If you read Geek Speak, you already know...
Hi everyone, So, thwack isn't really the place you'll see SolarWinds beat its chest and say how flippin great we are. We tend to be a bit more calm, into the game, down with the man... you know. We're...
View ArticlethwackCamp 2013... right around the October corner
Hey everyone,It's that wonderful time of the year... no, not Black Friday or Cyber Monday (as if every day wasn't Cyber Monday and you'd catch any of us anywhere but online on Black Friday... but I...
View ArticleHappy October... my favorite month for so many reasons
Hi everyone, Well, here we are, October is here and you can almost make it to the end of your driveway here in Austin without the fear of heat stroke. October brings pumpkins, pumpkin pie, dark beer,...
View ArticleSo What'cha What'cha What'cha Want?
***The survey is closed. Thank you to everyone for participating. Loving the lists...*** Hi everyone,For those of you who don't deal with me walking around the office with Beastie Boys lyrics...
View ArticleSpooktacular October
Hi everyone! Only in October (my favorite month (Happy October... my favorite month for so many reasons)) can I ask you this question: is your boss from h*ll? No, I mean really... you never know. No...
View ArticleWhen we come back to our regularly scheduled programming
Hi everyone,I wanted to point out a couple of changes that will arrive with the upgrade beginning in the wee hours tomorrow and continuing possibly until 10 or 11am CST. First, I do apologize, but you...
View ArticleHolidays come early...
We're on a mission We have really not been slacking over here at thwack central, though I can't believe any of you would think so anyway. Our missions have really picked up traction through the year...
View ArticleMarch … coming in like Sauron’s gaze or out like the light of an expiring soul?
Hey Everyone... Here’s the deal: we’re torn. There are a bunch of us here that are embroiled in creating a new bracket for you to check out during Free Throws in March (or even instead?). But the...
View ArticleRinging in our 2014 Ambassadors... with jams
Hi everyone, The new year is right around the corner here and we thought, well, a solid year of iPods Nanos was enough... at least for now. So, we're changing it up a bit for 2014. The rules are the...
View ArticleBring on the job posts...
Hi everyone,I'm not sure if this is actually true or not (Job Postings on Here?), that is, I don't ever remember seeing a consolidated job board here on thwack. It has taken some time, but I have not...
View ArticleHealing Integration Points Along Yggdrasil -- Potholes in the Bifrost?
It was a glorious and dangerous idea… integrate products with thwack they said. It’s going to be great, they said. And so, what can I say, we did it. Now, you all know how integrations and custom code...
View Articleπ day ...
Hi everyone and happy π day. It is not without regret that I also have to share with you my departure from the realms of thwack. I am off to wander new roads. Some of you know and have seen many of the...
View ArticleHelp Desk Horror Stories
It was a dark and stormy day. The kind of day you just knew something bad—no, something evil—was going to happen. That’s when the help desk ticket came in. There was something different about this one,...
View ArticleIT Tickets from Hell
Happy Halloween! We are excited to share with you a new series hot off the press from the amazing SolarWinds video team. I present to you, IT Tickets from Hell.IT Tickets from Hell: Bug...
View ArticleCustomer Spotlight: Eliminate the finger pointing and narrow down application...
Very recently I interviewed Jason Jones, CTO at OSSI-IT, an IT consulting firm. Jason provides IT services for Commonwealth Orthopaedics, an orthopaedic surgery group practice. JK: Tell us a little...
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