I began working with database customers back in the day with VividCortex until it was purchased by SolarWinds. Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to work with tons of our…
Database Observability Provides the Features Customers Need for Effective Monitoring
A Very Merry TechPod — SolarWinds TechPod 081
The SolarWinds podcast crossover event you’ve all been waiting for: Chrystal Taylor and Sean Sebring talk with Movies & Mainframes host Andy Garibay about the best, weirdest, and most confusing…
Compound Alerts Within Database Observability Drive Actionable Alerting
The latest edition to the SolarWinds® Observability Platform, Database Observability, is live! Previously, you’ve relied on Database Manager to help monitor your database and generate alerts, and while it was…
IT’s Event Season — SolarWinds TechPod 080
If you think attending a tech industry event is chaotic just imagine trying to organize one. SolarWinds’ Senior Manager of Events Valerie Rivir chats about the ins and outs of…
Setting the Record Straight on the SEC and SUNBURST
Over the last week, we have appreciated that so many of our customers—joined by voices across the cybersecurity and IT communities—have expressed support for SolarWinds. We share their concerns that…
The Present and Future of Data Management Roles
In January 2015, I wrote about the future of professional database administrators (DBAs) in a three-part series of articles for Database Trends & Applications magazine. Back then I predicted we…
ESM vs. Traditional ITSM: Differentiating Between the Two to Leverage the Best Option for Your Business
Enterprise Service Management (ESM) and traditional Information Technology Service Management (ITSM) are two approaches to service management within an organization. ESM serves as an extension of ITSM, bringing ITSM characteristics…
Transparency, Information-Sharing, and Collaboration Make the Software Industry More Secure
Soon after the highly sophisticated Russian cyberattack on SolarWinds and other technology companies was discovered in December 2020, the U.S. government and the security community determined it was carried out by persistent Russian threat actors. SUNBURST used novel techniques the world’s best cybersecurity experts had never seen before.
Platform Engineering – Paving the Way to Accelerate Releases
Platform engineering started appearing in 2017 and was identified as a distinct DevOps role in 2019 in the book Team Topologies. Adoption quickly accelerates, and by 2022, there are platform…
The Future of Database Monitoring – AIOps
IT pros need tools designed to ingest large volumes of data, correlate events across data sources, detect problems, and resolve them with new technologies to support more efficient IT systems.…