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Hello, community! Our product team are currently researching customer use cases around monitoring Operational Technology (OT) devices, and we would love to hear your feedback. To begin with, the scope is focused on more traditional technologies, such as SCADA and PLC-type devices. However, even if you have other use…
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp about emerging technology adoption in fed. It’s easy to get caught up with the hype, but our IT Trends survey results seem more grounded. Exciting new technologies like artificial intelligence,…
IoT has the potential to offer state and local municipalities real and tangible benefits for their citizens. The IoT is already powering smart city efforts throughout the country, through things like smart grids, automatic flood detection, and more. The city of Chicago alone has an initiative called the “Array of Things”—a…
With humble admiration and praise for sqlrockstar and his weekly Actuator, I wonder if it might be time for an alternate Actuator. August, aka the "silly season," is just around the corner. The silly season's heat and high population density tend to make people behave differently than they would if they were cool, calm,…
The work being done on federal, state, and local levels to ensure the health of society during and post-COVID-19 will be driven by the Internet of Things (IoT). From contact tracing to drones, the reopening of America will be regulated by millions of data streams delivered from thousands of connection points. IT…
The military has invested significant time and money implementing edge computing on the battlefield. The Army’s efforts to leverage the tactical cloud to process data on the edge gets information into soldiers’ hands more quickly, allowing them to make decisions in near-real time. But these benefits come with significant…
According to the SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2019: Skills for Public Sector Tech Pros of Tomorrow, 75% of all public sector tech pros surveyed expressed concerns about whether they have the necessary skills to successfully manage their IT environments over the next three to five years. How can federal IT pros accelerate…
In my final post in this series, I want to talk about some things that we have not touched on already and how it relates to what we’ve already discussed. First, let’s take a quick recap of what we’ve covered. In post 1, we talked about the pace at which people are moving to the public cloud. You need to do your homework…
Back from Darmstadt and another wonderful SQL Konferenz. A few weeks at home before I'm away again when I head to Redmond and the Microsoft MVP Summit. As always, here are some links from the Intertubz that I hope will hold your interest. Enjoy! Nike just bricked its self-lacing shoes by accident Setting aside the obvious…
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