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Geekly World News - May 2023
May the Fourth be with you! Happy Star Wars Day! May means the end of the school year for many of us in the U.S. with kids and many of those in university. I’m certainly looking forward to more quality time with my 13-year-old—when I can peel him (and myself) away from video games, though that’s not likely in early May…
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The State of Data Security and Privacy – Things Are Getting Worse
The concern for individual privacy has been growing since the 19th century when the mass dissemination of newspapers and photography became commonplace. The concerns we had then -- the right to be left alone and the right to keep private what we choose to keep private -- are now echoed in conversations carried on today…
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Insights From the Women in Tech Global Conference 2022: Part One
The second week of June hosted the Women in Tech Global Conference for 2022, and SolarWinds graciously sponsored attendance for a large group of employees, myself included. You may be wondering why I'm sharing this so long after the event, but the answer is other things got in the way, like other events and vacation, yet I…
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Application Dependency Mapping: Security and Ongoing ADM
Application Dependency Mapping: Security and Ongoing ADM Well, here we are. Finally, on the last post of this series. If you have not been following along, you can find the previous posts: part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five. And, if you have been following along, I hope you have found at least…
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Geekly World News - March 2022
Wow, March already? Time has flown by so far in 2022. This GWN is a little delayed because we were so busy with THWACKcamp™! I hope everyone enjoyed it and filled out their post-event surveys to help us make THWACKcamp even better next year. We love putting on this event for you, and we want it to be better and better…
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Preparing Your Network for the Impact of Digital Twins
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting blog that discusses digital twins, and emerging technology with network impacts; I think it’s something federal IT folks should keep an eye on. Digital twin technology is the ability to create a digital representation of a physical…
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Is collaboration something I should be thinking about?
Over the past few years, we have seen an ever-changing landscape when it comes to technology. When I first started in IT, my company decided on IBM for everything. Servers, storage, and even the backup tools were delivered by them. But today’s solutions are being built to suit the customer’s specific needs and no vendor…
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Geekly World News - April 2023
April is here! I’m happy to see spring is finally here, and Sascha and I are very excited about the upcoming lineup of games. I certainly hope you enjoy your downtime as much as we do, no matter your hobby. Meanwhile, we’re hard at work with event prep and looking forward to meeting with you this month at SWUG and RSA…
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When Competitors Close the Digital Experience Gap
After 2020, there are only two types of businesses: those who have retained customers or grown, and those who lost customers to more nimble competitors. There are many reasons. The transition away from traditional retail, shifting customer expectations, and internal operations challenges due to increasing complexity all…
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IT Pro Day
Guess who's back, back again, IT Pro Day, tell a friend! SolarWinds has once again allowed me to circle the sun as a SolarWinds Head Geek . To me, IT Pro Day is something of a celebration of achievement in goals every year that I once could only imagine. Curiosity has led me down numerous certification paths and even back…