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We call them Technology Briefings or Tech Days, and the SolarWinds Government and Education team has held them for many years. They originated in 2014 as physical events in the San Antonio area, where we have a good number of military customers. We’d send our senior sales engineers from Austin to spend the day with…
For educators, students, and parents, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on learning has been profound. Thousands of schools across the U.S. closed their doors this spring and made the shift to distance learning. It’s a model many weren’t prepared for. And with schools in full swing and the pandemic continuing, educators,…
There is something to be said about ignorance being bliss, and then there are times when it is good to know a little bit more about what you are getting into. My IT journey started over 20 years ago. All I knew going in was that I liked IT based upon my studies and that the university I attended had 100 % placement in IT…
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…
I really liked this piece by my SolarWinds® associate Brandon Shopp discussing how cloud adoption enables a personalized, collaborative, and immersive learning experience for students As the past year has shown, cloud computing has proved a vital service for K–12 public schools. It’s enabled online learning during a time…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRfrmppIUqg Something is happening in IT. OK, something is always happening in IT, but this year the challenge of IT is measurably different. 2018 IT Trends Index data suggests that there’s a little more disconnect than usual between the technologies CIOs are excited about and the tools we…
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…
“Tool sprawl”—particularly in edtech—is an increasing challenge. My colleague Brandon Shopp (@bshopp), group vice president of product strategy at SolarWinds, has some great advice on how to keep edtech tool sprawl in check. Since schools transitioned to remote learning, districts have added or upgraded their IT education…
In yesterday's Dark Reading, security researcher Bruce Schneier took a swipe at security training: "If four-fifths of company employees learn to choose better passwords, or not to click on dodgy links, one-fifth still get it wrong and the bad guys still get in." It's not every day that I disagree with the author of…
Esports is soaring in popularity in K–12 schools and in higher education as student gamers find a competitive and team-based outlet for their video gaming habits—playing not in isolation but among a community of fellow students. More than 1,200 schools now participate in the High School Esports League, a six-fold increase…
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