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The Actuator - February 22nd
Back from Germany and on vacation this week. But I'm not going to let a few days off get in the way of browsing the internet for things to share with you. Enjoy! Mobile ransomware Jumps 50% in a...
View ArticleDDoS Botnets - A Precursor to Skynet?
In my previous two posts, DDoS and The Broken Internet and The Internet of Hacked Things, we discussed how there are some critical flaws in key services and internet infrastructure that easily allow...
View ArticlePerfstack Changes the Game
In my last blog post, I began laying out the case that troubleshooting can be a challenging endeavor, especially when dealing with multiple disciplines (silos) in a larger IT organization. More often...
View ArticleA Beginners Guide To Social Network For Security Professionals
A few years back, I had the privilege of attending InfoSec World in Orlando. I served on a security panel for Tech Field Day Live, where we discussed some game changers in security. It was a strange...
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2017 SolarWinds THWACK MVPs Announced!
Please join us in congratulating 14 community members who have reached the ranks of the elite SolarWinds THWACK MVPs! Also deserving of recognition are the 47 folks who renewed their MVP status for...
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5 Anti-Patterns to IT Collaboration: Data Will Save You
As promised in my previous post on Better IT, in this series I will be talking about collaboration. Today I'm sharing with you anti-patterns in collaboration.Anti-pattern: things you shouldn't be...
View ArticleGNS3 2.0 Beta 4 Released!
GNS3 version 2.0 beta 4 has been released. This should be the last BETA version before moving to release candidates, please note it is not fully stable yet and some bugs are still expected. A final...
View ArticleGNS3 Talks: Use the NAT node to connect GNS3 to the Internet easily!
Starting with GNS3 2.0 a NAT node is available. This node allows you to a connect a GNS3 topology to the Internet via a NAT. But your topology is not accessible from the internet.
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Trite Business Lies
When someone brings up the topic of lies at work, most of the time people think of the big stuff, like embezzlement, falsifying data, or fudging fantasy football stats. But there's a whole other...
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Top 10 Road Warrior Tips
Okay, so “road warrior” may be a stretch. However, as a sales engineer here in SolarWinds EMEA, I still do rack up a decent amount of international travel every year. Leon has already written a post,...
View ArticleTrue Citizen Engagement Goes beyond Your Website’s User Interface
By Joe Kim, SolarWinds Chief Technology Officer While it’s essential to have a website that is user-friendly, it’s equally important to make sure that the backend technologies that drive that site are...
View ArticleDevops and the SysAdmin - Part 4 Changes in App Dev Approach
Devops, the process of creating code internally in an effort to streamline the functions of the administrative processes within the framework of the functions of the sysadmin, are still emerging within...
View ArticleConsumer Protection - Government Enforcement of IoT Security
Ensure your IoT devices are secure, or face the consequences. That’s the message being sent to some hardware manufacturers by the Federal Trade Commission. In the aftermath of the ever-increasing...
View ArticleExcel for Performance Correlation
I’ve discussed the idea that performance troubleshooting is a multi-dimensional problem and that virtualization adds more dimensions. Much of the time it is sufficient to look at the layers...
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How is everyone being impacted by the AWS outage today?
How is everyone being impacted by the AWS outage today? I know here at SolarWinds, Thwack is having a couple of backed issues, and other SAAS apps are being impacted as well. Being the geek that I am,...
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The Actuator - March 1st
Back in the office this week and excited for the launch of PerfStack™. If you haven't heard about PerfStack yet, you should check out the webcast tomorrow: PerfStack Livecast As usual, here's a handful...
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More PerfStack - Screenshot Edition
Needles and haystacks have a storied past, though never in a positivesense. Troubleshooting network problems comes as close as any to theprocess to which that pair alludes. Sometimes we just don't know...
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Data, Information, Visualizations, Analyses and Actions
In our pursuit of Better IT, I bring you a post on how important data is to functional teams and groups. Last week we talked about Anti-Patterns in Collaboration, covering things like data mine-ing and...
View ArticleCisco's 2017 Annual Security Report
As you spend more time in security you start to understand that keeping up with the latest trends is not easy. Security is a moving target and many organizations simply can’t keep up. Fortunately for...
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CLOUD Databases with a side of Availability Groups, Adaptive Plans and Storage
If you are in the cloud or heading there, I'm excited to tell you Database Performance Analyzer 11.0 has your databases covered. DPA already monitors databases on cloud VMs and Amazon RDS, but now...
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