Esports is soaring in popularity in K–12 schools and in higher education as student gamers find a competitive and team-based outlet for their video gaming habits—playing not in isolation but among a community of fellow students. More than 1,200 schools now participate in the High School Esports League, a six-fold increase…
The military has invested significant time and money implementing edge computing on the battlefield. The Army’s efforts to leverage the tactical cloud to process data on the edge gets information into soldiers’ hands more quickly, allowing them to make decisions in near-real time. But these benefits come with significant…
Perhaps you've read my four part series entitled, Visual Basic 101. In that series I explained how to build a specialized SAM bandwidth calculator. Granted, that series was long and in-depth, but I think it was worth it. However, I am also aware that most sysadmins don't have the luxury of a lot of free time. A four part…
Numerous prognosticators predicted network meltdowns as a result of the increase in streaming video from the Olympic Games. The Los Angeles Times reported Internet traffic had spiked about 20% because of live Olympics streaming and the CTO of Los Angeles municipality had emailed thousands of City Hall employees, asking…
This holiday season, we here at SolarWinds are digging through the Geek Speak archives to find relevant blog posts from years back that continue to get traffic. Since these posts have stood the test of time, we're bringing them to your attention here so you don't have to wait until you have a specific question to enrich…
The federal government’s 2019 Federal Cloud Computing Strategy — Cloud Smart calls for improvements in security, procurement and the workforce. Let’s look at each of the three Cloud Smart pillars to understand how agencies can successfully manage their cloud migrations. Security Protecting government data requires…
Federal IT pros are having more success tackling cybersecurity challenges within their agencies. However, there’s still much work to be done when it comes to solving the security challenges posed by contractors. According to our Federal Cybersecurity Survey Report from last year, more than half of federal IT pros surveyed…
According to the SolarWinds 2019 Federal Cybersecurity survey report, threats posed by careless and malicious insiders and foreign governments are at an all-time high. The report found 56% of federal government IT leaders surveyed considered careless or untrained insiders as the most significant threat to their…
The heat in the tablet battles got turned up to 11 in the past couple of weeks. With Apple announcing the iPad mini, the new Amazon Kindle Fire and all the other competitors adding features and slashing prices, the consumer market is a good place to be. I find it interesting how quickly IT departments have adapted to the…
We have spent a lot of the previous entries in this series providing tips and tricks for the social, communication, and work/life blending aspects of having (and being) a largely work from home workforce. Now, we want to address actual pieces of tech to improve your remote working experience. After all, we DO work at…
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