A brief note in the wake of Sandy
Everyone, I just wanted to say that our thoughts are with those of you battling Sandy. You are all in the forefront of our minds. The aftermath was enough to rock my parents' world in Cleveland. Erie...
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Happy Halloween!
Hi Everyone,Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I know that might seem a bit strange... though, come to think of it, my office has a Dia de los Muertos mask in it, a couple Softer World...
View ArticleIPv4 Addresses Exhaustion: Millions of Voices Suddenly Cried Out in Terror...
We’ve been told that they’re going. Actually, the prediction is that there won’t be any left by the end of the year. So, is this a doomsday, naysayer game or reality? Are we talking Mayan calendar...
View ArticleFuture thwack...
Hi everyone,I can't stand when I realize that nagging feeling that you've forgotten something isn't just a feeling. It has been way too long between my posts here on thwack. I know some of you probably...
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Ambassador Monthly Engagement Contest -- Get Nano'd
Hey everyone,Let me start off with a bit of reassurance to our more reactionary friends out there. No, there is no lack of engagement and we are not trying to make up for any kind of lull in engagement...
View ArticleAlways present, always on, always somewhere else
Hi everyone,So, I'm on break, but I'm realizing that I rarely let myself be on break. I don't degrid well.I've checked email all weekend... the weekend before Christmas. Today is Christmas Eve, the day...
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Post Holidays SWAG Store Product Updates -- Gift Yourself
Hi everyone,I just wanted to get the word out, in case you missed it, about our store updates. We've added a number of items, from rubik's cubes to ear buds to light-up yo-yos to mobile device...
View ArticleSecurity Survey -- We Want to Know...
Hi everyone,We're asking you and everyone you know to come check out our security survey (SolarWinds Security Survey) and give us your opinion and tell us a bit about what keeps you up at night when it...
View ArticleEoL Refresh -- Now if that doesn't sound oxymoronic...
Hi all,Here at SolarWinds we are known for a number of things:We embrace change. If you are here and you don't, you are miserable.We tenaciously hold on to the things that work.We never give up (we...
View ArticleCentralize Your Alerts with... wait for it... Alert Central (oh, and win a...
Hi everyone,I'm super excited about our Alert Central Beta offer, so I thought I'd try to remind those of you who might not have checked it out yet or those that are putting off entering for some...
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Did you just get re-welcomed to thwack?
Hi everyone,I wanted to reach out, as we have a number of new members of the community and returning members, and re-familiarize you with your preferences screen. Earlier this morning, we were a touch...
View ArticleHiro out already? Wintermute pwn'd by HAL? What is going on here?
Okay, folks... I am shaken to my geek core. I guess I can see the justice in letting Ripley beat out Hiro (though I still think his swordsmanship and crazy driving skills should have been considered an...
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Game on!
Hi everyone,It has been a while since I've been able to share some exciting news that didn't deal with mopping the floor with galactic foes... and, as the anniversary of our re-launch is upon us, I...
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Taking a page out of the SolarWinds PM Playbook... You asked, we listened.
Of course we listened... actually. That's what we do. Anyway, over the past year, we've done a huge amount of growing and thinking on the community side and sometimes we got it right (ideation comes to...
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Got a Favorite Link or 10? And, Don't Forget to Check the UX box
Hi everyone,So, things have been rather exciting lately on thwack. It looks like a lot of folks find the new navigation an easy adaptation and that got us thinking. We love working with our user...
View ArticleWe Care... Make Sure You're fIT!
So, I have to tip my hat to our very own Blade Server. ...I mean he's definitely got me putting down the Prancercise and picking up Solarcise. You know... I'm not tipping my hat, my hat is off. Are...
View ArticleSysAdmin Day 2013
Here we are again, brothers and sisters. The month of glory leading to our day in the sun comes... and goes much too quickly. The last Friday of July, if you are wondering what the heck Torok is...
View ArticleJuly is the Winningest Month
So, I’m a bit of a Charlie fan… at least when he is completely bats and off his rocker and on talk shows, but sadly winningest is a word, even if MS Word doesn’t like it. Again… what the H-E-double...
View ArticleHappy SysAdmin Day
So, it is here. We've arrived. There were some bumps in the road, there always are... Happy SysAdmin Day 2013, my brothers and sisters. Take a moment, get up from your desk, escape the cube, and...
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The Call You Didn't Let Ruin Your Vacation
Hi everyone... it looks like there are people here who are really trying to make me eat my words about July being the winningest month. We've got a contest for those of you with the creative bug...
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