Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) hosted applications, and custom apps: Historically, application performance management (APM) covered only one or two of those three things. The traditional APM only applied…
The Hybrid APM You Need and Deserve
Unexpected Global Situations and Business Continuity
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 (or coronavirus) continue to rise globally, and health departments have done much to attempt to control the outbreak. To prevent transmission of the virus, there are…
Take Your Video Call Out of This World
You probably aren’t surprised to know as I write this, I’m wearing pajamas. You probably are, too. These days, nobody’s going to judge our choices when we’re just trying to…
Best Practices in Incident Management
In an always-on world, companies look to systems and processes to keep their services up and running at all times. The most important part of maintaining this uptime is having…
Why Change Documentation is Critical to Your Post-COVID Success
Although it’s unclear when this pandemic will end, we know it will. For now, IT departments all over the world are doing their best to solve unique challenges, including (in…
Breach Data Trends: October 2019 to March 2020
Most of us have no idea if our credentials are out in the wild, for bad actors to take and use for malicious intent. Unfortunately, they often are. Since October…
Solving the Contractor Breach Challenge
Federal IT pros are having more success tackling cybersecurity challenges within their agencies. However, there’s still much work to be done when it comes to solving the security challenges posed by contractors.
Work-From-Home Whiplash
Global pandemic is a helluva way to learn work from home. After 20+ years of working in an office, it’s been a far bigger change than I’d imagined. Especially if…
SolarWinds x Cloud Field Day 7
Cloud Field Day, hosted by Gestalt IT, is an invite-only, live-streamed technical meeting focused on the impact of cloud on enterprise IT. Held over 2-3 days, the event brings together…
Surviving Through Chaos
We fell asleep in one world and woke up in another. I read somewhere that suddenly, Disney is out of magic, Paris is no longer romantic, New York doesn’t stand…