Celebrating IT Pro Day From a New Vantage Point
08/12/20 This year has been a real whirlwind, hasn’t it? On top of all the 2020 world craziness, I started a new job this year as a Head Geek at SolarWinds. Yes, that’s my real job…
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Are Cloud Computing Engineers the Missing Link on Your Federal IT Team?
08/11/20 Cloud computing can be more complex than anticipated, particularly as agencies continue to move applications and operations into a cloud environment. Does your federal IT …
It Takes a Village to Fix a Spreadsheet
08/10/20 Ben Zoma said: “Who is wise? He who learns from every man, as it is said: ‘From all who taught me have I gained understanding’ (Psalms 119:99)” Pirkei Avot (The Wisdom of …
How to Get Up to Speed at a New Gig in IT
08/07/20 When IT professionals change jobs, it isn’t always a smooth and easy transition. Let’s say you worked somewhere else for a couple of years and got used to the environment …
No, You Still Don’t Need a Blockchain
08/06/20 A couple of years ago, I wrote about why you don’t need a blockchain. Blockchain is one long transaction log that always gets written to and is never backed up. It’s a led…
An IT Pro’s Declassified School Success Guide
08/05/20 Class is almost in session, and this year will look very different than it did in years past. Depending on the state and district, school officials have decided to continu…
Monitoring and Securing Cloud-Based Databases Is the Developer’s Responsibility
08/04/20 Modern application development requires more work to ensure the development path and the data it produces are fully in sync, secure, optimized, and error-free. This respon…
Data Security and Privacy at Home
08/03/20 With one of the largest threats to a company’s security and privacy being its own employees, having employees work remotely only adds to the risk. While this year’s Verizo…
Nominations for SolarWinds Inaugural IT Pro Day Awards Now Open
08/01/20 2020 has been a challenging, yet outstanding year for IT professionals. “Unique” doesn’t begin to describe the pressures and urgency of the many projects they’re addressin…
SysAdmin Day 2020: Business as Usual During the “New Different”
07/31/20 I’m not going to even try to pretend SysAdmin Day arrives this year under conditions anyone would call “business as usual.” I’m going to avoid the cliched and empty platit…
How Digital Transformation Has Evolved Through COVID-19
07/30/20 There’s no debating the value of digital transformation when it comes to optimal business performance, but for many IT leaders, some digital initiatives are pushed to the …
Why Investing in Open Source Is Valuable to ISVs
07/29/20 Open source is a fact of life at most organizations today. Even if you don’t directly publish open-source software, you are almost certainly using it. If you or your compa…