coelesce. We are replacing out-dated, third-party tools with our own smaller, faster versions. Additionally, the focus has shifted somewhat: instead of a dedicated NetFlow application, CoyMon is becoming a pluggable management interface for various monitoring needs. First and foremost, is NetFlow. Next on the docket is a sensible management interface for pymon (resource availability monitoring). Additional CoyMon plugins will be explored as users make requests and offer new ideas.