Day 15: Application Programming Interface (API)
Note: Today’post is in the form of xkcd’s Thing Explainer, using only the 1K most common English words. Feel free to comment in the same style using the xkcd Simple Writer online tool! Computer Telling...
View ArticleDay 16: SNMP
SNMP sounds simple, right? I mean, it’s right there in the name. So, why does something so simple seem so complex? To try and keep it at the basics, SNMP is the way a network management system (NMS)...
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Unplanned Obsolescence
As we head into the new year, people will once again start quoting a popular list describing the things kids starting college in 2020 will never personally experience. Examples of these are things like...
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EMEA Channel Summit 2020
Alright EMEA folks, in just 6 weeks, we’re going to meet again, as we’ve almost finished planning our 2020 SolarWinds Channel Partner Summit.Funny enough, we still call it annual even though there were...
View ArticleThoughts on the VividCortex Acquisition
I visited the Austin office this past week, my last trip to SolarWinds HQ for 2019. It’s always fun to visit Austin and eat my weight in pork products, but this week was better than most. I took part...
View ArticleDay 21: Routing
Today we'll discuss routing as it pertains to computer networking and not woodworking. We can talk about the woodworking angle another day if desired. If you think of a computer as a house, then...
View ArticleDay 20: Information Security
So, you want to know about Information Security? Do you know your birthday, your phone number, your address, what grade at school you are in? Good. These are simple examples of information. The world...
View ArticleDay 22: Ping
PING is an app most computers can run,Showing lots of numbers, when it’s done.Computer one calls then awaits a reply,Computer two answers, "Oh, Hey, Hi!"Computer one counts the time it did take,Between...
View ArticleDay 23: IOPS
It’s how many times can you send (writes) or get (reads) a piece of information to and from where it’s stored. It’s not how much can be stored, or move at once, or how long each read or write takes....
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Say Kubernetes One More Time, I Dare You….
IntroductionOK, so the title is hardly original, apologies. But it does highlight the buzz for Kubernetes still out there not showing any signs of going away anytime soon. Let’s start with a...
View ArticleDecember Writing Challenge Week 3 Recap
We’re more than halfway through the challenge now, and I’m simply blown away by the quality of the responses. While I’ve excerpted a few for each day, you really need to walk through the comments to...
View ArticlePOwerful SHortcut to Automating Operations
A few years back I was working at a SaaS provider when we had an internal hackathon. The guidelines were simple: As part of your project you had to learn something, and you had to choose a...
View ArticleDay 24: Virtual Private Network (VPN)
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network)“Extends a private network across a public network” Have you ever played paper-cup telephone with a friend, where you have a piece of string...
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How to Monitor Changes to Local Certificates
FEATURED EPISODE:How to Monitor Changes to Local CertificatesDecember 24, 2019Local certificates provide a multitude of security benefits. From encrypting emails and allowing easier authentication, to...
View Article3 Ideas to Build a Better Cybersecurity Strategy
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Jim Hansen where he discusses some ideas on improving agency security, including helping...
View ArticleDay 25: Telemetry
As the complexity of our technology increases, bridging our on-premises and cloud environments, stitching together monolithic applications with microservices, bare metal, and virtual servers with...
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Day 26: KPI
This is a poem with drawings about Key Performance IndicatorDon’t worry, it’s not some kind of a scary monster!You can simply call it KPII’ll tell you what it is, how it’s useful, and why. You first...
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Leon and Sascha's Excellent VMWorld Adventure!
It's been a few weeks since VMworld Europe, and that's given Sascha and me a chance to digest both the information and the vast quantities of pastries, paella, and tapas we consumed. VMworld was held...
View ArticleDecember Writing Challenge Week 4 Recap
One of the things I like most about the writing challenge is we’ve set it at a time when many of us are either “off” (because how many of us in tech are ever REALLY “off”) or at least find ourselves...
View ArticleDay 29: Anomaly Detection
Anomaly detection is a fancy phrase for noticing when something is different than usual. We use it mostly for technology, like a tablet or computer. We rely on this stuff because it’s important to know...
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