Dollar Auction
It’s the third time around that is difficult. What I mean is that, as an IT pro with over 20
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IT Philosophy
ICYMI: Monitoring and automation: it’s easier than you think
(this originally appeared in the print version of Network Security Newsletter. I’ve reprinted it below) IT professionals take a certain pride in their own
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ICYMI: Learning from History, 2017 Data Center Edition
In my previous post, I began to explore the what and why of data center monitoring automation: What: Device discovery, connectivity, application discovery, monitoring assignments, automated
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ICYMI: Trite Business Lies
When someone brings up the topic of lies at work, most of the time people think of the big stuff,
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SEO and Strawberry Shortcake
There are things that you want to do, and then there are things you do so that you get to
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ICYMI: Designing a Data Center Maturity Model
“How good are we, really?” It’s a question that engaged data center managers will ask themselves. Hopefully, it’s not one
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ICYMI: Worth the Risk Now
(This originally appeared on THWACK.com) I was a sucker for Windows CE (or WinCE, as we mobile enthusiasts called it).
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ICYMI: What “Old” Network Engineers Need to Remember
(This article originally appeared on THWACK.com) Not long ago, I read “Five Things Old Programmers Should Remember” by Gary Wisniewski.
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Why I care about Women in Monitoring (and IT)
(originally posted Feb 10, 2015) (image credit Josh Rossi ) I started a thread on Twitter asking Who are some
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MovieBob and Magneto
(Inspired by the article: “Magneto was Right” which has subsequently been taken down, but the video is here) I really liked
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