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Speaking of t-shirts, here is what I did with all the t-shirts I collected from the contest/giveaway earlier this year. Last week my family and friends of ours when to Disney World. We met Chewie & Kylo Ren at Disney's Hollywood Studios.The Disney castmembers who were taking pictures loved the shirts! (On an unrelated…

I never got the 250 pts for my survey. Did everyone else?

Very true... but I took the bait on the design of the Mission Badge. Front & center is the afro for SW Admin... Solarwinds was very tricky this mission. :-)

Great information. I personally liked the line: "...the Best DBA: A Lazy DBA" I know many senior DBA's who follow this practice this mindset. However, I see my fair share of young DBA's still not trusting automation and relying on manual processes.

Nice article. As a manager and a leader (I would never admit that out loud) I am continually struggling with keeping my teams focused on developmental and creating a "path". Many people in my IT have settled and are complacent when I feel that they can do more.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity... now you're talking a CBCP's language. "The sky is falling! The sky is falling!" 

That's a dangerous approach. An assumption can be made that the hiring practice is for IT associates who do not possess the soft skills. In this day and age that can stunt their professional development. During last year's Thwack Camp Kong gave a great presentation on the importance of soft skills and communication.

New Week Bump!

As this challenge starts to wind down I have to ask... was there any rhyme or reason as to the order of the words? Or are they just pure random?

Nice article. Thanks for the links.

I took coding classes in college. I tried it and failed. I did a 3-day crash course study trying to comprehend Java and after 3 days it wasn't sticking. I was so frustrated I picked my chair up and threw it against the wall. It's legs stuck and the chair hung there. I knew I could never be a coder. I admire your ability to…

I guess "close" is relative. Level 15 is 75k, not 70k. Not sure if you knew that already or not. 

"Who Watches the Watcher?" This is a question that transcends simple network monitoring. It can apply to any entity that holds our trust. I am very interested in this session because one of the unintended consequences of my successes of growing not just the SolarWinds platform in my company, but growing my company's…

kong.yang​ was it you who wrote a multi-chapter blog on VM administration earlier this year? This blog reads oddly familiar. I do remember the intro of the SOAR framework. I look forward to future chapters. And with this... I cross over into the 6-digit Thwack point frontier! <golf clap> <golf clap> Thank you! Thank you! 2…

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*sniff* At least I have 1 of the 3 in place... I think.

I am usually not a fan or Techie history books. Let's just write it off as personal preference. And I have never been a fan of Steve Jobs... but...you have piqued my interested on:“The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron” I remember that time oh so vividly.

Pokémon Go a fad? No! Say it ain't so?!?! *gasp* :-) My prediction: And if I wasn't so durn lazy and talentless I would develop it myself. A combination of LARP and MtG on your phones where you can battle random strangers you meet on the street with your phone using weaponry, spells, enchantments, and ally creatures that…

We are still tackling the nuances of syslog. Not all are the same. Different OS'es and apps require different customisation. Thus different monitoring rules.

Yell & Curse! on the computer... for starters! But since no one in my family understands what SAP actually does I focus on Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity. I plan for the worst and make sure people are prepared with their computers.

Passwords. So as long as humans have the ability to interface with automation the % of human error will always exist. Therefore the % of FUBAR will always exist as well. That alone will prevent SkyNet from taking over the planet. Flawed by design.

A HUGE difference between those mall maps and those security guidelines. I am in control of my direction when looking at those mall maps. The complexities, and rightly so, that those security maps introduce can be downright frightening. To the point where it is paralysis by analysis. Budget, resources time, priorities...…

SO I attempted to do this only to learn that I have forgotten the password for my SWID. So I went tot he Solarwinds page and logged in with an account that I had created under my SWID (we have multiple accounts for the multiple roles designated in the Solarwinds Portal). As I logged in it asked me if I wanted to link my…

You mean your datacenter doesn't?? How do you allow the fresh air in?

UPDATE: I found this article recently. 4 of the Funniest and Most Unrealistic Hollywood Depictions of IT

Okayyyyy Beck! :-)

Sorry jeremymayfield . I'm sheep. :-(

I had a great time attending Thwackcamp this year... in person! Many good sessions and I enjoyed the dialogue. I've also found inspiration for 1 or 32 more blog post! So stay tuned. I am already looking forward to next years...

"So with 3 Head Geeks, not to mention the rest of our amazing staff in-booth (all technical, not a salesperson in sight!!) I am excited to tell our story, and share all the amazing new features in NPM 12, not to mention NCM, NTA, SRM, and the rest of the lineup." Those two sentences, right there, is what makes Solarwinds…

The standards for releasing devices into the IoT has to be raised. Devices like toasters, fridges, and thermostats have to come into the mainstream for protection else they get forgotten about and they will be vulnerable. The standards for home IT security has to be raised as well. Firewalls, antivirus, intrusion…