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Landing on a Secure File Sharing Solution

12/20/17 Back in October, I wrote about Shadow IT and how some users are turning to popular file sharing applications like Dropbox, OneDrive, and Google Drive to get their work don…

Can I Deliver Value through Responsiveness and Efficiency?

12/20/17 I don’t know how many times in the past 15 years I have heard people say, “My computers running slow! I need an upgrade.” Everyone, even your colleagues in the IT departme…

Top 7 Things Every DBA Should Do Before They Go On Holiday

12/19/17 Everybody wants to take a relaxing holiday from time to time, whether you are a veteran DBA standing watch over million dollar mission-critical database systems or a jack-…

Monitor GKE with Datadog

This article details how to integrate Datadog monitoring with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) workloads powered by Tanzu Application Platform (T2A). It explains how to leverage Data…

Everything I Needed To Know About IT I Learned From Logan (Part Two)

12/18/17 (This is the second part of a series. You can find Part One here.) It behooves me to remind you that there are many spoilers beyond this point. If you haven’t seen the mov…

DevOps Wrap-Up

12/15/17 Welcome to the final post in my series on DevOps. If you’ve been following along, you know the content generated several questions. In this post, I will consolidate those …

The Future is Always Bright

12/15/17 In my last couple of posts, I’ve tried to paint a picture of the past and present of database management and monitoring. We’ve seen that good database performance has ever…

Is Compliance Something I Should Be Thinking About?

12/15/17 Over the past 12 months, I’ve heard the word “compliance” thrown around quite a bit. Only now does compliance depend on what department or industry you are in. From ISO to…

Key metrics for PostgreSQL monitoring

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Collecting metrics with PostgreSQL monitoring tools

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How to collect and monitor PostgreSQL data with Datadog

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Committed To Security: SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor and SOC 2 Type 1

12/13/17 Security has always been a priority at SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM), and we have architected and built our product for security from the beginning, frequ…