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Have your checked in ecklerwr1​s bag - seems he has a lot of data in there.

I personally tend to like the leading edge of technology, but not the "bleeding" edge. Of course, we have to appreciate those that are on the "bleeding" edge as they take the hit for the rest of us and allow us to jump in when things are better developed. For a completely different example I remember the $20,000 4K TV. I…

The key word in this whole article (for me anyway) is governance. That word in itself is a point of contention as some see it as control, while others see it as something that needs to be worked around. In a good, healthy organization all of the affected people would work together to work out the best solutions. Users…

There are way too many stresses this time of year and this shouldn't be one of them for you. I'll gladly take them both off of your hands so as to reduce the amount of "issues" with which you need to deal - It's a service I'm glad to provide!

Who was the coach that encouraged his team to take risks? His quote went something like "the team today that wins will be the team that makes the most mistakes." Taken out of context that sounds terrible, but when you understand what he is saying it is freeing and breeds creativity. Obviously in IT mistakes can be costly,…

Very nice article. I've not been fortunate enough to be in an environment that has both of these products. I've had Orion, but not helpdesk. Here we provide WHD for our customers, but use N-Central for the basic monitoring. I do wish there were better integration between WHD and N-Central - I find it odd that N-Central…

Congrats sleavitt​

I'm still getting this on 4 19 and 20

Another area where SolarWinds is working to improve. Thank you for not "sitting on your laurels."

Good points. I especially resonate with the getting out with the regular people. I work in a medical environment and have to constantly remind the others on my team that it's OK if a doctor doesn't understand technology - we want him to do his job well. Some on the team struggle with that and will get frustrated when a…

NetPath is invaluable, dynamic traffic maps would be awesome - especially if they are live.

I upgraded about 6 modules this past week and it went really well. I'd encourage you to "Get right on that."

Not a reference I was familiar with, but an easy answer to find. That is a funny, classic Dr. quote.

That seems like a fair request. There are a lot of devices that do support SNMP, but only v1/2 and I really, really don't like that running on my network.

Congrats meyer837​ I see the KC on you avatar. I lived in Kansas City for 2 years, nice area.

Glad to present a review

I really appreciate when a company steps outside of it's walls to help. Thanks you guys.

Nice thorough article. It's always good to find additional ways to secure the traffic on the network.

Nice new features. I'm hoping to move to NCM at some time in the future.

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As more and more businesses embrace "cloud" we have to prepare for it in every field. Healthcare is reluctant to move to "cloud" due to security concerns, but it is inevitable as the cost/benefit (not to mention management will eventually jump on the "cool" factor) begins to make it more difficult to justify in house for…

There is a lot of emotion that bubbles up when the subject of the "cloud" comes up. The comment about the balance between security and efficiency is usually where the discussions go. I think the key lies in setting emotion aside and dealing with facts. Neither cloud or on Prem is necessarily more secure than the other. The…

Congrats pcwildcat65​

OK, I just watched something last night that just irked me. Why is it that every time someone is asked to plant a super secret "tracking" bug on a vehicle, in an office, etc. The thing has a giant flashing light? Nope they'll never suspect a thing when the bottom of their car is flashing like the paparazzi are hiding under…

Another episode of what I "should" be doing. Syslog management is definitely on my radar for improvement this year. Thanks for the discussion.

Good article. A disaster is often defined after it happens. How many times have you had someone say "something went wrong yesterday and that server, can you turn logging on in case it happens again?" A big part of our jobs is planning for what might happen. We hope it won't happen, but in case it does we have the…

In my new position I don't interact with SolarWinds like I used to - for my client. Now I work with other clients and will be working with their installations. I'm looking forward to trying this on some of their sites. Thanks for the information.

Oh Yeah Baby!

Interesting read. I started with BASIC on the original TRS-80. And yes, that is a cassette recorder for storage.

Congrats ecklerwr1 and jmodjeski