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Setting Up Multi-Factor Authentication With the AWS CLI

01/29/18 As part of achieving SOC-2 certification, we had to implement stricter requirements around AWS authentication. Database Performance Monitor has had multi-factor authentica…

The Benefits of a Successful ITIL Incident Management System

01/29/18 Successful incident management will prevent these problems from interrupting business processes (any longer than necessary) or impacting other IT services. The post The Be…

Dungeon Mastering in IT (Part the Fourth)

01/26/18 Flood of Kobolds vs. Epic Boss Fight I had a group where I was running a dragon-themed adventure. Before you gasp and say mockingly, “In Dungeons & Dragons, there are actu…

Modern ITSM Practices: Introduction

01/25/18 New ITSM technology is changing our world. Leaders in ITSM processes are honing in on alternatives for the manual completion of simple tasks. The post Modern ITSM Practice…

Dungeon Mastering in IT (Part the Third)

01/25/18 Short-Circuiting your Adventure I’ve noted that preparation and planning are some of the hallmarks of both a good DM and IT professional, but sometimes planning gets short…

Microsoft Workstation Logs – Focus on What’s Important

01/25/18 Can you have too much of a good thing? Maybe not, but you can certainly have too much of the wrong thing. In my first blog, I introduced the idea that Microsoft event logg…

Dungeon Mastering in IT (Part the Second)

01/24/18 This is the second post in a post that started in Part the First. CRIT! Unplanned Good/Bad Randomness is a part of life. This has widespread areas of affect: from human in…

Business Services and their Challenges in Complex Environments

01/24/18 Business services and infrastructure services have divergent interests and requirements: business services are not focusing on IT. They may leverage IT, but their role is …

How Artificial Intelligence Can Lower Service Desk Resolution Times

01/23/18 Though these pieces of functionality are common in consumer products, they can also drastically reduce resolution times from the service desk, creating a better customer e…

It’s Inevitable. Your Database Will Fail

01/23/18 Databases fail. No one can promise 100% uptime, it’s impossible. Whether the database is large, small, on-premise or cloud-based, all have the potential to fail. This coul…

Dungeon Mastering in IT (Part the First)

01/23/18 So, here’s the first confession: I’m an über nerd. I’ve been playing Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) since I was about 16 years old. It was also about that time (possibly coincid…

Finding and Predicting Hybrid IT Issues is like Finding a Needle in the Application Stack

01/23/18 Hybrid IT can create issues for IT operations. Here’s an article from my colleague, Mav Turner, that suggests ways to keep things running smoothly. Trying to find the root…