It’s just around the corner – registration for THWACKcamp 2022 opens on January 4. This 10th THWACKcamp celebrates a decade of IT exploration and expert insights: still 100% free, still 100% virtual, still 100% brain-engaging. Are we excited? You…
10 Years in the Making: THWACKcamp 2022
Effective DataOps Tools for Improving Performance
Some of the best-selling books of all time are self-help books. Reading about the potential for change always intrigues people enough to buy the book. To succeed in enacting positive…
3 Ways IT Teams Can Manage Tool Sprawl
Since schools transitioned to remote learning, districts have added or upgraded their IT education technology and monitoring tools to provide better outcomes for all. But it’s not necessarily a good…
Register for Building Ahead: Cybersecurity Washington Post Live
With the Biden administration considering the enhancement of national cybersecurity a top priority, learnings from the sophisticated attack on SolarWinds help highlight the need to collectively improve the prevention, management,…
whurley | Quantum and Beyond — SolarWinds TechPod 051
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open source advocate, whose work at Apple, IBM, and in the area of quantum computing is world-renowned. Picking…
whurley | All Things Quantum — SolarWinds TechPod 050
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open-source advocate, who’s achieved what many geeks only dream of, including critically recognized work at Apple, IBM, and CERN. He’s started and sold…
Master Data Management and Data Governance—How to Build an Effective Strategy
As organizations marshal their data to drive business value throughout the enterprise, it’s becoming more important than ever to ensure the quality of this data. Building data quality, data validation testing, and…
How to Prepare for a SQL Server DBA Interview and Questions
So, you have an interview lined up for a sweet new gig as a SQL Server database administrator (DBA). What interview questions will you be asked? How can you make…
3 Steps Government Employees Can Take to Become Good Cybercitizens
As cyberattacks become more sophisticated across ever-expanding attack surfaces, it’s easy to assume the security team will take care of risk management and mitigation. Indeed, employees—both within the agency and…
Are We Still Scared of IT Automation?
This thread came in a weird way as a result of seeing yet another re-run of the classic movie “Back to the Future” the other day. Bear with me on…