Geek Speak

I really liked this piece by my former SolarWinds associate Jim Hansen, discussing the benefits and challenges of containers, and how they can be used to scale applications.

The start of a new year brings the familiar sentiments of “New Year, New Me!” or in 2021’s case, “New Year, New Perspective.” Ushering in a new year provides an outlet for personal reflection but it’s also a time for organizations to review and establish their business objectives.

Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp providing tips about leveraging APIs to improve network management.

January was a month of events here in the U.S., and I’m happy to positively contribute to that list with a new Head Geek, Kevin Kline. Kevin joins us from the SentryOne acquisition and is a force in database to contend with our buddy Thomas LaRock...

I really liked this piece by my SolarWinds associate Brandon Shopp, discussing how to address staffing needs to manage emerging technologies.

Of all the different sets of IT life coaching tricks IT pros pick up, monitoring may be the most wide-ranging area and therefore the hardest to nail down in a single blog.

Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp exploring how to break the cycle of technical debt caused by implementing the wrong technology for the wrong reasons.

The act of writing is always a personal one. Even with supposedly dry, technical content, authors can’t help bringing a piece of themselves to the work.

It's the final wrap-up of 2020. Don’t forget to read to the end for a list of the lead writer for each day along with links to each post.