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Why Scalable Networks Need Scalable Monitoring
According to the SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2019: Skills for Public Sector Tech Pros of Tomorrow, 75% of all public sector tech pros surveyed expressed concerns about whether they have the necessary skills to successfully manage their IT environments over the next three to five years. How can federal IT pros accelerate…
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Leveraging Network Monitoring to Quickly and Effectively Respond to Disasters (like COVID-19)
I provide 24/7 network support to a health care system comprised of a hundred hospitals, clinics, and business offices across northern Minnesota, eastern North Dakota, and northern Wisconsin. When my hospital administrators saw the early news of COVID-19 in December and January they asked whether our network would support…
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The SolarWinds Guide to Work From Home: Collaboration at a Distance
A lot of these tips are predicated on the idea that the work we do is largely individual contributions. But the truth is at SolarWinds (and probably where you work, too), we do a lot of brainstorming, whiteboarding, and even four-hands-one-keyboard-ing. How can we continue to work together when we’re not actually together?…
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The Actuator – April 1st
This week’s Actuator comes to you from the middle of week 3 of 7, as our schools are closed until May the Fourth (Be With You). Here in Massachusetts, we’re entering the beginning of the curve, as testing becomes readily available. Wash your hands and stay home, people. As always, here's a bunch of links I hope you find…
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The SolarWinds Guide to Work From Home: Stay on Task and On Time
The last entry in our work at home series covered work/life blending. We shared some tips for creating boundaries for yourself, others, and your work as well as some commiseration as we’re all in this together, which comes with a healthy dose of empathy. This time around, we want to discuss your options for staying on-task…
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The SolarWinds Guide to Work From Home: Finding Community and Connection
The number one question people have been asking as they move to remote work is not “How do I set up my Wi-Fi?” or “How do I make my kitchen table more comfortable to sit at?” No, the first thing people are saying is, “I feel so disconnected.” Or, “I feel like I’m not good at this.” Or simply, “I don’t like this.” Simply…
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The SolarWinds Guide to Work From Home: Your Work Life at Home
In our previous post, we made some recommendations on how to maintain office community and connections with your fellow coworkers. For our extroverted readers, we hope you have taken heart from those recommendations, implemented some (or all), and maybe come up with new ways to maintain a sense of connectedness with your…
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The SolarWinds Guide to Work From Home: Your Home Life at Work
In the previous post in this series, we offered tips for Your Work Life at Home. You may now be thinking, “What does THAT mean?” and we humbly suggest you check it out for yourself. We offered options for work space, work boundaries, and more. This time around, we’d like to discuss work/life blending. With the progression…
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Old Tech, New Name?
The marketing machines of today often paint new technologies to suggest they’re the best thing since sliced bread. Sometimes though, the new products are just a rehash of an existing technology. In this blog post, I’ll look at some of these. As some of you may know, my tech background is heavily focused around…
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Network Flowetry!
Hi! I’m Joe Reves, and I’m a Flow Nerd. I’m the Product Manager for our NetFlow Traffic Analyzer, and I’ve been working at SolarWinds for a little over a year. I’m excited about flow analytics and the problems we can solve by examining and visualizing network flow information. I’m awfully enthusiastic about all types of…