[Survey] Windows 7 Support is Ending, give us your thoughts
This survey is for MSPs and IT Pros. We would love to gather your thoughts on the decision Microsoft made to end Windows 7 support on the 14th of January, 2020 and how you think it will impact business...
View ArticleITSM: The Four Wins of Lean
Part 1 of this series introduced IT Service Management (ITSM) and a few of the adaptable frameworks available to fit the needs of an organization. This post focuses on the benefits of using a couple of...
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How to Check the Compatibility of Your Orion Products Before Upgrading
FEATURED EPISODE:How to Check the Compatibility of Your Orion Products Before UpgradingJanuary 14, 2020Let’s be honest: upgrading software can sometimes be painful. Between scheduling the work, getting...
View ArticleModernizing Security to Protect Next-Generation Federal Networks
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp with ideas about modernizing security along with agency infrastructure to...
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SolarWinds EMEA Partner Summit – Everything You Need to Know
The other day, I wrote a few lines about the upcoming SolarWinds® Partner Summit in Berlin and promised I’d be back with more details.While we’re still working on fine-tuning some moving parts, we’re...
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The Actuator - January 15th
In Austin this week for our annual meeting of Head Geeks. The first order of business is to decide what to call our group. I prefer a "gigabyte of Geeks," but I continue to be outvoted. Your...
View Article2020 Vision - What Does The Future Hold For DevOps?
2019 was busy year for DevOps as measured by the events held on the topic. Whether it be DevOps days around the globe, DockerCon, DevOps Enterprise Summits, KubeCon, or CloudNativeCon, events are...
View ArticleHow to export the list of nodes along with assigned polling engine ?
Guys, if you need to export all of the nodes along with their assigned Additional Polling engines in excel. I have written this blog post to make easy to work.It's quite tricky.First of all go to...
View ArticleOld Tech, New Name?
The marketing machines of today often paint new technologies to suggest they’re the best thing since sliced bread. Sometimes though, the new products are just a rehash of an existing technology. In...
View ArticleWhy Machine Learning Matters
While there are many silly depictions of machine learning and artificial intelligence throughout Hollywood, its reality delivers significant benefits. Administrators today oversee so many tasks, like...
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THWACK Tuesday Tips :: How to Run Active Diagnostics and Save for Historical...
FEATURED EPISODE:How to Run Active Diagnostics and Save for Historical Reference in the Orion PlatformJanuary 21, 2020Most everyone can agree: one of the best ways to troubleshoot problems is to look...
View ArticleThree Ways the Department of Defense Can Plug Security Holes
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp with ideas for improving security at the DoD by finding vulnerabilities and...
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Virtualized Databases, Friend or Foe?
Background Fire-fighting mode for DBAs can be stressful when they have co-workers and managers breathing down their necks due to application slow-downs and/or outages. Logic says something changed, but...
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The Actuator - January 22nd
Back from Austin and home for a few weeks before I head...back to Austin for a live episode of SolarWinds Lab. Last week was the annual Head Geeks Summit, and it was good to be sequestered for a few...
View ArticleOur Cloud Bill Is WHAT?! - Battle of the Clouds Series
Submitted for your approval; a story of cloud horrors.One of performance issues impacting production.Where monthly cloud billing began spiraling out of control. The following story is true. The names...
View ArticleChChChChanges... Coming to THWACK in February 2020
First, it's so good to be writing to the community again. I've been hibernating working on fun necessary projects. But before I share what's coming, I have a question: how many of you knew THWACK was...
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THWACK Tuesday Tip :: How to Use the Flow Navigator
FEATURED EPISODE:How to Use the Flow NavigatorJanuary 28, 2020A plethora of good information is buried within NetFlow data, but knowing where to start or how to filter and parse the data can sometimes...
View ArticleNew Laws Alone Won’t Be Enough to Secure IoT Devices
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by Jim Hansen about using patching, credential management, and continuous monitoring to improve security...
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Don't Shut Your Pi-Hole, Monitor It! (The Sequel)
Back in October, 2019, I shared my love of both Raspberry Pi (https://www.raspberrypi.org/) devices and the Pi-Hole (https://pi-hole.net/) software; and showed how—with a little know-how about...
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The Actuator - January 29th
This week's Actuator comes to you from the suddenly mild January here in the Northeast. I'm taking advantage of the warm and dry days up here, spending time walking outdoors. Being outdoors is far...
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