When you started as a systems administrator, you might have connected servers, swapped out hard drives, run down spare components, and dragged around a crash cart. Those days might not…
SysAdmins: Then, Now, Always — SolarWinds TechPod 066
SysAdmin Day 2021: You Are Enough
A year ago, in July of 2020, I started my SysAdmin Day post with the words, “I’m not going to even try to pretend SysAdmin Day arrives this year under conditions…
Celebrating SysAdmin Day 2021 — SolarWinds TechPod 046
While it may not be circled in red on many people’s calendars, SysAdmin Day holds a special place in the hearts of many IT professionals. Certainly, because everyone likes to be appreciated for what…
SysAdmin Day 2020: Business as Usual During the “New Different”
I’m not going to even try to pretend SysAdmin Day arrives this year under conditions anyone would call “business as usual.” I’m going to avoid the cliched and empty platitudes…
SysAdmin Day 2019: The Secret to Getting Ahead
Looking back across the months since SysAdmin Day 2018, it’s obvious we’re all dealing with a remarkably different (in some ways exciting, in others, horrifying) IT landscape than the one…