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To Infinity and Beyond!
I’ve covered a lot in this series of posts around artificial intelligence (machine learning); from the beginning (Not Another AI Post…) to why I love it (My Affection for AI) to what I hate about it (My Animosity Toward Artificial Intelligence) to what scares me about it (AI-nxiety) and even why we need to decide what…
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A Geek's Guide to AppStack
What is the Geek's Guide to AppStack? Simply put, it's the central repository for all tech content involving the AppStack. If data and applications are important to you, the AppStack Dashboard is for you. The AppStack Management Bundle enables agility and scalability in monitoring and troubleshooting applications. And this…
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Rear-View Mirror: Looking Back at Four Years as a SolarWinds Head Geek
It was LinkedIn that reminded me how long it's been. A sudden flood of "Congratulations on your work anniversary" messages (thank you, by the way, to everyone all the well-wishers) hit my inbox, little popup messages lining the bottom of the dedicated tab in Google Chrome. My first thought was, "has it been that long?"…
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Automate IT
Last week, I covered optimization as a skill to keep your IT environment in tip-top shape by constantly delivering the most optimal Quality-of-Service (QoS). This week, I’ll walk through automation as another high value-add skill for the virtual environment. Automation is one part best practice, one part policy, and one…
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It's Not Always The Network! Or Is It? Part 8
The story so far: * It's Not Always The Network! Or is it? Part 1 -- by John Herbert (jgherbert) * It's Not Always The Network! Or is it? Part 2 -- by John Herbert (jgherbert) * It's Not Always The Network! Or is it? Part 3 -- by Tom Hollingsworth (networkingnerd) * It's Not Always The Network! Or is it? Part 4 -- by Tom…
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IT Trends for 2016 – Containers, Clouds, and Flash, oh my!
Wow, can you believe it? 2016 is almost over, the holidays are here I didn’t even get you anything! It’s been a bit of a wild rollercoaster of a year through consolidation, commoditization, and collaboration! I’m sure you have some absolute favorite trends or notable things which have occurred here throughout 2016. Here…
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Geek Festivus for the IT Rest of Us
September has now become a series of IT industry events. From VMware VMworld to SolarWinds THWACKcamp to Oracle OpenWorld to Microsoft Ignite, it seems like an endless procession of speaking sessions, in booth demo presentations and conversations with IT professionals in those communities. That last aspect that is my…
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The SolarWinds Geek's Required Reading List
Back in April, we helped you get ready for summer by offering some suggestions for summer reading. It ended up being one of the most read posts of the year, with nearly 2,300 views and over two dozen comments. We already knew that THWACK was a community of avid readers, but the level of interest and nature of the comments…
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What Makes a Thought Leader?
What do The Guru, The Expert, The Maven, The Trailblazer, The Leading Light, The Practice Leader, The Heavyweight, The Opinion Shaper, and The Influencer all have in common? These are all other examples of what to are commonly referred to as “Thought Leaders.” Some may say it’s the latest buzzword by calling experts and…
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Topology on the Road with NTM
(Warning, I usually write about network topics that aren't necessarily related to our products, but I’m going to unashamedly promote a new product here because I kill with it everywhere I show it. You should check it out.) I’ve been a network software geek for a long time and done more than a few new software demos on the…
