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35. Ben Mangrum - The Comedy of Computation
https://youtu.be/L2XoB6ybwXo Movies and Mainframes talks with associate professor of literature at MIT, Ben Mangrum, about his new book, The Comedy of Computation Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Obsolescence. You can find out more about The Comedy of Computation here:…
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See the Future of IT at MS Ignite!
IT’s event season is here! Will I see you at Microsoft Ignite this November 17 – 21 in San Francisco, CA? There’s going to be a big crew of Solarians there to share product information and deliver demos, including myself, Josh Stageberg, Amiya Adwitiya, James Kessinger, Cody Wilson, Dan Griffin, Fabiana Leandro Fermin,…
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What We're Working On for SEM (Updated: 15-OCT-2025)
Now that SEM 2025.4 is generally available, our teams are already hard at work on the next release. As we look toward 2026, our priorities for SolarWinds® Security Event Manager (SEM) remain focused and ambitious: reducing alert fatigue, enhancing threat intelligence and rule engine capabilities (with expanded…
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Stop the Firefighting: Get the 2025 State of Database Report
Tired of constant reactive work? The 2025 State of Database Report offers a path forward. We surveyed IT professionals to understand the biggest challenges in database management, and the results show a clear need for change. The report highlights a few critical areas: · Automation and AI: Discover how DBAs using AI in…
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The AI Effect: Announcing the 2025 State of ITSM Report
Last year, our inaugural State of ITSM Report explored how IT teams could resolve tickets faster through automation, knowledge sharing, and self-service. This time around, we’re exploring the transformative potential of generative AI (GenAI) to drive resolution times down. Over the past 12 months, we’ve seen many…
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Removal of macOS Web Transaction Recorder for WPM
(The information in this post will also be sent to the email contacts listed for WPM customers with active maintenance as of August 2025) This is a reminder that the macOS web transaction recorder will be removed from the product as of the 2025.4 release, as noted in previous release notes.…
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End of Life—Internet Explorer Transactions in Web Performance Monitor
(The information in this post was also sent to the email contacts listed for WPM customers with active maintenance as of June 5 2025) End of Life—Internet Explorer Transactions in Web Performance Monitor Please note updated versions and release dates related to the removal of Internet Explorer based transactions from Web…
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What We're Working on for ARM (Updated: October 15, 2025)
Now that ARM 2025.4 is generally available, our teams are already hard at work on the next release. In ARM 2025.4, we introduced the ARM Template Generator and multi-select file permission management in the web client, along with several improvements in stability and reliability. Looking ahead, here’s what we’re focusing…
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Welcome to the Kiwi Syslog Server New Generation Forum
Welcome you to the new forum for SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server NG. Kiwi Syslog Server NG is a new generation of the product based on different (.NET) technology, equipped with a completely new UI, improved performance and security. This is the space where you can ask any and all questions about the new generation. If you…
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IPAM search for DNS record
Hi, I'm looking at the possibility to introduce Solarwinds IPAM as our IPAM tool. Fiddling around with it I seem to can't find the ability to search for DNS records over all DNS zones known to IPAM. Is this feature available or not? If not, than frankly I'm out... Regards, Marcel
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permisson to create new IP Address Groups
Currently, one has to have full admin permission to create new IP Address Groups. I do not want to give staff full admin rights but I do want them to create and maintain IP address groups. I would like Solarwinds to fix this.
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HPE Server Machine Type in SolarWinds display as Compaq
Hello: All my HPE Servers was classified the Machine Type as Compaq. May I know how can I correct it? The MIB is 1.3.6.1.4.1.232.9.4.12 Thanks!
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Gamify Work: How to Apply Gaming Skills to Your Day Job (Part 1)
Do you like to play video games like I do? Recently, I discussed using skills taken from gaming to level up your career. Once I started thinking about the skills you pick up in video games that are transferable nontechnical skills, I couldn’t stop thinking about them. By now, you may have noticed I like to talk about how…
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Add 'Group Policies' column in Network Insight for Cisco ASA at VPN Site-to-Site view
Add 'Group Policies' column in Network Insight at VPN for CiscoASA Site-to-Site view and an editable-tag/label for recognizing each VPN.
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Thwack account change in HCO
Hello Folks, Today I had to change my Thwack account password. Now I can't access the polls and templates posted on Thwack in HCO. I can't find the menu item where I can enter my Thwack account in HCO. We are using the on-prem version of HCO. Please let me know where this menu item is!
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Alerting on Response time for 5 or more nodes in same city where condition exists for 30 mins
The above alert logic should be triggered if you have 5 or more devices with a 500ms response time for more than 30 minutes within a common city. The alert does not seem to be working as desired. The response time part of the alert should be good. The condition of more than 30 mins or more should be good. The Question is…
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Problems with SolarWinds behind a Load Balance
We have a Load Balancer in front of our Orion web servers (2 Web servers + 2 Core servers in HA) all pointing to a single SQL Server. Everything has been running mostly fine, but over the last weeks we’ve started seeing some pretty serious performance issues that we haven’t been able to pin down yet. Here’s what we’re…
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Alert muted devices from which AccountID
Below query is the who kept the alerts muted will show the account name before version upgrade, but After version upgrade to 2025.4.1 not able to see Account name only showing system kept the alerts muted.. I have tried second query after upgrade but getting error. Could you please help with the query to display Account…
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Tag on every Entity type
Recently I noticed that I cannot create tags on Network Interfaces. It made me wonder what else you cannot create tags on. PPlease can we repplicate the custom property feature over to tags in SaaS?