CostOps: The Overlooked Developer Responsibility
05/03/21 Developers are the kingmakers. Millions of decisions made by tens of thousands of developers are ultimately responsible for the triumph or tragedy of IT. Developers for co…
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Un-Excuse-ing Upgrades
04/30/21 When we talk about upgrades here at SolarWinds, we spend a lot of time discussing the beneficial features, performance, and capabilities you can gain. That’s not by accide…
The Case for Cost Containment With Professional Services and Staff Augmentation
04/29/21 At the start of our enterprise cost containment series, Leon examined what cost containment is and why IT pros should care. Basically, you should care how your projects an…
The IT Skills Gap—A Downside of Innovation
04/29/21 Innovation is widely accepted to be a great thing—think of all the new products, technologies, methodologies, services, etc. unveiled at any given time. At this point, you…
Security Starts With People, Unfortunately.
04/28/21 One of the findings of our investigations pointed to a compromised account as a possible cause of the cyberoperation. While I was reading the results, I thought, “That cou…
Gamify Work: How to Apply Gaming Skills to Your Day Job (Part 2)
04/27/21 In my last Gamify Work post, I brought up the idea that you can translate skills from gaming to tech. All roles can benefit from the skills you use in everyday gaming. If …
A Conversation With Robert Metcalfe (Part 2) — SolarWinds TechPod 041
04/27/21 What drives technology innovation? In the second part of our conversation with Dr. Robert Metcalfe, the co-founder of Ethernet and internet pioneer explains the relationsh…
A Conversation With Robert Metcalfe (Part 1) — SolarWinds TechPod 040
04/27/21 Dr. Robert Metcalfe is arguably one of the most influential pioneers of modern technology. In this episode of TechPod, the award-winning engineer relives the critical even…
Hybrid IT and Virtualized Workloads Preparing for a Shift to Microsoft Azure
04/26/21 Though government agencies continue to move to the cloud to accelerate their digital transformation plans, the majority have embraced a hybrid IT environment. This mix of …
A DBA’s Habits for Success: CMMI (Part One)
04/23/21 Finding the perfect flow for your business can take time and patience. Like almost anything else in life, a business must go through stages of maturity before it reaches i…
3 WFH Struggles Service Desk and Remote Support Software Help Solve
04/22/21 It looks as though remote work will be a part of our lives for at least the foreseeable future. Even with some offices reopening their doors, don’t be surprised to see a c…
Outdated Calculus of Cloud Cost Containment
04/20/21 “Cost” would seem to underpin almost every decision IT teams make. Sure, business requirements drive overall operations budgets, but it’s always in tension with decades-ol…