Microsoft Patch Tuesday - November 2014
On Thursday (Nov 6) Microsoft announced the forthcoming content for Patch Tuesday – Nov 11, 2014. Number of Releases: 16 Critical Security Updates: 5 addressing vulnerabilities in Windows and Internet...
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Building a Positive and Encouraging Help Desk Culture
I've held a number of different positions at companies of varying size, but one instance clearly stands out in my mind. Several years ago, I had the distinct pleasure of managing a very sharp IT team...
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The Quickest “Getting Started with Cisco QoS”
It’s the best of times. It’s the worst of times. Well...not quite! However, it certainly is the age of technology offering immediate ROI, sky high cost savings, and even magic that can help add to an...
View ArticleCreating a Better Sales Experience for our Customers
As you may recall, we’re working on a number of initiatives to better serve our customers and potential customers. In an effort to keep you up to date on our progress, we are pleased to announce two...
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Deep Packet Analysis - Fun with Flags!
In my last post I talked through some of the reasons why mastering tcpdump is useful. Building on our previous example in this post I’ll focus on using TCP flags for troubleshooting.Even with our...
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Defining Service Level Agreements (SLA) for Successful Help Desk Operations
In an earlier post, I discussed the path to successfully implementing a help desk system for a mid sized organization that was new to the idea. Luckily, the hard work of my team and positive...
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November 2014 Patch Tuesday - Patchageddon?
On November 11th, Microsoft released a total of 16 security updates for November's Patch Tuesday which mitigate potential security threats in Office, Windows, SharePoint, and Internet Explorer. If you...
View Article[Survey] State of VoIP
When it comes to VoIP, there’s plenty of good, bad and ugly. We’d like to hear about your experiences implementing and managing VoIP for your organization. Please click here to take our short 2-minute...
View ArticleNow announcing General Availability for Database Performance Analyzer 9.0
It is our extreme pleasure to announce Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 9.0 is generally availability. Below is a quick summary of the features, but check out these two blog posts for all the...
View ArticleWould You Rather Captain the Queen Mary or the Titanic?
A Guide to Navigating Around the Deadly Icebergs that Threaten Virtualized DatabasesWhen it comes to virtualized workloads, databases can be in a size class all to themselves. This and other factors...
View ArticleCustomer Training Program - Changing and Growing in 2015!
For just over a year now, the SolarWinds customer training program has been offering classes on the Orion Core platform and NPM. During that time, we’ve delivered over 150 classes to nearly 2500...
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Developing Workflows using Help Desk Data
Now that the IT team has established a help desk and have SLAs defined for various requests and workflows, it was time to get proactive. Perhaps using the data stored in the help desk could further...
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Deep Packet Analysis - What's in a Name (service)?
In my last post I looked at how flags can pull useful information out of packet that we otherwise we might struggle to see. This time, we’re going to use tcpdump to look into the actual...
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NCM Named 2014 Winner in Information Security Reader’s Choice
Readers choice and winner of the “Best” Risk Policy Management Product of 2014 is - SolarWinds® Network Configuration Manager (NCM) (Read award announcement here)“I think NCM is an invaluable tool...
View ArticleLearning Lessons Through Security Struggles
Note: This post originally appears in Information Week: Network ComputingWhy do we hear of new security breaches so frequently? Make sure your organization follows these best-practices and considers...
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Network Configuration Manager v7.4 Beta1 is Coming!
We have completed another bulk of the development effort and are now focused on testing the latest enhancements of Network Configuration Manager (NCM); NCM v7.4 Beta1 will be available soon. This is...
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Network Configuration Manager v7.4 Beta1 is Coming!
We have completed another bulk of the development effort and are now focused on testing the latest enhancements of Network Configuration Manager (NCM); NCM v7.4 Beta1 will be available soon. This is...
View ArticleNTA v4.1 Generally Available
It's my pleasure to announce the release of NTA v4.1. This release makes a number of key improvements, including:Improved automatic sampling, particularly for Juniper gear.Manual sampling for devices...
View ArticleIP Conflicts – All In a Day’s Work for a Network Admin
Day in day out, network engineers and admins tackle many complex issues. Often, these issues stem directly from an IP conflict. While IP conflicts might seem like one of the simplest problems that...
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Deep Packet Analysis - Untangling the Web
In my last post, I took a look the DNS protocol with tcpdump; and as it turns out you can do some really useful stuff with the embedded protocol decoders. So, how far can we take troubleshooting with...
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