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If you are like me, you watch your fair share of movies and TV. And being a seasoned IT pro, I always watch with a discerning eye when IT plays a critical role in advancing plot. One of my particular not-so-favorite clichés is when the cynical computer whiz (baseball cap worn usually askew) sits down in front of a…
An IT debate has been brewing for years now: the old school IT management, the one built on experience and practice versus the new school IT management, the one built on policy based management and analytic engines that leverage vendor knowledge base and learning algorithms. This debate is reminiscent of politics. IT is…
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…
As we know all too well, growth often comes with risk, and DOD’s milCloud is no exception. Below, VP Brandon Shopp advises agencies on how to ensure seamless application operations within the DOD's network as it continues to expand. The addition of Amazon Web Services and VMware to the Defense Department’s milCloud 2.0…
As threats to K-12 schools rise, VP Brandon Shopp offers four solutions K – 12 schools can implement to combat the growing number of cybersecurity attacks. Cyberattacks on our nation’s K–12 schools are on the rise. Since 2016, there have been 1,180 cyber-related incidents in K–12 public schools, and this number continues…
Most IT pros understand how time-consuming compliance reporting can be. Take a moment to learn how automation can dramatically reduce this time commitment, explained below by Brandon Shopp, group vice president of product strategy at SolarWinds. As this fiscal year wraps up, many agencies are planning their response to…
Brandon Shopp, group vice president of product strategy at SolarWinds, gives great advice in this EdTech Magazine article for K-12 institutions on the most effective ways to spend money allocated through the newly passed American Rescue Plan Act. When the pandemic closed schools across the country, K–12 districts…
Check out this article by Brandon Shopp, group vice president of product strategy at SolarWinds, which explores how the State Department is working through the complexities of a multi-cloud environment. The U.S. State Department has a global workforce of 69,000 across more than 270 diplomatic missions. To support the work…
If you’re a SolarWinds customer, there’s a good chance you’ve seen a video of a Head Geek, passionately urging you to upgrade to the latest and greatest version Right Now. And that Head Geek is likely me. If the speaker has TV anchor hair and boundless upgrade enthusiasm, it’s almost certainly me. In dozens of videos,…
Dare to Thrive is the theme at VMware Partner Exchange (PEX) 2015. And that theme is reflected by the BIG online event, the new beginning, and the PEX experience. Announcement First off, there is VMware's Online Launch Event on February 2nd. Tech buzzwords like software defined data centers (SDDC) software defined…
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