Although it’s still quite hot in Texas, summer is coming to a close. Kids are back in school, and—in case you missed it—SWUG is back in person for the first time in a long time in the U.S. We had a great time in London a few month...
It’s this time of the year again.No, not Christmas. Not Thanksgiving. It’s much better!
It’s GITEX Time
Since 1996 GITEX GLOBAL has been the essential tech trade show in the Middle East.And trust me when I say it got more in...
Efficiently managing the performance of complex cloud environments requires more than monitoring and alerting
Today’s cloud environments rely on microservices, service meshes, containers, and orchestration tools and are too complex for tradit...
Have you ever dealt with an application workload suddenly increasing and the demand on SQL Server begins to increase exponentially as a result? Maybe you’ve never had one of those “my solution to X problem just went viral, and everybody&...
In part one, I shared advice and insight on the topics of learning and implementing with intent. It’s been a while since the event, and I’m still marinating on the words of the lovely speakers from the Women in Tech Global Conference 202...
One of my favorite consulting questions to ask when dealing with a scalability problem is, “If you could change the system design with the knowledge you have today, what would/wouldn’t you change and why?” Sometimes it’s best...
The second week of June hosted the Women in Tech Global Conference for 2022, and SolarWinds graciously sponsored attendance for a large group of employees, myself included. You may be wondering why I'm sharing this so long after the event, but t...
The SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2022 showed us complexity is the biggest challenge in IT overall. It’s so severe we could even call it a real problem, not just a challenge. Most responses point toward implementing new tools and technologies whe...
As we approach the end of summer (and the start of another school year), I hope you’ve all managed to stay hydrated, avoid heat stroke, and enjoy the little things in life. As I mentioned last month, I’ve recently returned from a two-wee...
Actually, this is very, very true.
In the past few months—since March, basically—I’ve visited 4 continents, countless nations, and talked to thousands of business partners, customers, new employees, and people with a general intere...
