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July 13. SNMP v3. Been there, done that, made it work. 

Hiring new staff to take on the complex environment roles necessary to comprehensively update and secure our systems.

Not quite, it is 5-7-5 syllables.

Identification is also cultural. Those items are also known as frankfurters, red hots (and there are also white hots), hot dachshunds, and probably other names I've never heard. Never mind the myriad different languages there are, even if American English being a sort-of default language for the intertubes. JoeP

The Giant Yellow Cable Wall? Many a large firm has one of those.

Multiple available AI options without controls on what internal data is something that should concern every company. Monitoring AI use, what data is being uploaded where, is an essential precursor to granting your users access to any AI systems, and agreements must be in place with the providers concerning the storage of…

I like the term troubleshooing. Sounds rather less violent in concept. And then there is troubleshoeing, solving a problem by giving it a swift kick. Experience is always the best background. The more you've done, the more you've faced, the more likely it is you've seen it before, or something similar. Of course, it is…

It also means you can park in the Pro section of the lot a Home Depot. No discounts, though. Pros are the people what knows stuff. And not just what we're expected to know for our job description. We learn other things so we can help our workmates do their jobs better, understanding the broader picture so our work is done…

If you know the software(s) for which you're hiring, you should be able to confirm the candidate's resume in 10-15 minutes. Verbal and presentation skills can be checked during this process. I recall one interview where the candidate ended up getting very much on my nerves while avoiding properly answering the questions,…

I'm not allowed to access surveygizmo due to company firewall rules. Ah well. I do like thwackpoints!

There was a thread like this in the Legion of Super-Heroes comic series - tryouts for new heroes. It may still be going these days. Most of the applicants would have minor, useless, humorous powers. The best one I remember was "Arm Fall Off Boy".

I hope you keep it frozen all that time, or alive. Though if alive, wouldn't you become attached to it as a pet bird and then not eat it? Does her majesty partake of an American bird at Christmas, either before or after her annual speech?

Only if the kitten were made of chocolate or marzipan.

Legos are definitely the more effective weapon against intruders, and parents.

Maybe the heating or A/C system firing up? Or maybe... someone DIED in that office?! OOOOOOOOO! BWAAA HAA AHAAA! (I've certainly had days where I thought I was a ghost.)

You do know the Doctor calls her Sexy, right? But only in private, of course.

Lots of math in the first week, hooray!

I was nearly that - was in the organization and was handed a Solarwinds environment that our networking team had built without telling me.

It should be blocked pretty much everywhere and anywhere.

Normal is two things. Normal is sleeping overnight undisturbed because all is well. Normal is wondering what you've missed in your monitoring because we all know there is never a time when something isn't not normal. Baselining is an ongoing process as well, not just considering time of day, day of week, day of month, and…

My biggest challenge, in my present role, for managing databases is monitoring them for unexpected events, unplanned behavior.

For yesterday's (Thursday's) question I had to turn up my SPEAKER ALL THE WAY! 

18 months of testing, fixing, and retesting the batch scheduling environment at my former employer! And then I watched those systems up until 11PM NY time on that eve, when my then-manager let me go. I still logged in from home just in case. 

If Events will be no more, how will Solarwinds Labs and thwackCamp be handled? I know I am among the many who finds these learning opportunities invaluable.

Late one night, when the dark is still and the moon is bright, you'll hear a wind when there shouldn't be, then a scratching at your windows and doors, and finally an unearthly howl to send chills up your spine. You'll not sleep that night. And in the morning you'll go outside and find cloven hoofprints circling your home,…

Oh, brilliant!

A bakery with a mix of old and new equipment from a variety of vendors spread across many different kitchens. Some suppliers no longer exist, some is redundant, it includes multiple single-site appliances, the whole kit and caboodle in want of upgrading and standardizing, and needing more kitchen staff.

Enough with the bacon! Most bacon is too fatty and salty, and overprocessed. There are many much more interesting meats, like pork roll!

Citius, Altius, Fortius!

K'plaugh!