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Can I Deliver Value through Responsiveness and Efficiency?

I don’t know how many times in the past 15 years I have heard people say, “My computers running slow! I need an upgrade.” Everyone, even your colleagues in the…

Everything I Needed To Know About IT I Learned From Logan (Part Two)

(This is the second part of a series. You can find Part One here.) It behooves me to remind you that there are many spoilers beyond this point. If you…

DevOps Wrap-Up

Welcome to the final post in my series on DevOps. If you’ve been following along, you know the content generated several questions. In this post, I will consolidate those questions…

The Future is Always Bright

In my last couple of posts, I’ve tried to paint a picture of the past and present of database management and monitoring. We’ve seen that good database performance has everything…

Is Compliance Something I Should Be Thinking About?

Over the past 12 months, I’ve heard the word “compliance” thrown around quite a bit. Only now does compliance depend on what department or industry you are in. From ISO…

Committed To Security: SolarWinds Database Performance Monitor and SOC 2 Type 1

Security has always been a priority at SolarWinds® Database Performance Monitor (DPM), and we have architected and built our product for security from the beginning, frequently conducting exercises such as…

The Only Source of Knowledge is Experience…

The title of this post is a quote that might be (or not be) from Albert Einstein. I first thought the title of the post would be something like: “why…

5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data: Hire People Who Lack Empathy

In this last post of my 5 More Ways I Can Steal Your Data series, I focus on my belief that all data security comes down to empathy. Yes, that…

Non-IT File Sharing and HIPAA Implications

When I first considered writing this post about possible HIPAA violations, I could clearly imagine how non-IT compliant file sharing could cause issues with HIPAA compliance. It wasn’t until I…