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That's exactly right and why I steer the conversation toward mitigation. If you keep the possibility of down time on the table it's easier to consider the costs. We can do this for this many dollars doesn't mean a lot until you can tie that back to both the cost of the downtime and the probabilities. It's a lesson I took…

There are some of us that still live in a part of the world where we leave windows open and doors unlocked. That's one benefit of living in Vermont.

There's good and bad on both sides, I really enjoy seeing opinions on both sides.

Another frustration with cloud and the manager mindset is that separation of capital expenses vs. operational expenses and this is one of the things that cloud providers have latched onto. In my mind if you spend $10,000 on a piece of hardware (capital) or spend $5,000 for a piece of hardware (capital) and another $5,000…

Training is a big stumbling point. I have always been in environments that are so high paced that there really is only time for "on the job - training" I've learned a lot, but in those instances where I have been able to attend a class I've learned a lot of best practices and shortcuts. It's very hard to get a balance…

Nice new tool. I'm getting this information to a DBA that we have with one of our customers.

Good information, thanks for the post.

Maybe not forget so much as ReThink. Good article.

As others have mentioned it seems that so many business decisions are made on trend and finances. There are so many other elements that must be considered for a wise decision. On the other hand, like so many things Tech, as businesses adopt new technologies the price comes down for the consumer. But again, the consumer…

Great article with lots of good questions. I've never been an auditor, but I've worked with a lot of them. (in a previous life I worked for a company that provided the fiscal agent side of things for state Medicaid) During that 12 + years I was part of at least 2 and sometimes as many as 4 audits per year. Documentation is…

Awesome wabbott​ you take such good care of us.

The whole thing about this that really gets scary is the moral and ethical elements. Can one purchase a license that prefers themselves and their safety?

Back in 2000 (remember that date, you survived didn't you? Some of us did) I worked with a guy that really, really lacked these soft skills. Tech wise he had all of the certificates. He was making $30000 with the state and started looking for a job. He looked for 6 months before finally a new position with an increase of -…

Very helpful. I'm glad SolarWinds is proactive about this. I've been broadsided by other vendors that put out new version and when you try to install you get "Surprise - dis don't work on dat. Please rebuild your farm and start over."

Standard practices, but I'm betting that the plan for capacity is one of the biggest challenges as technology is rapidly growing in the education space. Especially with the growing emphasis of getting people involved at much younger ages. As they embrace technology at earlier ages the growth in it's use and the data over…

Awesome Thanks

Speaking of drills reminds me of an earlier company that had annual DR drills. We would actually grab our most recent (tape) backups and fly to our DR site in Texas. From there we would spin up the necessary servers, load the tapes and verify that everything worked as desired. The most fun part was developing the…

I tend to overthink things like this. I read the question as "Do replicas make for faster joins" - No, the replica doesn't affect that, while the opposite may be true that the quality of joins can affect speed and performance.

For years we have relied on the vendors and manufacturers to "take care of us.' They were staying on top of patches, firmware, and generally watching out to make sure their products were good, safe and reliable. All good in theory, but more and more we see with the complexities of the industry we in IT have to better watch…

wabbott​ you're the best - and that's not just one of those empty statements like "have a nice day."

When you think about it there's really not a right and wrong way here, we all need improvement and different methods work for different circumstances. I'm sure I speak for many of us, we enjoy hearing about different perspectives on these matters and are always looking to improve.

We've heard the phrase that security is everyone's business so much that it's just background noise. We need to be vigilant about finding ways of getting this message to our teams, staff and users in a new and fresh way. Good article.

SDN, like many other technologies will be difficult for manufactures to differentiate themselves. Throughout the history of computing we have seen innovators make a name for themselves with proprietary products and get knocked off. Often the knock off is not of similar quality and the differences are measurable. With SDN…

Ah yes, finger pointing and blame. Some of that is nature - we want to protect ourselves, but more often I think it's culture. Good management builds a culture where we aren't afraid to fail. (Not every problem comes from a failure, but it often feels like it's a failure on our part when something goes awry) I remember a…

We use the built in SCCM tool across the network and LogMeIn to connect to users outside of the network.

In this field it is always difficult to determine what is actually going to last and what is just here for a while. It's not always the superior technology, product or service. A case in point is the old VHS vs Beta question. Beta was technically superior, but other elements came into play and VHS "won."

I love participating in the Beta versions. They are always stable and give some opportunity to have a say in the growth of the products.

Congrats Mithrilhall​ and doberhol​ Enjoy the fruits of learning.

From my experience hybrid environments are often just a compromise. Many people have the "MINE" feeling - it's my data, it's my services, it's my customers, it's my (fill in the blank), so I want to be able to touch it. I wasn't involved in our current move to Office 365, but the build is Hybrid. We have servers in the…