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The tube headphone amp is a hoot! I love its nod to the 1950's. It's just this side of being Steam Punk, and that's cool!

It could be a thing!

Cisco's ACI is all about scripting, and my organization's adopting and implementing ACI. Pre-ACI, I was using NCM back in 2004 to standardize scripting for my team, and to make things consistent--and handy! One problem we run into is ignorance of the big picture or the C-level folks' big plan. While it may not necessarily…

It also doesn't hurt for Microsoft to add incentive for people to report vulnerabilities. Anything you learn here, and share with Microsoft--do we get a cut? Microsoft Finally Offers To Pay Hackers For Security Bugs With $100,000 Bounty

I forgot to include Baretail.

Some years ago it was seen that we live & die by DHCP and DNS, and our Microsoft solution had been failing on an increasing basis. We reviewed a number of products, ended up with Infoblox. It's a LOT better than the MS solution, and upgrading it is the easiest and best designed process I've ever used. Very intuitive, 100%…

I saw my points come in earlier this week. Many thanks, Wendy!

Want this, I do! I'll get it when management believes there's sufficient ROI to justify sending me. It probably would help if conventions weren't held in one of the world's best known places for partying and vice.

nickzourdos​ told a story of data center down time that reminded me of something similar. Quite a few years ago Cisco released an announcement that a number of their hardware components had been built with boards containing a faulty Chinese chip set on board. The problem with these boards was that if they weren't reseated…

Some alternative suggestions for your new "Travel log" logo:

I'll let you know if I see a difference. However, since I'm running 12.2, and since I'll be going to the new version of SQL when I go to 12.3 or 12.4, I suspect I may credit SQL 2016 and the way Solarwinds leverages its abilities for perceived speed improvements.

More incentive to download & test/trial more modules. I need more bodies for this!

I honestly remain impressed and grateful to the creative minds who continually generate new content and new ways of learning & thinking. Thank you for all the missions!

Three cheers for the Himalayan Climate Change so long ago! I love orange juice. But real and authentic dinosaur bacon? Jurassic Pork, here I come!

Corporate policy prevents us from using these plug-ins for themes. It's a security thing.

I'm ESPECIALLY happy to see new MVP's from the U.K., from Poland, and from Australia! Help us continue making Thwack a place for good advice and great answers that are timely and helpful to everyone. Be welcome, be active, and be empowered to make suggestions, comments, requests!

There's probably a paraphrase for this month's theme having to do with "A house united . . ." A House Segmented?

My earliest experiences with VM dealt partly with apps that were early adopters of the technology (they certainly weren't ready for prime time, and were possibly pushed on the world by anxious Marketing and Sales types who needed dollars running through the company asap). We also dealt with inexperience by our System…

It's nice to hear others are experiencing the same challenges that I am. "Rediscovery" should really be complete. Having to delete and re-add a node, even though model and vendor changes, should not be required. Rediscovery should include checking the OID's and MIB's to ensure they are still appropriate for the node. If…

Friends, before answering questions and requesting a second chance when you get the answer wrong, please reference this area for Comments. Others may have found problems, and you'll have clues about what trickiness awaits you in the questions. Alternately, simply learn & move on. It's only points & "stuff". We get by fine…

Frankly, it's warmer in Duluth in the winter than in many places at equivalent latitudes. It's because of the warming effect of Lake Superior. When a -20 degree wind blows down from Alberta, it comes off the high hill of Duluth and hits Lake Superior's 34 degree water. Then it rolls and comes back into shore, bringing much…

Cloud Computing is exciting, but it's also a risk. Proving the failover, the data security, the backups and data integrity . . . One hopes the ASP's are as secure and reliable and robust as one assumes they are. Unfortunately, after a natural disaster or security event, the true vulnerabilities (or strengths) of ASP's are…

Just keep in mind the cloud is as reliable as the ISP or WAN providing service to the small business. In my neck of the woods, building a cloud-based business while relying on slow or low-reliability WAN and ISP performance is not the thing on which to risk your nest egg. Place your startup in a good-sized metro area, with…

I agree with the concept that a trustworthy solution to safeguard one's data and personal information is a good one. But isn't this just putting a different spin on the problem, that some people will abuse that trust, and that you just can't guard against a slick operator all the time? If we learn nothing pertinent to this…

And if the CIA is connected to your Alexa? http://www.wimp.com/alexa-are-you-connected-to-the-cia/

Hmmm. Cloud-based Oracle. Am I the only one that sees problems and risks with that? Frankly, I'm no DBA. And so I wonder "Why is Oracle still a thing?" My company still uses/supports it. Apparently it does things other products can't. But it doesn't seem to do them simply or affordably.

I'd also offer the idea of leveraging competition--if it's available--to reduce MPLS costs. Not to put down SD-WAN, but I've seen our WAN costs decrease significantly over time, while simultaneously increasing bandwidth. Apparently our service provider sees the competition and wants to ensure we don't move away from our…

Whether personally-owned or corporately-attached, the focus needs to be on awareness and trustworthiness, and remediation or isolation of IoT devices. If you don't know they're on your network, you've unwittingly become part of the problem: * The devices aren't managed/patched/updated * The devices are vulnerable,…