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5 Key Benefits of Synthetic Monitoring for Modern Apps

Before we get into the benefits of synthetic monitoring, let’s start by defining it. Synthetic monitoring is a method used to monitor applications by simulating users. It’s differe…

You Were Built for This: Celebrating IT Pro Day 2020

09/09/20 The year 2020 has been a rollercoaster. With nearly every aspect of our daily lives flipped on its head, it’s hard to think of a single thing that went as planned or any o…

Proactive Security Strategy for the Public Sector (10 Steps, Part Two)

09/08/20 In the first of these two articles, we covered the first five steps public sector organizations should take to change how they think about their cybersecurity to overcome …

Back to School in the New Different — SolarWinds TechPod 031

09/08/20 For campus IT, “back to school” holds an entirely different meaning for the Fall 2020 semester. On this episode of SolarWinds® TechPod™, Head Geek™ Liz Beavers is joined b…

Cross-Train Your Colleagues

09/04/20 Earlier this year, we held a virtual SolarWinds User Group™, or vSWUG, in which my colleague Kevin M. Sparenberg presented an interesting webinar, “Cross-Train Before It’s…

C-Level Perspectives: Preparing for the Office of the Future

I think it’s safe to say that nearly every organization in the world is currently thinking about workplace transformation. And, it’s not just about redesigning office space. The CO…

Better Together: Benefits of Connecting Configuration, Change, and Release Management

09/03/20 Both the technology and infrastructure we use have changed how we deliver services to our customers (or employees in this case). But how are our businesses adapting to the…

Hybrid Cloud Monitoring: Take It to Twitter

09/02/20 If you’ve run across other articles I’ve written about hybrid cloud, you’ll notice a familiar theme: it’s an artifact of other technology decisions nobody asked for. As su…

Proactive Security Strategy for the Public Sector (10 Steps, Part One)

09/01/20 The U.K. public sector holds some of the most important and sensitive data in the country, from private medical records to military intelligence. Consistently protecting t…

Tips for Success When Implementing Your Transformation Initiative

08/31/20 Change isn’t without its detractors in terms of people and systems. A misstep in expanding application performance monitoring (APM) across full-stack application monitorin…

Monitor containers on Amazon Bottlerocket with Datadog

This Datadog article details how to monitor Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) managed instances using Datadog's integration. It explains how to collect metrics, logs, and even…

Knowledge Management: An ITSM Lifeline to Connect Remote Employees

08/28/20 Knowledge management is a cornerstone of IT service management (ITSM). It provides technical guidance, steps to best troubleshoot issues, and in some cases an outlet to ex…