In a previous Geek Speak blog post, I talked about the viability of practice leader being a career path for IT professionals. A large part of practice leadership is being fluent in vendor technologies, i.e. products. This opens up an interesting set of paths for IT professionals: product management and product marketing.…
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist Federal IT professionals spend a lot of time working on optimizing their IT infrastructures, so it can understandably be frustrating when agency policies or cultural issues get in the way. Unfortunately, responses to a recent SolarWinds North…
We made it! This is the final post in this six-part series mapping the cybersecurity landscape through a new reference model for IT infrastructure security. Thank you for coming along on this journey with me. Now it’s time to take a look at where we’ve been, review the map itself, and discuss how to put it to work in your…
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting blog that reviews the fundamental steps every federal IT pro should take to create a strong security foundation. I agree with the author that an overarching plan that encompasses multiple layers of security can serve as the most…
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article on the internet of things (IoT) and security threats. We’ve all been expecting IoT devices to be problematic and it’s good to see recognition that better controls are needed for the federal government. The Department of…
Many organizations grow each year in business scope and footprint. When I say footprint, it’s not merely the size of the organization, but the number of devices, hardware, and other data center-related items. New technologies creep up every year, and many of those technologies live on data center hardware, servers,…
Here’s a blog that reviews strategies for managing networks that are growing in size and complexity. Federal IT pros understand the challenge agencies face in trying to manage an ever-growing, increasingly complex network environment. While federal IT networks are becoming more distributed, the demand for security and…
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting blog about log analytics, one of my favorite topics. Log analytics are fast becoming a critical component of an agency’s monitoring and management infrastructure. The ability to unify log monitoring and log analytics, then aggregate,…
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Sascha Giese on how tech inventions from the public sector can be used to better the world. This has been true for years and remains true today. According to a recent policy paper published by the U.K.’s…
Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) tend to get overlooked when it comes to solutions that fit their needs for infrastructure monitoring. There are many tools that exist today that cater to the enterprise, where there’s a much larger architecture with many moving parts. The enterprise data center requires solutions for…
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