Recent Articles by Michael Becker

IT Skills Shortage: How to Do More with the Team You Already Have

The ongoing IT skills shortage is placing immense pressure on existing staff, leading to increased w...

Bridging IT and OT in the Energy Sector: Making Substation Monitoring Actually Work

As IT and OT networks converge in the energy sector, previously isolated legacy systems are increasi...

Discover More, Manage Less: PRTG 26.3.122 Introduces Auto-Discovery Tasks

PRTG version 26.3.122 introduces a centralized Auto-Discovery Task system to streamline the creation...

Hospital IT Security: Closing the Gap Between Medical Devices and Cyber Defense

Hospital networks are uniquely vulnerable to ransomware due to the complex convergence of modern IT ...

Shadow IT Risks: Uncovering Hidden Security Gaps in Your Network

Shadow IT creates significant security gaps and compliance risks by introducing unauthorized softwar...

NIS2 Compliance in Practice: The Role of Infrastructure Monitoring

The NIS2 directive mandates that a wide range of EU organizations implement active cybersecurity ris...

Cloud Cost Optimization: Why IT Admins Can't Fix What They Can't See

Despite cloud cost optimization being a top priority, significant waste persists because organizatio...

Alert Fatigue in IT: Why Your Team Stops Listening (And How to Fix It)

Alert fatigue occurs when overwhelming notification volumes cause IT teams to tune out critical aler...

AI Infrastructure Monitoring: Why Your AI Stack Is Only as Strong as What Runs Underneath

Traditional monitoring methods are inadequate for the unpredictable, bursty nature of AI workloads, ...

The Right Support at the Right Time: Introducing PRTG Premium Support

Paessler has introduced a new three-tier PRTG support model—comprising Essential, Advanced, and En...