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SWUG London: It's Good to be Back
If you are checking your calendar and doing the math, the last time that a SolarWinds User Group was in London was November of 2018. That’s 1,262 days between visits and for me, that’s too [EXPLETIVE DELETED] long. We’ll be in London for a SWUG on April 27-28, 2022. If you’ve never attended or heard of a SWUG, then let me…
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Introducing the SolarWinds Hybrid Cloud Observability Forum
Normally this is where I spend a bunch of time laying out all the great things about this new product, but @bmrad has already done an excellent job over in the Product Blog. Product Forums Like all of the other product forums here on THWACK, you can easily find the page by navigating to Product Forums > Observability >…
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Livecast Series: Discovering Observability - Your Next Great Journey in IT
It's time to join the Observability revolution. Now is your chance to expand the visibility of your infrastructure from mature monitoring to super-charged Observability. Our next THWACK® Livecast series is all about understanding how to obtain Observability within your infrastructure – regardless of where the services,…
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London SWUG 2022: The Hangover Edition
With over 1,000 days between the previous SolarWinds User Group™ and the London SWUG, many of us were equal parts excited and petrified. Yes, we were scared (myself included), not for any reason other than our social-interaction firmware hadn't been patched in over two years. However, once we were in the rooms, interacting…
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AUSTIN SWUG: Time to dust off your boots.
Y’all, it’s time for another action-packed SolarWinds User Group® (SWUG®), and this time we’re heading down to the live music capital of the world, Austin, TX. For those unfamiliar with what a SWUG is, continue to read on. If you are familiar, then click the button below to register now. And for the first 100 people to…
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A Decade of Learning
This year marks the 10th THWACKcamp. For the uninitiated, THWACKcamp is a 100% free virtual event open to all IT professionals. How I Got Here For anyone unaware, prior to working for SolarWinds, I was a customer. I spent a portion of each day working with the portfolio of products to keep on top of my infrastructure; be…
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Livecast: Ask the Product Experts - January 20 @ 10 AM CT
To kick off 2022 strong, we’re starting with a much-requested topic for our January THWACK Livecast: Ask the Product Experts. That’s right. We’ll be answering questions directly from community members live on air. We were all new once, stumbling in the dark, feeling our ways along the walls looking for the light. Searching…
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THWACKcamp Keeps You Coming Back for More!
With over 20 years in the IT field and spending the last five-ish years working specifically as the “monitoring guy” for a major U.S.-based retailer; I’ve attended numerous conferences, but none compared to THWACKcamp. This two-day virtual conference is like no other I’ve attended either as a viewer or a presenter.…
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All Aboard the Hype Train for THWACKcamp 2022
It’s almost time for THWACKcamp once again! As with every year, it will be completely free and 100% virtual. I don’t know about the rest of you in the community, but I’m fired up to chat, network, and learn together once again. Before I go too far into nostalgia (check out Kevin and I on TechPod doing just that) I’m…
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An Ode to THWACKcamp
It all started on October 10, 2012. This was the date of the very first THWACKcamp™. In this, the inaugural piece of awesomeness, SolarWinds presented 15 30-minute sessions, showing the world how great a totally free, community-driven, virtual conference can be. Tackling subjects from the then-new bring your own device…