Nothing is Ever Wasted (part 2)
05/31/21 Last week shared some of my early experiences working in non-technical jobs, and the lessons I learned which turned out to be relevant to my IT career as well. If you miss…
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What Happens When I Execute a Query?
05/28/21 To many developers and system administrators—and even to some database administrators—database engines are a black box. They’re complex pieces of software that, in some ca…
Monitor Oracle Arm-based Ampere A1 instances with Datadog
This article details how to integrate Datadog with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) for comprehensive monitoring. By utilizing the Datadog OCI integration, users can gain visibili…
Why Does My Database Need Indexes?
05/27/21 Have you ever deployed a new application that ran fine at first, then slowed to crawl as more and more data was added? Or tried to run a report that took minutes or even h…
Monitor Amazon ECS Anywhere with Datadog
This article details how to monitor Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) managed instances using Datadog. It explains how to leverage Datadog's ECS integration to collect metrics…
New Integrations and more
This FireHydrant update focuses on enhanced integrations with Checkly and Google Meet, alongside improvements to Slack incident notifications and service management. Key updates in…
The SolarWinds Query Report 2021: Database Priorities and Pitfalls
05/26/21 The industry has arrived at a critical inflection point in database management. The rise of hybrid IT and accelerated adoption of cloud-native apps have evolved traditiona…
Do You Know Where Your Cloud Is? Understanding Shadow IT
05/26/21 The public cloud has greatly increased the flexibility of businesses everywhere. Need another petabyte of storage? You’re but a few mouse clicks or a couple lines of code …
Monitoring and Tuning Open-Source Databases
05/26/21 By continuously running a well-built general-purpose database performance monitoring facility, organizations can gain constant visibility into the availability and respons…
Nothing is Ever Wasted (part 1)
05/25/21 A couple of weeks ago, Kevin Kline (@kekline) and I reminisced about activities from our youth (I’m talking about public speaking and sports, not “getting up from a chair …
IT Monitoring: Managing Up — SolarWinds TechPod 042
05/25/21 Hang around with IT folks for anything longer than your typical stand-up meeting and you’re likely to hear some variation of “Managers! Am I right?” Snark aside, as folks …
An IT Service Desk Can Help Government Agencies Run More Efficiently
05/24/21 IT is ultimately about providing services to end users, and the IT help desk plays a critical role in this effort. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a major …