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The Actuator - September 25th
Hi there! It's Suzanne again. You might remember me from The Actuator April 10th, where I stepped in for Tom because he was busy "doing things." He's on his way to yet another conference and asked me to help out, as if I don't have enough things to do while he's away. Of course I agreed to do it, but not before I made him…
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THWACKcamp 2019 Registration Is Now Open!
THWACKcamp is Back! - YouTube Here at SolarWinds, convention season is just beginning to heat up. Whether you’re lucky enough to travel to these shows or are just following our exploits online, you’ll see us across the globe—from London (Info Security Europe) to New York (SWUG), Vegas (Black Hat) San Diego (Cisco Live!),…
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Out on vacation...
I'll be out on vacation bird hunting in Kansas starting tomorrow for about 10 days. Wish me luck and I'll see you when I return... Josh p.s. Don't be surprised if some dude with a Belgian accent adds some content while I'm gone. That's Joel our chief architect :)
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VMworld EMEA 2019
It's this time of the year again! VMworld EMEA is in Barcelona again. As one of the annual family reunions of all things data center, virtualization, and cloud, we can't miss it. This year the event is November 4 – 7, and you can find us at stand B524. Last year, we had VMAN 8.3 out of the door a few months before the…
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Better Visibility Can Help Improve Your FITARA Scores
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Mav Turner with suggestions on improving your agency’s FITARA score. FITARA rolls up scores from other requirements and serves to provide a holistic view of agency performance. The most recent version of the…
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Virtualization’s Future
During this series, we’ve looked at virtualization’s past, the challenges it has created, and how its evolution will allow it to continue to play a part in infrastructure delivery in the future. In this final part, I’d like to draw these strands together and share how I believe the concept of virtualization will continue…
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Edge Computing
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Jim Hansen about the benefits and challenges of edge computing. Ultimately, this new technology requires scrutiny and planning. Edge computing is here to stay and it’s no wonder. Edge computing provides federal IT…
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The Actuator - October 2nd
Back from Austin and THWACKcamp filming. Can you believe the event is only two weeks away? I'm excited for what we have in store for you this year. It's a lot of work to pull TC together, but the finished product always makes me smile. Wearing the bee suit helps, too. As always, here are some links I found interesting this…
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The Actuator - October 16th
In Austin this week for THWACKcamp. I hope you're watching the event and reading this post later in the day. We tried a new format this year--I hope you enjoy what we built. As always, here are some links I found interesting this week. Enjoy! GitHub renews controversial $200,000 contract with ICE “At GitHub, we believe in…
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Traditional Infrastructure vs. Hyperconverged Infrastructure
Perhaps the title of this post should be “To Hyperconverge or Not to Hyperconverge,” since it’s the question at hand. Understanding whether HCI is a good idea requires a hard look at metrics and budget. If your data center has been running a traditional server, storage, network architecture for a while, it should be easy…