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The Unprecedented Transformation of IT Goals in 2020

Apr 1, 2021 By Sascha Giese, Head Geek In SolarWinds
At the end of 2019, IT pros were making bold predictions about what 2020 would hold. But they weren't bold enough-time makes fools of us all, and hot takes fizzled rather than sizzled. From the continued evolution of smart devices and blockchain's continued rise in prominence to the falling price of compute workloads, there was rational thinking behind the predictions made at the end of 2019.
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Consolidate Knowledge Base Articles from Multiple Departments in 5 Steps

Apr 1, 2021 By Kelli Buchanan In SolarWinds
After adopting foundational practices of knowledge management many organizations aim to expand this practice outside of IT. While comprehensive knowledge management is an effective way to connect employees to solutions from multiple departments, maintenance can be a major challenge. This post will dive a little deeper into how to consolidate knowledge base articles from multiple departments.
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Integrating Logging into CI/CD

Mar 31, 2021 By Loggly Team In SolarWinds
In my experience, pipeline monitoring and management is traditionally either left for the last developer who deployed, or unmonitored entirely. This lack of centralized monitoring and production-level resiliency can lead to significant development delays or even bring pipeline and train deliveries to a grinding halt. But we can do better.
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SQL Server Problems? Try These Tips First

Mar 31, 2021 By Jason Hall In SolarWinds
When SQL Server is having performance issues, giving you error messages, or just running slowly, you need to figure out the root cause of the problem before making any changes. Don’t jump to conclusions—make sure you get a big-picture view of the issue. Start with these five troubleshooting tips to optimize your SQL Server performance.
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Leveraging APM to Conquer Custom App Management Troubles

Mar 30, 2021 By Melanie Achard In SolarWinds
Though you might use custom-made apps for many reasons, there’s only one reason you deploy them: off-the-shelf solutions just can’t get the job done. Whenever operations are too complex for a commercial application already in place or whenever a new kind of digital business is launched, a custom app is necessary. This is true no matter what the business model is.
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How Eliminating Network Choke Points Can Help the DoD Plan for the Next Wave of the Pandemic

Mar 29, 2021 By Brandon Shopp In SolarWinds
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, military IT leaders raced to expand network capacity and upgrade infrastructure to ensure it could meet their mission-critical workloads and support telework. Their successful efforts have established a proof of their own abilities to adapt and scale their networks with speed and agility. As more DoD personnel telework and government and home networks are pushed to the max, here are three things they must consider as plans for the impact on IT systems.
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IT Spring Cleaning: Making the best of the current situation

Mar 26, 2021 By Sascha Giese, Head Geek In SolarWinds
Spring is just around the corner. And since we're at home a lot right now due to the coronavirus pandemic, it's all the more worthwhile to take some time for spring cleaning. But it's not just in our own four walls that the winter grumpiness should disappear; the IT landscape is also in need of a digital spring cleaning.
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Best 7 Automated Network Diagram Software + Guide

Mar 26, 2021 By SolarWinds In SolarWinds
For your business’s network to thrive, you have to really know its details and intricacies. One of the best ways to understand your network is to make a network diagram, which is a visual representation of your network’s devices and how they connect to one another. You can manually create your own network diagram, which can help visualize complex networks. However, it can be difficult and time-consuming to build a coherent, accurate network diagram on your own.
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The End of Automation Anxiety

Mar 25, 2021 By Chrystal Taylor, Head Geek In SolarWinds
If there's one thing 2020 has highlighted, it's that the world is constantly changing. For most industries-IT included-one constant spans the ages: a lingering concern about automation. The very thing that helped pave the foundations for the industrial revolution and the world we know today has been a concern ever since, with the worry machines will take our jobs in one way or another. In 2021, we're likely to see the IT industry address this anxiety, embracing automation software solutions in a smarter way and freeing up tech professionals to prioritize the most important jobs.
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Key Challenges of Database Cloud Migration

Mar 25, 2021 By Kevin Kline In SolarWinds
As we shift enterprise computing to the cloud, the need for database migration increases—but with this comes the inherent challenges of migration and the need to plan. Moving to the cloud can come with more risks and obstacles than migrating a database within a data center or from one on-premises data center to another. If a business isn’t fully prepared to migrate, they’re almost certain to run into issues.
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