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I forget exactly how he got the attention of the U.S. Secret Service (probably through good relationships with Canada), but he definitely fooled the foreign paper manufacturer. He did it by requesting they create paper suitable for his (fictional) company's stock or bonds, which needed to be secured in increasingly complex…

This turns into an ever-increasing challenge where general staff, officers, soldiers, civilians, and politicians are responsible for more and more knowledge and protection of information in far too many areas. If we had trustworthy AI that could do the jobs for us, securely and reliably, the folks on the other side would…

I like seeing SW as the top best Challenger. I imagine Gartner hasn't moved them into the top right quadrant because not enough people have said that Orion can manage just about every brand/model in a Gartner Magic Quadrant survey. I've done a Magic Quadrant review for Gartner, and it appears that a product must have high…

"Undated" = increasingly useless as time goes by. Everything needs a date and a version or revision number.

We're understaffed enough that we spend too much time dealing with schedules and projects; there isn't enough time to be setting goals and getting training, so we rely on our department Manager for that. Certifications, job accomplishments, reduced outages . . . nothing seems to impact H.R.'s assessment of our value to the…

That's a pretty cool article--thank you for sharing it here. It goes to show that things aren't always as one believes or expects. I remember the days of Bell Telephone. Things were pretty stodgy, but also pretty reliable. Sure, it cost an arm and a leg to make a long-distance phone call, where that's "free" today,…

A recent story on N.P.R. reminded me of the graphic at the head of this article. The story was called "Notes From A Public Typewriter", a book published in March of 2018, available at Amazon in hard copy or Kindle. And like a brief typewritten note shared in that book, I read between the lines of your publications,…

That's a VERY important part to consider, and to ensure highest management decision makers understand. If everything is in the cloud, and the cloud becomes unavailable, you've made a career-limiting decision. Some folks would call it a "resume generating event." For my remote, regional, or neighborhood sites in northern…

So, since NetPath doesn't use ICMP, and since SIP DOES use TCP ports 5060 or 5061, what happens when you set up NetPath to use either of those TCP ports? Do you get the information you expect and need?

The story about the burglar getting trapped was nice irony. Yes, he wasn't intelligent enough to enter a room and know a way out of it, to break in without breaking so much that he'd break the exit. But if he were ACTUALLY intelligently educated, he'd be gainfully employed, not trying to find ways to take things that are…

I think every Facebook user, if they understood what FB is doing with their text, their photographs, and their conversations, would believe FB is breaking privacy laws everywhere, not just in seven countries.

Goodness--the title of this one (Minimizing your data center throughput) doesn't match the request in the text below it (looking for tips & tricks for recycling old data center hardware). At first glance, I was thinking about how we've reduced the amount of cubic space we need in the data center. From stand-alone servers…

If someone's NOT doing this via an automated procedure, such as with Network Configuration Manager, they're not protecting their company or their traffic as well as they ought. NCM rocks! And with Network Insight, knowing what's set up correctly, or INCORRECTLY set up, is MUCH easier to discover. Thanks for pointing out…

That article on Uber WAS long, but it covers serious concerns. I don't need to dig that deeply into it to know Uber's wrong for me, and probably wrong for the world. My parents' guidelines from 50 years ago seem to target Uber directly.

Your idea is a good one, and I've requested it previously from Solarwinds. We used APC's StruxureWare to do this, but the product claimed the sun and moon while it only delivered burned toast crumbs. It actually DOS'd me and my team each with 500,000 e-mails one day. What a mess to recover from! We dumped it and now have…

That article about old code causing problems? It's spot on. Thinking or the impact, the ramifications, the amount of similar devices other organizations have that are probably as vulnerable (or worse), and the time it will take to discover and replace or remediate them makes me sigh & want to retire to go fishing.

Corporate "privacy?" There's no such thing. If you are within hearing distance of someone's smartphone, your comments are heard and recorded and considered by Siri and Alexa and others. There's no sense in thinking your surfing or electronic communications are secure either. We opened Pandora's box without first putting…

Exactly.

The IoT offers seemingly unlimited convenience. But folks are trusting it, and it is NOT trustworthy. Not understanding how to detect issues and secure networks is leading home users down the path of being compromised. Businesses who don't take the time to examine, secure, monitor, and test IoT devices will be compromised.…

I'm all for safety improvements, and automated highway driving and self-driving cars & trucks. I hope whatever solution is selected won't be vulnerable to simple or easy defeats or vandalism by those who are "less community-minded." I imagine some hooligan dropping thin magnets on the road, creating a fall path off into…

A previous employer of mine required password changes every 180 days, in addition to anytime problems were suspected. That period was determined to be the sweet spot for employees remembering how to do it, compared to how much trouble it was to retrain them and deal with a multitude of Help Desk issues. You ask how we'd…

Maybe I've got my impressions backwards. According to IBM at IBM Knowledge Center : High availability vs. fault toleranceThe difference between fault tolerance and high availability, is this: A fault tolerant environment has no service interruption but a significantly higher cost, while a highly available environment has a…

Wow. I bow to your skill set, and elevate you to the highest levels. Where multiple programming skills are required, I have nothing but respect for those who have a working knowledge of them. I cannot improve on your logic, therefore I leave you a mouse with a tiny French Horn.

Thanks for your excellent work!

And has your organization moved to Solarwinds cloud monitoring solutions? * * Librato * Papertrail * TraceView * Pingdom.

Oh, let's go WAAY back in history and talk about "abacus storage!" In fact, here's an Abacus with its Storage!

I think you missed some easy marks to hit. * "Why do I have to think about Business Continuity?" Without trying to seem flippant, your interest in Business Continuity is having a job there tomorrow. If the network or your companies services fail, how will it be around tomorrow to employ you? * Availability Monitoring. It…

It'd sure be nice to spread the wealth around and host these more regionally. When shows are always in Vegas or Orlando, they're off limits for my company's travel budget, and my personal travel funds and PTO are spent getting away from cities, not going to them. And just coincidentally, I wear Thwack swag in the…

Keep up the great work!

How about 1962's hit for The Marvellettes "Beechwood 4-5789"? "You can call me up and get a date, any old time!" The Marvelettes - Beechwood 4-5789 - YouTube Or the much-smoother Carpenters remake of the same song? The Carpenters - Karen Carpenter Video Beechwood 45789 - YouTube When I recalled that one I realized…