Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Jim Hansen reviewing data from our cybersecurity survey, including details on how agencies are combatting threats. According to a 2019 Federal Cybersecurity Survey released last year by IT management software…
This week's Actuator comes to you from New England where it has been 367 days since our team last appeared in a Super Bowl. I'm still not ready to talk about it, though. As always, here's a bunch of links I hope you find interesting. Enjoy! 97% of airports showing signs of weak cybersecurity I would have put the number…
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Mav Turner with ideas about how the government could monitor and automate their hyperconverged infrastructure to help achieve their modernization objectives. It’s no surprise hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)…
In IT, we search the Web constantly. Everything we need is literally at our fingertips, just an Internet query away. This is interesting because IT professionals tend to make a big deal of knowing things by heart. Can you calculate subnets off the top of your head? Do you know these OS commands (and all of their…
I’m in the middle of tough project right now, a large client is trying to convert a large number of physical SQL Servers to virtual machines. They’ve done most of the right things—the underlying infrastructure is really strong, the storage is more than an adequate, and they aren’t overprovisioning the virtual environment.…
This week's Actuator comes to you from the suddenly mild January here in the Northeast. I'm taking advantage of the warm and dry days up here, spending time walking outdoors. Being outdoors is far better than the treadmill at the gym. As always, here's a bunch of links from the internet I hope you will find useful. Enjoy!…
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp with ideas for improving security at the DoD by finding vulnerabilities and continuously monitoring agency infrastructure. An early 2019 report from the Defense Department Officer of Inspector…
Not too long ago, a copy of Randall Munroe’s “Thing Explainer” made its way around the SolarWinds office—passing from engineering to marketing to development to the Head Geeks, and even to management. Amid chuckles of appreciation, we recognized Munroe had struck upon a deeper truth: as IT practitioners, we’re often asked…
If you’re in tune with the various tech communities, you’ve probably noticed a big push for professional development in the technical ranks. I love the recognition that IT pros need more than just technical skills to succeed, but most of the outreach has been about improving one’s own stature in the tech hierarchy. There’s…
Had a wonderful time at Black Hat last week. Next up for me is VMworld in two weeks. If you're reading this and attending VMworld, stop by the booth and say hello. As always, here are some links I hope you find interesting. Enjoy! Hospital checklists are meant to save lives — so why do they often fail? Good article for…
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