Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the Blue Medora blog. You can check out the original here. For about 20 years now, Microsoft Active Directory has been the dominant directory service controlling user access to IT resources. IT administrators have probably all heard of someone complaining about lacking access to a desktop or […]
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the Scalyr (now DataSet by SentinelOne) blog. You can check out the original here. You can also find the archived version here. In his book “How to Measure Anything,” management consultant and author Douglas Hubbard states that “anything can be measured.” Hubbard argues that something that can
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the The New Stack. You can check out the original here. Logging and monitoring are peanut butter and jelly. The two go well together, just like bread and butter or other famous combinations you can think of. Similarly, logging and monitoring work best because they complement each
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the Blue Medora blog. You can check out the original here. For most of us, logging in is a daily routine. We log into everything from personal games like Fortnite to work websites. But before we get to those steps, we often first have to log into one more thing:
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the The New Stack. You can check out the original here. The most important ability is availability. This is a common statement I hear from sports commentators. Whether athletes are in the NBA, NFL or EPL, they need to be available to play the game before anyone
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the Raygun blog. You can check out the original here. APM is something that some organizations either don’t fully understand or don’t put much thought into until it’s too late. When there’s a problem with an application, the organization scrambles to find a tool that can help
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Editor’s note: This post was originally written for the Blue Medora blog. You can check out the original here. One-size-fits-all doesn’t work. When it comes to IT infrastructure, it’s one-size-fits-none. Whether on-premise or in the cloud, data centers are complicated, and no two are alike. As your organization’s needs change, your data center infrastructure size
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In part 3, I talked about how having an application being susceptible to intermittent issues is another reason why small and medium businesses need application testing. In you haven’t read it, go here. In this post, I talk about reason #4. In part 2, I mentioned that the customer was using NAT to separate its
In part 2, I talked about how having an application that has multiple tiers is another reason why small and medium businesses need application testing. In you haven’t read it, go here. In this post, I talk about reason #3. When I was brought on to help resolve this application issue and started asking my
In the previous post, I talked about how having an application that was originally designed for the LAN is one reason why small and medium businesses need application testing. In you haven’t read it, go here. In this post, I talk about reason #2. So not only was this application also designed for users being