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The THWACK Store is Back — Because You Made It Matter
Hey THWACKsters Every time you showed up here, asked a question, shared an answer, reacted to a post: you were building something. Not just conversations, but value. Those points you earned! They tell that story. And today, we’re bringing that story back to life: the THWACK Store is now live again. Now, we want to be real…
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SolarWinds Day: Catch Up On Demand Now
Our most recent SolarWinds Day was packed with announcements, demos, product roadmap updates, and more. If you missed out, don’t worry, you can catch it on demand at your leisure. Here are some highlights on what you missed: Sudhakar shared more on our Operational Resilience Vision: The strategic shift toward a future…
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Beyond "Autopilot": Mastering Database Memory Management with Kevin Kline
Most of us treat SQL Server memory like a "set it and forget it" feature. We assume the engine - whether on-premises or in the cloud - just handles it. But what happens when it doesn't? When cache churn hits, the plan cache bloats, or "stolen memory" starts dragging down your performance, "autopilot" isn't enough to save…
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Coming Soon: 2026 Voice of the Customer Survey
As a trusted member of our community, your voice matters to us, and we want to hear from you. To ensure we continue improving the experience for the IT professionals, who rely on us every day, we’re launching our 2026 Voice of the Customer (NPS) Survey on April 1. What to Look For: Beginning in April, you’ll receive a…
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Consider this your final alert. SolarWinds Day is next week.
Hi THWACKsters, Severity: low. Urgency: high. This is not a drill. SolarWinds Day is next week on April 15/16 — and if you haven't registered yet, this is your nudge. We know you're already watching the agentic AI conversation unfold in real time — reading the takes, clocking the hype, quietly wondering what any of…
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Solar Bytes - April 2026
It’s April, and we’ve got lots of exciting things coming up this month, including the next SolarWinds Day! The SolarWinds World Tour is back, rocking over 30 cities worldwide—and the lineup includes some familiar faces. Kevin Kline, Pete DiStefano, and Sascha Giese will be on tour this spring, sharing expertise, answering…
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🛸 So What's Actually Going On Out There?
Look, we've all been watching the autonomous AI agent discourse accelerate at a pace that would make even the most seasoned sysadmin do a double-take at their monitoring dashboard. One minute you're triaging alerts with a coffee in hand, the next — there's a digital entity doing it for you, modifying configs, spinning up…
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SolarWinds Day | You Asked. We Built It. Come See.
HiTHWACKsters, Before this goes anywhere else — you're hearing it here first. We've been dropping announcements about SolarWinds Day, and the early engagement from our community has been incredible. So, we figured: if anyone deserves a peek behind the curtain, it's you. Here's what we can tell you right now. You've heard…
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Insights from the SolarWinds 2026 State of Monitoring & Observability Report
Monitoring alone is no longer enough to navigate today’s complex, multifaceted IT ecosystems. To better understand the modern IT landscape, SolarWinds surveyed over 750 IT practitioners and leaders worldwide. The resulting SolarWinds 2026 State of Monitoring & Observability Report highlights the persistent gaps in IT…
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SolarWinds Day | We’re Revealing What’s Next. Be There.
Hi THWACK community, Quick question: how many dashboards do you usually have open during the day? Most of us end up bouncing between views, filters, and reports just to answer basic questions about what’s happening in the environment. It works—but it’s not always the fastest way to get to the answer. That’s one of the…