(This originally appeared on ITProPortal.com) How do you debate the nature of art? For some, art exists in the daubings of their favourite painter. For others, it lies in the level design…
Book Sale – One Week Left!
My latest book, “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked”, goes on sale next week. But you can pre-order it now (and save a little bit, if you are ordering the…
ICYMI: What is Good Data Center Monitoring?
(This originally appeared on DataCenterJourna.com) In my last guest article, I described how speaking at the recent ByNet Expo in Tel Aviv gave me the opportunity to think about one of my favorite…
Book Preview: Why “The Four Questions”?
(Here’s an excerpt from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked”. To keep reading, check out this page for the print and ebook editions: https://www.adatosystems.com/2019/03/14/book-news-the-four-questions-coming-soon/.) Judaism is a religion…
ICYMI: Cloud-Proofing Your Job
(This originally appeared on Cloud Computing Sys-Con.com) In the cloud era, you as an IT professional are being forced to adopt new roles and take on new responsibilities you may not feel…
Book Preview: On Being Questioned
(Here’s an excerpt from my book “The Four Questions Every Monitoring Engineer is Asked”. To keep reading, check out this page for the print and ebook editions: https://www.adatosystems.com/2019/03/14/book-news-the-four-questions-coming-soon/.) How to Handle Being…
ICYMI: Stages of Network Monitoring
(This originally appeared on IT Briefcase.Net) Larry Wall, the creator of Perl™, once said the three attributes of a great programmer are laziness, impatience, and hubris. Automation allows you to indulge in…
ICYMI: Kiwi Syslog 9.6: No Longer Trapped
(this originally appeared on GeekSpeak) Want to know a secret? I’m going to start at the end. If your environment collects syslog and trap messages, no matter what vendor solution you are…
ICYMI: Monitoring Nirvana
(this originally appeared on Data Center Journal) Recently, I had the privilege of giving a talk at the ByNet Expo in Tel Aviv. There, in a room of about 200 local IT…
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 IT infrastructure, believing that their environment is somehow unique and special compared…