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Nick Cavalancia

Nick Cavalancia has over 20 years of enterprise IT experience, 10 years as a tech marketing executive and is an accomplished technology writer, consultant, trainer, speaker, and columnist. Nick has attained industry certifications including MCNE, MCNI, MCSE and MCT. He has authored, co-authored, and contributed to over a dozen books on Windows, Active Directory, Exchange, and other Microsoft technologies and has spoken at many technical conferences.

Previously, Nick has held executive marketing positions at ScriptLogic (acquired by Quest, now DELL Software) and SpectorSoft. Prior to that, Nick owned two IT consulting firms -- which focused on the architecture, implementation, and training of Microsoft technologies to enterprise customers.

The Latest Posts Featuring Nick Cavalancia

Inside the Black Box: Bridging the Database Observability Gap
March 27, 2026
Database

Over the past 15 years, Agile and DevOps have accelerated application delivery, enabling faster, more reliable releases. Yet the database layer often remains a blind spot for observability and performance monitoring.

In this article, Kevin Kline shows why closing the database observability gap is critical to improving performance, efficiency, and resilience for DBAs, developers, and the businesses that depend on their data.

Beyond the EHR: 3 Other Places Healthcare Organizations Need to Watch to Ensure HIPAA Compliance
With the state of the world today, healthcare facilities of all kinds and sizes are operating under a state of distress. Employees are working on the frontlines, while also having…
3 Foundational Elements of Zero Trust You Can’t Do Without
While the concept of zero-trust security has many IT organizations thinking in terms of identity, access, and cloud services, zero trust must run on a solid foundation. We should start…