SolarWinds Joins Forces With Turn/River Capital

SolarWinds has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Turn/River…

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New Stats Exposed in Go’s database/SQL Package

If you keep up with the Go development cycle, then you’ll know Go recently entered its feature-freeze for the Go 1.11 release. One of the changes for this upcoming release…

Five Samanage Customers on the Benefits of the Service Catalog

One thing we find is that many new customers are surprised by how many parts of multi-step services they can automate through the service catalog. They might not have chosen…

I Beat Them to Firing Me! Part Two: Fight Back

How to use network configuration, change, and compliance management (NCCCM) and other monitoring software in response to an actual security breach. If you have not read part one, I would suggest that…

I Beat Them to Firing Me: A Story of Corporate Sabotage

Why network configuration, change, and compliance management (NCCCM) is a must Inspired by former Citibank employee sentencing We’ve all heard horror stories about the disgruntled employee who pillages the office supply…

How This Organization Built an Employee Service Machine

Gardner knew that IT could set up similar processes through Samanage, and to his credit, he also recognized that the entire organization could run services through one familiar platform for…

Cloud Native Operational Solutions – Patch Management

Patch management at any sort of scale has always been a mundane and time-consuming task that most administrators would like to avoid at all costs. With the proliferation of DevOps…

Cloud Native Operational Solutions – Backup Management

Public cloud providers have greatly simplified the process of creating a backup, but the challenge has always been managing that at scale with things like policies for retention or simple…

Cloud Native Operational Solutions – Configuration Management

One of the biggest draws of the public cloud includes services like managed Kubernetes or server-less functions. Managed services like these enable IT organizations to consume higher-level services, which allow…

4 Causes of IT Help Desk Breakdowns & Issues

Because there’s now such a heavy reliance on devices, applications, and other common business technology, the IT help desk bears a heavy burden in everyday business functions.

SolarWinds Lab Episode 59: Cisco ASA Firewall Special: VPN, ACL, HA, Multi-context, and More

Cisco ASAs are the world’s most popular security appliance. Getting them online with basic firewall features is one thing, but how do you ensure you’re really protecting your network? Join…