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Tool Sprawl and How to Stop It

Humans have always used tools to help them achieve their goals. But in the digital era, this dynamic is often reversed. Our tools now inundate us with so much attention-demanding…

Observability Dilemma: To SaaS or Not to SaaS? That is the Question!

In the ever-evolving IT landscape, the Observability Dilemma casts a strategic shadow: To SaaS or not to SaaS, a question being dealt with by many IT professionals today. As organizations…

At What Cost: Rethinking Resource Management in 2024

Shrinking resources pose formidable challenges in today’s enterprise environment, with almost half (46%) of CIOs reporting their budgets will stay flat or shrink in 2024. Across diverse sectors, budget constraints…

Finding the Sweet Spot Between Innovation and Optimization

Balancing growth and performance optimization is a constant tension in all aspects of business. This is particularly true in DevOps, where there’s a drive to release more features faster to…

Saving Customers Money Through Thoughtful Solutions to Long-Term Problems

As EVP, chief customer officer, I regularly speak with enterprise-level customers to provide continued support and strategize how SolarWinds can best support their goals. When my team or I meet…

Three Critical Questions for Healthcare

Why Should Healthcare Bother With IT? Healthcare has always been people-centric—so should IT even be a consideration when the real issue is people? Before the pandemic, healthcare was already experiencing…

SolarWinds Expands Global Intern Program With Virtual Career Fairs in 2022

At SolarWinds, we are a people-first company. Our purpose is to enrich the lives of the people we serve—including our employees, customers, shareholders, Partners, and communities. It is our People…

Don’t Fear the Automation

Automation is often portrayed as a scary thing. Whether it’s artificially intelligent robots conquering the planet or a world where no one can find work because automatons have taken everyone’s…

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…

You Can Only Fix What You Measure (So Measure What You Want to Fix)

Recently, my colleagues Pete Di Stefano, Ashley Adams, and I hosted a webcast on the topic of capacity planning and optimization. You can listen/watch it here, it was a really fun conversation.…