As IT pro’s, we find ourselves searching for many things. We search for solutions. We search for truth (both regular and capital-T truth). Most of those things we either have a good…
#BlogElul 02-Act
An excerpt from an essay I wrote for an upcoming issue of “Data Center Journal” was especially relevant to today’s post. The essay is titled “Data, Information, Action”: The saying, “you can…
#BlogElul 01-Prepare
(This post is a day late. I guess you could say I wasn’t prepared to post it during the long holiday weekend. ON the other hand, posting it then would have caught…
#BlogElul: ZeroDay
tl;dr version A daily blog-athon running from now until Oct 3rd, with hundreds of people writing a daily post on a specific theme. You are invited to participate. I am. Source Code…
Respect Your Elders
This post originally appeared on SolarWinds GeekSpeak “Oh Geez,” exclaimed the guy who sits 2 desks from me, “that thing is ancient! Why would they give him that?” Taking the bait, I…
When, not what, defines today’s networking career
Learning new technologies is a constant challenge, but it is one that IT pros need to overcome to ensure a networking career remains relevant. This post originally appeared on TechTarget SearchNetworking Back…
eBooks For Your 2016 Reading List
As we tip over from the mad rush of December and prepare to ease into another year, I like to take a minute to appreciate the hush and calm that comes after…
Net Use: It’s Geek-Speak for “I Love You”
This year, SolarWinds started publishing a video series called “Geek Memories”, where the Head Geeks and other IT Professionals share flashbacks from their past, moments which defined or exemplified their geekiness and…
#BlogElul Day 29: Return
RETURN is one of the most basic of all constructs in IT. Whether you are a programmer, sysadmin, network engineer, Virtualization architect, or something else, there is an almost 100% likelihood that…
#BlogElul Day 28: Give
If you work in IT, there are a few things which I know are true about your job even if I’ve never met you: You are busy. You have enough work for…