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Hybrid IT…It’s Trendy? — SolarWinds TechPod 069
The IT Trends report is released by SolarWinds every year with predictions on what will be the most popular trends in IT during the upcoming months. As we enter the second half of 2022, hosts Sean Sebring and Chris Bowie unpack the SolarWinds 2022 IT Trends report with Professor Dr. Sally Eves. The three discuss findings…
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whurley | All Things Quantum — SolarWinds TechPod 050
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open-source advocate, who’s achieved what many geeks only dream of, including critically recognized work at Apple, IBM, and CERN. He’s started and sold businesses; invented, invested, published, advised, and mentored.…
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whurley | Quantum and Beyond — SolarWinds TechPod 051
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open source advocate, whose work at Apple, IBM, and in the area of quantum computing is world-renowned. Picking up where we left off in part 1 SolarWinds Head Geek Leon Adato and whurley explore a range of topics – everything…
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IT Monitoring: Managing Up — SolarWinds TechPod 042
Hang around with IT folks for anything longer than your typical stand-up meeting and you’re likely to hear some variation of “Managers! Am I right?” Snark aside, as folks who design, deploy, and maintain monitoring solutions, we’ve got a choice: we can continue to dismiss and diminish people who don’t know about our…
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IT Pro Day 2020: You Were Built for This — SolarWinds TechPod 032
Every year, on the third Tuesday of September, we celebrate IT Pro Day – a day set aside to recognize all tech pros and the work they do. For some obvious reasons, this year we ran a survey to find out how IT folks are holding up. The answers we got back were by turns insightful, funny, and touching. In this episode of…
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Back to School in the New Different — SolarWinds TechPod 031
For campus IT, “back to school” holds an entirely different meaning for the Fall 2020 semester. On this episode of SolarWinds© TechPod™, Head Geek™ Liz Beavers is joined by Jenny Reeves, operations program manager for a K-12 school in Atlanta. They’ll recount the Spring journey as schools pivoted mid-semester to virtual…
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Automated Compliance — SolarWinds TechPod 016
Destiny Bertucci and Eric Hodeen discuss SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager (NCM) and the benefits of automated compliance. //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/10318727/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/no/direction/backward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f99d1c/ Related Links * SolarWinds Network…
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Monitoring as a Strategy — SolarWinds TechPod 015
Host Alex Navarro sits down with SolarWinds© Head Geek™ Sascha Giese to discuss how network monitoring as a strategy can take any organization to the next level by saving both time and money.…
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GITEX 2019: Desert Teachings About the THWACK Community
It’s hot in Dubai. I mean for-real hot, and I’m a native Texan. It’s blistering, cloudless, equatorial sun Northern Hemispher-ians can’t imagine, plus the four-nines humidity of the Mississippi Gulf Coast. Mid-day it’s as shocking as a windy February night in Chicago. It hits you in the face and chest when you walk…
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IT Pro Day 2019: Harder, Faster, Stronger
Even after all these years in technology, I remain in awe of IT pros. Watching my kids’ classes, it seems everyone—including elementary school students and other civilians—is practicing truly geeky, hands-on-keyboards arts. We’re also seeing more casual administrators—people with a keen interest in spending some time…