September is here, and I’m excited to see what the month has in store. As many of us settle into new routines and the back-to-school season, there’s plenty happening across SolarWinds and the IT community. Below, I’ve gathered a few highlights from August, along with upcoming September events where you can learn, connect with peers, and hear from SolarWinds experts. I hope you find something useful for your team—and, as always, thanks for being part of the conversation!
What Might You Have Missed in August?
Survey: ITSM Teams Seeing Significant ROI in AI featuring Daniel Aharon
Join our September 2026 Live Classes by Roma Apigo
The Best Zero Trust Solution Isn’t a Product, It’s a Mindset by Brian M. Chamberlain
M&M: Looper (2012) featuring Andy Garibay and Chrystal Taylor
VoD: The Future Side of IT: Sascha Giese on Automation, Agentic AI, and Human Expertise featuring Sascha Giese
VoD: The Partner Side of Success: Ramazan Karakaya on Trust, Transformation, and SolarWinds in Turkeyfeaturing Ramazan Karakaya
Gap Between AI Potential and Payoff in ITSM featuring Brad McGinty
Closing the Observability Gap: Connecting Application Traces to Database Execution Plans by Owen Murphy
IT Staffing for Schools and Districts: Ratios, Tools, and What Works at Scale by Lauren Okruch
ITSM + ITOM: Why Your Service Desk and Monitoring Tools Shouldn’t Work in Silos by Lauren Okruch
Enterprise Service Management Is for More Than IT: HR, Facilities, and Finance Use Cases by Lauren Okruch
Selectable SLA Business Hours, Zoom and Entra ID Integrations and More! by Jasmine Park
VoD: The Partner Side of Growth: Abdul Rehman on Trust, Local Markets, and SW1 featuring Abdul Rehman
84% Report AI Returns on Investment. Only 7% Say the Cost Matched Their Plan featuring Abdul Rehman and Brad McGinty
CyberWire Daily: Ep 2601 featuring Krishna Sai
SolarWinds ITSM Report Finds AI ROI, Workload Gap featuring Sean Sebring
Resilience Theatre: SolarWinds Report Reveals Gaps in IT Readiness by Sean Sebring
TechPod: Data Center: More or Less featuring Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor
VoD: Observability Masterclass | Trust Before Autonomy: A Framework for AI in Observability featuring Chrystal Taylor and guest, @Deltona
2026 State of ITSM: What 800+ IT Professionals Say About AI, Automation, and the Year Ahead by Jennifer Wheatley
SolarWinds Day: Introducing goal-oriented AI:
On October 14 and 15, SolarWinds is unveiling a brand-new product that will transform the way IT teams will operate. See how goal-oriented AI can help your team move beyond chasing alerts, make faster decisions, and stay focused on business outcomes. Register for SolarWinds Day
What’s Planned for September?
Join Evangelist Chrystal Taylor on September 2 at 10 a.m. Central for an interactive, lab-style hour built around your own Observability Self-Hosted trial or environment. This Uptime Hour session dives deep into custom properties and some of their use cases.
The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, from September 29 to October 2, connects the best thinkers in higher education technology. This is THE event where professionals and technology providers from around the world gather to network, share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges. Visit SolarWinds at booth #643 and see what’s new!
