In 2024, the world of data management celebrates a significant milestone: the 50th anniversary of SQL (Structured Query Language). This half-century journey has seen SQL evolve from an academic concept to an indispensable tool in the professional workplace.

In today's technology landscape, the hybrid cloud has become the backbone of today’s IT strategies. Combining the flexibility of public cloud services with the control of private infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments offer a balance of scalability, cost efficiency, and data sovereignty. But let’s be real: Managing these complex ecosystems isn't easy.

Exciting times here at SolarWinds. We’re uniting our Self-Hosted and SaaS observability offerings under a single umbrella, SolarWinds Observability, and announcing a host of enhancements that will allow us to go even further to meet our customers' hybrid IT needs. Let’s take a look at what’s in store.

Humans have always used tools to help them achieve their goals. But in the digital era, this dynamic is often reversed. Our tools now inundate us with so much attention-demanding information, it can feel like they control us. This is especially true in the IT department, where juggling a vast array of monitoring products and solutions can be a constant headache for tech professionals. Let's take a closer look at the chaos of tool sprawl and how teams can take back control of their stack.

In a perfect world, there wouldn’t be any errors or bugs in production applications. However, we don’t live in a perfect world, and from experience, you know there is no such thing as a bug-free application. If you are using the Laravel framework, you can leverage its log tracking and error logging to catch bugs early and enhance the performance of your Laravel-based application.

In IT support, "help desk" and "service desk" are often used interchangeably. However, these two functions are distinct, and understanding the differences can significantly impact how effectively an organization manages its IT services. In this blog, we'll explore the main differences between a help desk and a service desk and why embracing a service desk is the way forward for modern businesses.