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18 Mar 2009
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: No Categories
A few weeks ago I wrote blog post about some cool technologies including NetFlow and Cisco's IP SLA and provided some information on what IP SLA can be used for and how it works. Since then I've become even more convinced that IP SLA is a must-use technology. I guess you could say I've gone from being just a fan to being somewhat of a fanatic. Sort of like the way I feel about Mountain Dew, spinnerbaits, and bird dogs - I just plain love 'em. Over the last few weeks I've really been able to get my hands dirty with this technology. I hosted a webcast -Deep Dive...
26 May 2009
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: No Categories
The dev guys here have been working hard (as usual) and I'm pleased to announce that we now have new versions of Orion NPM (Network Performance Monitor) and NCM (Network Configuration Manager) available for download. For existing customers with active software maintenance these are free upgrades. For folks that haven't bought Orion yet, you can download an evaluation version from SolarWinds.Com to try out for 30 days. Orion NPM version 9.5 offers several cool enhancements. My Top 3 would include wireless (it's built in now so that you can manage wired and wireless networks...
31 Jul 2009
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: No Categories
To all of you system administrators out there, Happy SysAdmin Day!!! Too often do we forget our system administrators, without whom our jobs would pretty much be impossible... Folks, I know that this can sometime be a thankless job, but believe or not we do appreciate you. So to all of you SysAdmins out there - whether you administer SQL Server, Exchange, Orion APM, AD, Oracle, SAP, Orion NCM, WWW, Sharepoint, Orion NPM, or whatever - here's to you! Flame on... Josh Follow me on Twitter
12 Aug 2009
by: Josh Stephens  |  Filed Under: Application monitoring
There was a time when the need for monitoring applications was really limited to the system administrators and application owners. Makes since when you think about it - they're the ones that caught all the heat when the applications went down so they had a vested interest in knowing their status. Application monitoring was simple back then. You just monitored the device that hosted the application and the process or services on that box that was the application and you were pretty much good to go. While it's still true that system administrators need a way to monitor their...






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