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MySQL Query Performance Statistics In The Performance Schema

01/12/20 Quite some time ago, when we added the ability to monitor MySQL query performance statistics from MySQL’s PERFORMANCESCHEMA, we learned a number of valuable lessons, still…

How AI Is Transforming the Data Center

01/10/20 There have been so many changes in data center technology in the past 10 years, it’s hard to keep up at times. We’ve gone from a traditional server/storage/networking stac…

Q&A: Breaking Down IT Silos

01/09/20 One of the most frustrating challenges in IT, historically, is working within silos. Given today’s complexity and specialization throughout IT, it’s more important than ev…

5 Ansible Playbook Steps to Success

01/08/20 There are many configuration management, deployment, and orchestration tools available, ranging from open-source tools to automation engines. Ansible is one such software …

Federal IT Pros Optimistic About Security, but Insider Threats Remain a Challenge

01/07/20 Federal IT professionals feel threats posed by careless or malicious insiders and foreign governments are at an all-time high, yet network administrators and security mana…

You Too Can Stink at Information Security!

01/06/20 “Security? We don’t need no stinking security!” I’ve actually heard a CTO utter words this effect. If you subscribe to a similar mindset, here are five ways you too can st…

What Is Cardinality in a Database?

01/05/20 Databases have a lot of jargon, and cardinality is one of those words experienced people tend to forget they didn’t know once upon a time. But if you don’t know it—and it …

Battle of the Clouds: Where Do We Go From Here?

01/03/20 Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both Robert Frost At this point in our “Battle of the Clouds” journey, we’ve seen what the landscape of t…

20 Years of Your Expertise

01/02/20 Sometimes it’s hard to believe SolarWinds turned 20 this year. That’s eons to survive as an independent software company, much less to have grown into an industry leader. …

3 Ways AI Is Changing Social Media

01/02/20 Social media has become a mainstream part of our lives. Day in and day out, most of us are using social media to do micro-blogging, interact with family, share photos, cap…

4 Keys to Successful Cyberdefense Automation

12/31/19 Automation can reduce the need to perform mundane tasks, improve efficiency, and create a more agile response to threats. For example, administrators can use artificial in…

2020 Predictions: APM’s Year

12/30/19 As a new year approaches, we start to reflect on the year we’re leaving behind. While 2019 was the stepping stone for many technologies and changes in the industry from an…