Heaven on Earth would be a world with no outages. No slow load times. No failed switches or routers. No bandwidth issues. Just peace and quiet. But if nothing were…
The Perfect World (Without Outages)
Thoughts on the SentryOne Acquisition
I’m writing this as I fly to Charlotte. Yes, in the middle of a pandemic, I am on an airplane. My first flight since March and bringing back a flood…
Protecting Your Data Privacy
Protecting your identity is becoming more and more difficult. Though many people don’t stop to consider it, even the most minor conveniences can go hand in hand with an incredible…
Tips for Updating Your Cybersecurity Plan
Every year brings new opportunities for federal IT professionals to reduce risk by addressing threats—both existing and emerging—with new tools, technologies, and tactics. This year has proven to be a…
Doubling Down on Database Performance Management
How many applications do you use every day? On average, probably 20. Think about it—We use them to check email, to avoid traffic, to know if we need a coat,…
6 Questions to Jumpstart Your IT Asset Management Strategy
IT asset management (ITAM) is a hot topic of 2020. Like almost everything else, managing lifecycle costs and minimizing risks has been a bit more complicated in recent months given…
Can You Consistently Deliver the Digital Experience You’ve Promised?
If the users aren’t happy, then in short order, neither will anyone else be. The ubiquity of information technology has exposed users to the best the IT industry has to…
How Network Telemetry Is Becoming the New Normal
The work being done on federal, state, and local levels to ensure the health of society during and post-COVID-19 will be driven by the Internet of Things (IoT). From contact…
Tried and True Tech Tips
Anyone who’s worked in IT knows a great deal of the day-to-day work doesn’t come down to one secret trick—the job consists mainly of stringing together hard-won wisdom and convenient…
Your Disaster Recovery Strategy Is Useless If Your SQL Server Backups Haven’t Been Tested
It has been drilled into every DBA’s head to backup, backup, backup. We understand that it is not a matter of if we need to restore a database but when…