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Regarding patching XP, of the 47,000+ computers on my network, a tiny percentage remain using XP. They "can't" be replaced with something newer for many reasons (The FDA approved them for medical use as they are, and the vendor hasn't received any FDA approval on newer OS's, the equipment is critical for medical care and…

How strange it is that people don't study history to avoid repeating it. Alcohol and poor choices so impaired a scooter operator that he put himself in harm's way. I agree with you, the scooter wasn't at fault, nor the companies that rent them, nor the many other parties peripherally involved. The operator chose to drink…

Every one of those bold sections rings true--except I'm less certain about "A path paved with danger, ending in riches" One might modify it to say "ending in uncertainty" since "ending in riches" is only one of several possibilities. I suspect the ending could easily involve failure, disgrace, being hacked/compromised,…

Suffering leads to . . . budget increases--or employees moving on to better environments!

Companies may need to stop trying to build a better mouse trap, and focus more on working more on getting along with other products. Specialization and isolation and incompatibility aren't always good paths to follow if one wishes one's products to be more universally adopted. Choosing to have your product not integrate…

"The CPU is the worker, and the RAM is his tool box." (Explaining to my mother-in-law why CPU and RAM are important to her home computer, and what they do.) "The CPU is a one-armed worker you hired to build you a garage. He has to follow a simple set of rules: 1. He can only hold one tool at a time. 2. His tools can only…

The climate expectations aren't matching the weather performance up here in northern Minnesota anymore. It'll be in the 30's tonight, and in the 90's by the end of the week. That kind of variation generates a lot of thunderstorms that are broken up by blue skies with sunshine, over and over. Sunday I watched it happen five…

Yes and no. Once someone's made a screen shot or taken a photograph of corporate information, how can one secure it--particularly when Security is unaware of the occurrence? On the other hand, outbound and inbound mail is analyzed for anything matching various criteria (PCI info, PHI/HIPAA info, etc.) and that's…

Are we all SDE's? (Software-Defined-Employees?) If not, will we become SDE's in the near future? When I see my kids with their noses buried in their smart phones I begin to realize they are Software-Defined-Children. That dopamine-defined stare and slack mouth and expressionless face--we've hit the zombie apocalypse and…

I'd forgotten about ArcSight. And I wish I still couldn't remember it.

Folks familiar with the audience participation sections of the Rock Horror Picture Show are not invited to provide dance commentary or instructions. This is just doing The Bump. Nothing else. ;^)

I meant to include this Dynamic Query Builder example for you to filter just to routers, and then filter just router interfaces with a specific character set in their names:

It's new, it's cool, you've gotta get it! Let me know when it's secure (physically and logically), and then prove it to my satisfaction. Let me know when it's reliable and highly available, and when using it in the cloud is as fast to the end user as is using locally hosted apps on servers in our data centers, and I'm…

Made me smile. And I "heard" it in Doc "Emit" Brown's voice.

Which goes along with the practical jokes played on the innocent and trusting who are sent for "blinker fluid", "headlight fluid", "cord stretchers", "paper stretchers", "muffler bearings", etc. The older I get, the more I see the jokes as wasted time & effort, ways of generating embarrassment and resentment through…

I think I might have found the problem--I was searching for my core routers via the node option instead of having the Interface option displayed. When it found the two nodes, neither gave options for interfaces. When I use the Interface option and search for "CRT" (core router naming convention) I can see interfaces on…

Sounds like Spy vs. Spy.

It's a good analogy, plumbing and networking; one which I've used along with the D.o.T. (info highway) story so others can understand what I do. Take it a step further with this exception: "Where and how the user does their work is immaterial, except where security and reliable connectivity are required." In my book, that…

Here's the best analysis of being plugged in / addicted / unprepared-for-work-environments / unable-to-cope-as-a-result-of-the-Internet I've heard of yet: Simon Sinek About the Millennial Paradox - YouTube

I think, instead, it's supposed to be named The Fat Rendering Toaster.

I've spoke with Cisco TAC about supporting the Firepower 4110's in my environment, and they provided MIB and OID information for polling. Feel free to use this and let the group know your satisfaction. I understand this isn't Solarwinds natively supporting the products, but at least it's something we can use for better…

I did it the first week as a Release Candidate, it was smooth. Now that there's official training for an official release, I bet it'll be even smoothers for new adopters. I appreciate the new look & feel. And NetPath is fun and impressive--something like that should've been built and enabled 20 years ago by the Industry. I…

I suspect adopting a "DevOps" style includes "Doing unto others as you would have them do unto you." In other words, if someone were going to impact your life, wouldn't you want to work with them and give them ideas and feedback, approval or denial for requested actions, and teach them about what it takes to make your…

New York City's crime is lower now? The reasons why don't seem to be agreed on by all parties, but the end result seems to be positive. It's hard to argue with good results. Will those results remain positive as different people move into decision-making roles, and move their own agendas forward? I hope so. Let's not lose…

Although patience is a hard virtue to master, all of the answers to each Mission are posted a week or so after the Mission closes.

I like this. But I'm not picky--I'd even be happy with a way to edit auto-discovered dependencies. I've had NPM correctly discover devices reliant on each other, but then put the cart in front of the horse. For example, auto-dependency discovery has found several of my sites with a router, some switches, and some UPS's.…

I just can't imagine retail businesses--especially small ones--having to deal with the degree of complexity to achieve these RPO's and RTO's affordably. I also can't imagine the complexity of big business and the stock markets having to do the same. I work in health care, and while we too cannot lose data, somehow it all…

I keep that option in the back pocket, but I'd rather receive training than bring an outside contractor in at $250/hour to accomplish something. A week of that kind of service billing is money gone quickly for a one-time task. Instead, that week of training for me or one of my peers would last us the rest of our…

Wow. And the 20" of snow that was forecast for my town (Duluth, Minnesota) had people out waiting with skis & snowshoes & snowmobiles. We were ever disappointed when it passed south and east of us, and north central Wisconsin got what we wanted! I drive a Prius and I live 18 miles away from work. I've never had snow or…

Serious, significant, stateful REBUMP!