Although 99.999% availability may be IT’s ambition, it’s far from reality. In March 2019, Google’s Gmail experienced a 4.5-hour global outage. In the same month, Facebook suffered a 14-hour outage, its most massive outage to date, crippling app-accessibility worldwide. Downtime and low availability will likely occur to all systems eventually, especially when introducing code changes. […]
Need for Increased Training — Strained Budgets Strain Enterprise IT Teams
As enterprises have increasingly embraced cloud, hybrid IT environments and DevOps methodologies, many of the old siloes associated with IT departments have crumbled—while demand for training and skills that reflect new technology requirements have risen considerably. This new reality was reflected in the findings of a new survey from IT management software provider SolarWinds, and […]
SMBs Struggle with Digital Transformation
It’s a cliché, but it’s as true now as ever: The only constant in business is change. Digital transformation efforts are as essential for small and mid-sized businesses as they are for large enterprises—and SMBs are engaged in their transformative efforts for largely the same reasons as large enterprises: to engage more effectively with customers, […]
SolarWinds IT Trends Report 2019: Measuring the Skills Priority in DevOps
Although historically technology professionals were among the most adaptive specialists in the job market, a recent survey from SolarWinds found that DevOps teams, web product managers (WPMs) and developers lacked confidence in their current ability to effectively manage their current environments while engaging in future technologies. This balancing of current trends with future innovations is […]