This paper looks at the problem of using sonification to enable network
administrators to maintaining situational awareness about their network
environment. Network environments generate a lot of data and the need for
continuous monitoring means that sonification systems must be designed in such
a way as to maximise acceptance while minimising annoyance and listener
fatigue. It will be argued that solutions based on the concept of the
soundscape offer an ecological advantage over other sonification designs.Comment: Workshop paper presented at SoniHED --- Conference on Sonification of
Health and Environmental Data, York, UK, 12 September, 201