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Business Services and their challenges in complex environments
Business services and infrastructure services have divergent interests and requirements: business services are not focusing on IT. They may leverage IT, but their role is to be a core enabler for the organization to execute on its business strategy, i.e. delivering tangible business outcomes to internal or external…
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Leveraging Key Strategies from Cybersecurity Frameworks to Improve Security
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Mav Turner about how complying with federal frameworks can help improve security. Intruders are using new tactics and threats are increasing, so please take note. Over the past few years, several critical…
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Geekly World News - December 2022
Well, the holiday season is in full swing now. No matter what or how you celebrate – and hey, maybe you’re just celebrating a change freeze – we hope you have a lovely time. We’ve wrapped up our public appearances for the year and are taking time to rest and reflect as we plan 2023. Thank you all for coming along with us…
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Pros and Cons of Horizontal vs. Vertical Scaling
Have you ever dealt with an application workload suddenly increasing and the demand on SQL Server begins to increase exponentially as a result? Maybe you’ve never had one of those “my solution to X problem just went viral, and everybody’s signing up” moments, but inevitably, at some point in your career, you’ll have to…
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How to Be the Hero (Company) They Need AND Want (To Work At)
If you’re like most companies, you made many changes to your business throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. You may have adopted new tools, implemented new processes, or completely changed the way your business runs. Your workforce has likely gone fully remote—at least for a while—which requires more tools and processes to…
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Gitex 2022, Dubai
It’s this time of the year again. No, not Christmas. Not Thanksgiving. It’s much better! It’s GITEX Time Since 1996 GITEX GLOBAL has been the essential tech trade show in the Middle East. And trust me when I say it got more interesting in 2018, as it was the first time we showed up. Although, in the beginning, we tried it…
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An Introduction to Database Sharding With SQL Server
One of my favorite consulting questions to ask when dealing with a scalability problem is, “If you could change the system design with the knowledge you have today, what would/wouldn’t you change and why?” Sometimes it’s best to ask this question on a one-on-one basis with different developers, DBAs, report writers, and…
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3 Steps Government Employees Can Take to Become Good Cybercitizens
Looking for ideas on how your end users can help enhance your organization’s security posture? Read this article by Brandon Shopp, group vice president of product strategy at SolarWinds, which provides some great tips. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated across ever-expanding attack surfaces, it’s easy to assume the…
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Digital Transformation Demystified: U.K. NHS Case Study
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Sascha Giese on strategies for digital transformation in the public sector. Our government customers here in the states have similar challenges and should benefit from the discussion. For an organization like…
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Geekly World News - November 2022
Poof! And like that, it’s November! This is also event season, so be sure to check out where you can find us in the What’s Planned section. If you missed it, in October, we had our inaugural SolarWinds Day with the biggest product launch in our history. Lots of exciting things were announced and shown, so be sure to check…