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Geekly World News - February 2023
Won’t you be our valentine, THWACK®? We hope you enjoyed the Head Geek™ THWACK mission last month, as we had fun making it. We’ll have to see if any of our predictions come true this year. Meanwhile, February has begun and will feature news from SolarWinds, so make sure to check out SolarWinds Day on February 15. I hope…
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Security Apathy Is Real – Here Are 5 Ways Agencies Can Combat It
Security apathy is no joke. Brandon Shopp, group vice president of product strategy, highlights data from a recent SolarWinds study and provides five tips for combatting security apathy in your agency. A new study—the SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2021—suggests, although tech pros are confident with their work from home and…
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Geekly World News - March 2023
Spring is coming – or already here if you look at Austin’s weather lately. We’ve been wrapping and reviewing 2022 and planning and kicking things off for 2023, and are excited for what’s to come. Sascha’s already kicked off his travel for this year, visiting with our partners at SolarWinds Partner Summits. We had another…
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How Can Blockchain Help Agencies Be More Efficient?
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist Blockchain is no longer just a buzzword or simply a “technology to watch.” This database technology is being explored by agencies across government. The promise of blockchain is dramatic. It can help enhance agencies’ business processes and provide…
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Five Ways Counties Can Mitigate Remote Access Security Risks
So much has changed in the past two years relative to securing our environments. In this article, Brandon Shopp (@bshopp), group vice president of product strategy, offers some ideas on how state and local governments can reduce security risks while maintaining a positive customer experience. Cyberattacks against the…
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SolarWinds is coming to GITEX!
Find yourself wondering what GITEX is, exactly? Well, a few things come to mind right away. Dubai. Burj Al Arab. Burj Khalifa. ATMs dispensing gold bars. Air-conditioned boardwalks. Police driving Italian sport cars. Plus, let’s not forget about Manousheh, Shawarma, and Sangak. And this isn’t even getting into the…
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Thoughts after SolarWinds Seminar on Leveraging Cisco Technologies in DC Yesterday...
This week we hosted a free seminar in Washington D.C. on how to expose and leverage some key Cisco technologies using SolarWinds network management software. Specifically, we covered NetFlow, IP SLA, Cisco EnergyWise, and the new Nexus 1000v virtual switch. You can view the slide presentation from the session here. The…
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SolarWinds Global Tour 2022, Part 10/12
October… what a month. I’m not sure how many airline miles I earned, but I spent significantly more time in an aircraft than in all other methods of transportation combined. I lost my beard and voice and noticed I needed a hearing aid, and the comment I made the most was “No, we don’t do renewable energy.” But let me start…
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The Best Way to Prepare for Emerging Technologies
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp about emerging technology adoption in fed. It’s easy to get caught up with the hype, but our IT Trends survey results seem more grounded. Exciting new technologies like artificial intelligence,…
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December Writing Challenge
For the past five years, I’ve engaged in a yearly, month-long blogging challenge as a way of preparing for the upcoming new year. This challenge – write a blog entry whose theme is prompted by a new word each day – was decidedly introspective and somewhat spiritural in nature. It spurred me to consider themes of renewal,…