As the father of a teenaged boy I can never seem to find the tools I need exactly when I need them. Sure, I commonly find ratchet drivers in the kitchen pantry, hammers while mowing the yard, and tape measures mixed in with the laundry but when something needs fixing I don't usually have the time to go searching all over…
Manage Engine recently wrote a response to our comparison post on Manage Engine’s Applications Monitor versus SolarWinds Server & Application Monitor (SAM). They are spot on in their response that SolarWinds provides only conventional server and application monitoring capabilities. The reason why we do this is because that…
I have recently written about two major reasons to keep your certificate stores clean: * Microsoft KB2661254 invalidates certificates with a key length of 1024 bits or smaller on all supported Windows systems. * Microsoft's algorithm for searching and scanning certificates in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities…
Next week we'll be in Washington D.C. delivering a free seminar on extending Cisco technologies. We'll cover some cool technologies like NetFlow, IP SLA, and EnergyWise. Full details and sign up information here. Also, there will be free food and I will try to come up with a new joke or two. The food should be good...…
Remote Support Remote support is more than just remote control. At SolarWinds, when we talk about remote support, we’re really talking about all of the remote tasks that sys admins perform in a day. If you’re a sys admin, you’re probably doing a lot more throughout the day than just remoting in to end-users’ computers to…
This morning I had the opportunity to participate in a podcast with my buddies and the co-hosts of Cisco's TechWiseTV Jimmy Ray Pursor and Robb Boyd. The subject was the Conficker threat and I must say that I learned a few things as Jimmy Ray really knows his bots. We also talked about the best ways to avoid bots, the…
The Network Configuration Manager v7.1 is now available for download in your customer portal. The major features and enhancements include: * Additional poller support * NCM settings moved from Win32 NCM application to Web * i18n backend changes * Performance enhancements to website and inventory engine * Better database…
Insourcing is supposed to be the next big thing in the IT world. At least that’s what business guru type sites like www.bizjournals.com, www.cio.com, and www.thewhitehouse.gov have been saying. And it looks like some companies may really be following this trend. A few months ago, General Motors shocked the business world…
In my first VMWorld blog I asked the question “Will it be all about the Cloud again this year?” From the first day of sessions and my take on the General session topic this morning I think we have an initial answer – while cloud hasn’t gone away, “software-defined” seems to be the focus from VMware. VMware is already all…
My teenage daughter thinks my technology job in security is boring most of the time (especially when I talk about it in front of her)- but when she heard about the SnapChat breach, I quickly received a call asking for advice. The user names and phone numbers of many users were breached and exposed. So should my daughter…
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