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Taking an API-First Approach to Network Management

Application programming interfaces (APIs) allow applications to communicate, interoperate, and share information with one another. APIs have been mainstays at companies like Google, Salesforce, and other smaller but innovative organizations…

What’s New in Network Monitoring

Evolution means change, and nothing changes as fast as technology. This means evolution is also part of IT, obviously. In the area of classic IT networks, however, the speed of…

Monitoring as a Strategy — SolarWinds TechPod 015

Host Alex Navarro sits down with SolarWinds® Head Geek™ Sascha Giese to discuss how network monitoring as a strategy can take any organization to the next level by saving both…

The Evolution of Network Operations

When I first began this post, my thinking revolved around the translation problems of a declarative approach to network operation, but having only procedural interfaces to work with. Further thought…

Am I Automating Myself Out of a Job?

Is our contribution measured by what we’re doing or how we’re doing it? Are we providing value or are we just getting caught up in what’s exciting? How do we…

Death by a Thousand Cuts – A Driver for Network Automation

At what point does the frequency and volume of “it will only take a second to change” become too much to bear and force us to adopt a network automation…

Seeing the Big Picture: Give Me All of the Data

The collection of operational and and analytics information can be an addictive habit, especially in the case of an interesting and active network. However, this information can quickly and easily…

Cross-Referencing Alarms: Network Security Monitoring and Network Outage Notifications

As anyone that has run a network of any size has surely experienced, with one alert, there is typically (but not always) a deeper issue that may or may not…

The Echo Chamber: Visibility and Mapping Webinar

(“The Echo Chamber” is a semi-regular series where I reflect back on a talk, video, or essay I’ve published. More than just a re-hashing of the same topic, I’ll add…

Viewing the Network as an Ecosystem

Many of us have or currently operate in a stovepipe or silo IT environment. For some, this may just be a way of professional life. But regardless of how the…