SolarWinds just dropped a whitepaper, From Monitoring to Mastery: Optimizing Database Performance…
One of the biggest complaints you’ll likely hear after moving to Office 365 will be about its speed, or lack thereof. Now that data isn’t sitting on your LAN, there…
As product users diversify, we suggest a new term to better capture their service needs. End user is impersonal and generic. We want to think of them as who they…
IT isn't the only service organization in town. Employee service depends on the facilities department, making it a strategic value center in the company.
We all know that security concerns go hand in hand with IoT. Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he suggests ways to overcome the challenges.…
Most enterprises rely on infrastructure and applications in the cloud. Whether it’s SaaS services like Office 365, IaaS in AWS, PaaS in Azure, or analytics services in Google Cloud, organizations…
In system design, every technical decision can be seen as a series of trade-offs. If I choose to implement Technology A it will provide a positive outcome in one way,…
The best way to ensure accountability throughout the process is with the service catalog. With modern ITSM solutions, a licensed service provider (perhaps the Director of HR) can create a…
IT service management (ITSM) has already proven to be a game changer in communication and processes, and it can easily translate to the entire organization. Let’s take a look at…
Here is an interesting article from my colleague Joe Kim, in which he explores database health and performance. Part of the problem with managing databases is that many people consider…
Risk Management is an important part of IT. Being able to identify risks and remediation options can make a huge difference if or when disaster strikes. If you’ve moved part…
