Recently, my friend Phoummala Schmitt, aka “ExchangeGoddess” and Microsoft Cloud Operations Advocate, wrote about her struggles with imposter syndrome (https://orangematter.solarwinds.com/beating-imposter-syndrome/). It's a good read that I highly recommend. But one element of it stuck with me, like an itch I couldn't…
An IT debate has been brewing for years now: the old school IT management, the one built on experience and practice versus the new school IT management, the one built on policy based management and analytic engines that leverage vendor knowledge base and learning algorithms. This debate is reminiscent of politics. IT is…
In my last blog post, I began laying out the case that troubleshooting can be a challenging endeavor, especially when dealing with multiple disciplines (silos) in a larger IT organization. More often than not, it becomes a race to innocence between the groups, with each trying to prove that they are not the problem. The…
Buying a home requires thoughtful planning and takes a significant amount of time and resources. Beyond your list of must-haves, you’ve likely kept tabs on houses of interest to you, the state of the market, how safe the neighborhood is, and more. Another factor in your decision is how the house is equipped to grow with…
As network engineers, administrators, architects, and enthusiasts we are seeing a trend of relatively complicated devices that all strive to provide unparalleled visibility into the inner workings of applications or security. Inherent in these solutions is a level of complexity that challenges network monitoring tools, it…
As we all come to terms with quarantine and shelter-in-place orders being extended for longer than most prepared for (both emotionally and in terms of our stash of snacks), and for those of us who won’t feel comfortable venturing out into the crowds again for some time even after the shelter-in-place orders are lifted,…
Summer is officially beginning this month! Kids are on break for the next few months – mine always thinks it’s unfair I don’t get summer vacation. We’ll be spending time balancing indoor fun with soaking in the sunshine this month. I hope you get some much-needed relaxing vibes in as well. Meanwhile, last month we had a…
As the amount of network traffic, connected devices, and data exponentially rises every year, it becomes more and more difficult to keep track of things. This is a key reason why AIOps is slowly getting a bigger spotlight across all levels of the IT world. In this article, we’ll look closely at anomaly detection. What is…
A lot of times as administrators or infrastructure people we all too often get stuck “keeping the lights on”. What I mean by this, is we have our tools and scripts in place to monitor all of our services and databases, we have notification set up to alert us when they are down or experiencing trouble, and we have our…
Home this week and getting ready for Microsoft Ignite next week in Orlando. If you're at Ignite, please stop by the booth and say hello. I love talking data with anyone. As always, here's a bunch of links I found interesting. Enjoy! Microsoft beats Amazon to win the Pentagon’s $10 billion JEDI cloud contract The most…
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