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The NIS2 Directive: What You Need to Know

The last few decades have seen a remarkable evolution in the technology landscape. Widespread growth has led to a spike in cybersecurity crime, translating into increased regulations globally. In 2016, the EU established the Network and Information Security (NIS) directive as its first comprehensive cybersecurity directive. Now, the EU is updating the directive in response to evolving cybersecurity challenges.

Enhancing DevOps with SQL Sentry: A Guide to Shift Left Strategies

Data drives decisions: no one argues this. But developers and DevOps professionals primarily care that their data is being stored… somewhere. At that point, many of them walk away without a care about what happens afterward. They leave that to the DBAs, cloud admins, and anyone else except themselves. But that idea doesn’t scale. Even though the data is a part of your continuous delivery/continuous integration (CI/CD) operations, the care and feeding of those datasets falls to others. Maybe it’s time to look at that data and make some recommendations.

The Fourth Principle of AI by Design: Simplicity and Accessibility

A tool’s success often rests on one question: Is it easy to use? In this final installment of our series on the AI by Design framework, we’ll discuss how SolarWinds applies best practices in simplicity and accessibility to develop artificial intelligence-driven solutions that provide a deeply intuitive user experience. Let’s take a closer look.

5 Best Wi-Fi Heat Mapping Tools + Guide

Wi-Fi has become an essential component of our daily life, allowing for seamless connectivity between several devices. However, maintaining the best possible Wi-Fi performance and coverage may be difficult, particularly in complicated settings like huge stadiums, universities, and workplaces. Wi-Fi heat mapping is useful in this situation.

Green Data: The Role of Observability in Shaping a Sustainable Future

Systems speak in data. Widespread digitization means systems communicate more than ever, while increasingly refined means of recording and interpreting their messages are revolutionizing IT management. Meanwhile, beyond the engine rooms of enterprises, our planet is trying to tell us something, too. In changing temperatures and rising sea levels, we see signs that our relationship with the natural world must change.

Advanced Insights with SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer

Resolving an incident before end users are impacted is the new standard, but managing separate observability and incident management solutions is tempting fate. You are at risk of an issue slipping through the cracks. It's time to consolidate, streamline, and decomplexify your operations. Hybrid Cloud Observability combined with SolarWinds Observability and SolarWinds Service Desk make all of this much, much easier.

SolarWinds Day | AI: Friend or Foe?

We have entered the age of artificial intelligence. AI and machine learning promise to transform numerous domains in the coming years. And while there are plenty of reasons to be excited, no shift this significant comes without potential pitfalls. Understanding these challenges begins with an open dialogue. This SolarWinds Day, we’re scouting ahead to map the future of AI in IT. In fireside chats with industry leaders, we’ll explore strategies for optimizing how your organization uses AI and identify the risks of this new technology—before they impact your organization.

Navigating Security in a Global Organization

Playing 4D Chess: The Modern IT Story Knight to E-4. Security professionals consistently make moves to fend off attackers. Unlike chess, it takes a team effort to keep up against modern cybersecurity threats and implement changes company-wide. Two pros take you through a day in the life of the security team. Hear practical use cases to help you and your organization improve your security stance. Check and mate.

Getting the Most out of .NET8 with Loggly

Microsoft’s.NET 8 was released on November 14, 2023, and will be supported for three years as the latest Long Term Support release of.NET. From significant performance gains to simplified orchestration of distributed applications, .NET 8 has something for every user of.NET. In this article, we’ll cover the highlights of.NET 8 and walk through a sample of.NET Aspire. Let’s begin with an always-welcome guest: improved performance.