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SD-WAN: Why We're So Interested
WAN History Wide area network (WAN) technologies have come a long way since the early 2000s. It was the age of “traditional WAN,” where dedicated leased lines, frame relay circuits, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) circuits were the only games in town. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was around 11k, and the…
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How to Monitor, Manage, and Secure Active Directory
Microsoft Active Directory (AD) is the nerve center enabling your federal agency to access the systems and applications staff members need to do their jobs. AD is also a high-risk target for inside and outside threats and can be a gateway for other potential security vulnerabilities. The key to protecting your agency’s AD…
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Integrated Network, Application & Server Monitoring
We all know that whenever there is an application performance issue, the blame game between the network team and the application team goes into overdrive. Network engineers say there's an application issue and sys admins blame it on the network. So, how do you determine where the problem really is? With integrated network,…
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An “Annual Checkup” for your WSUS & Patch Manager environment
This has been a busy year for changes in WSUS and Patch Manager. In this article I’m going to summarize these changes. Treat this like a checklist. If there’s something on this list you’ve not yet done, use the next couple of weeks to develop a remediation plan. If you need help with any of this, post a message in the…
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Tips for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month
October is an interesting month. It ends with Halloween and comes with 30 more days filled of cybersecurity. In fact, each year October is “National Cybersecurity Awareness Month” in the U.S. and “European Cybersecurity Month” in, well, Europe. So, before we dress up as ghosts, vampires, or whatever, let’s have a quick…
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Customer Spotlight with Antioch Unified School District on Network Configuration Management ROI (#edtech)
Last week I had the pleasure to interview Tracy Dennis of Antioch Unified School District, located in Antioch, California. JK: How did you come to know SolarWinds for your network management needs? TD: It happened when we were changing daylight savings time in California a few years ago. We have a large array of older…
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Top 4 Indicators of VM Sprawl
What is VM Sprawl? Virtual machine (VM) sprawl is the uncontrolled growth and proliferation of VMs in a virtual environment. When this happens, the network reaches the point where you can't manage the VMs effectively and they start demanding excessive host resources. Typically, VM sprawl occurs as the result of the…
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Coming to Cisco Live Orlando? Join Us for Lunch, Product Updates, and More
Have questions about your products? Want to know what we're working on or when your favorite feature is going to be implemented? Join us for the Customer Event at Cisco Live for short presentations, lots of Q&A, and a catered lunch. Presentations will be brief to allow plenty of time to chat with SolarWinds staff about…
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Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2020
October is here! Halloween is around the corner, even though it will be a bit different this year. The smells of cinnamon, pumpkin spice, and cider are more prevalent, and, for those not in south Texas, leaves are changing, and cooler weather has arrived. More importantly though, October is National Cybersecurity Awareness…
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Google's Ocean of Big Data
I am perusing The Human Face of Big Data, and am wide-eyed with wonder. Not only is this book lovely to leaf through, but each page contains a marvel relating to Big Data. Every major industry is seeing changes through this new technology, and the implications and possibility are the stuff of wonder. Take for example the…