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IT Pros to the World: Bring IT On

09/01/21 That’s what they say. Bring it on. I’m ready for this. I’m prepared. But no one could prep for what happened and how things evolved, right? So is preparation not necessary…

The Parallax View [of Your IT Career]

08/23/21 The Parallax View is a 1974 movie starring Warren Beatty. It’s one of many 1970s-style “conspiracy” movies, if you’re looking for something else to binge while we ride out…

Resilient Infrastructure for a Secure Future

08/19/21 Each year, SolarWinds® surveys IT professionals around the world to gauge what’s most pressing on their minds, but also to understand their organization’s challenges and h…

Peer Recognition and Why It Matters

08/16/21 There should always be opportunities to laud our peers’ achievements and good work. One of the things I’ve noticed (at least here in America) is we tend to speak up about …

What’s Your IT Pro Journey?

08/09/21 Last week, my friend and colleague Leon Adato (t | b) introduced 2021’s IT Pro Day theme “Bring IT On” and observed an IT pros’ life experiences helped to form the foundat…

IT Pro Day ’21: Bring IT On

08/02/21 IT Pro Day has always been about singing the praises of practitioners across the vast spectrum of tech specialties, from network engineers and systems administrators; to i…

Geek Pride Day, The Extended Cut

06/08/21 Recently, in recognition of Geek Pride Day, PressBox asked Chrystal Taylor, Sascha Giese, and me to share our thoughts on what it meant to us to be a “geek” and how our ge…

Recapping the RSA 2021 Keynote: SolarWinds: What Really Happened?

05/20/21 On Wednesday, May 19, RSA Conference 2021 featured a keynote session with SolarWinds President and CEO Sudhakar Ramakrishna and Forrester VP and Group Director Laura Koetz…

An Investigative Update of the Cyberattack

05/07/21 It’s clear that nation-state actors are actively working to compromise and disrupt the technology supply chains and infrastructure on which we all rely. Throughout this ex…

Secure Your IT Assets for an Optimal Return

04/06/21 We’ve officially entered everyone’s favorite time of year—tax season. You can find me rifling through the stack of mail and records I’ve been hoarding over the past year, …

Choose to Challenge: Elevating Women in Tech in 2021

04/05/21 Well, we made it—we’ve officially hit the one-year mark of the pandemic. I’m not sure if that deserves applause, a good cry, or a trophy…maybe all the above? Having tiptoe…

Secure by Design: Securing the Software Development Build Environment

03/22/21 The recent SUNBURST cyberattack on the SolarWinds software build environment is a concerning new reality for the software industry, representing the increasingly sophistic…