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White papers provide solutions to problems encountered by SolarWinds® customers in common scenarios.

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    The Art of Organizing & Simplifying IT Support

    Find out how IT pros can save time in managing help desk tickets and support tasks. Learn some easy and effective ways to allow IT pros to simplify the manual and time-consuming process of providing IT support to end-users.

    (394 downloads)
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    Visibility From Your Network Into the Cloud: Today’s New Essentials

    Most organizations today are evolving toward a hybrid IT enterprise architecture, meaning their operations are split between the cloud and the traditional on-premises network. Many important enterprise applications are moving to the cloud, along with some more basic infrastructure such as storage and application development platforms. When cloud services falter, you need to know why – but often lack visibility beyond the firewall.

    (434 downloads)
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    Deep Packet Inspection for Quality of Experience Monitoring

    The IT industry is increasingly recognizing and leveraging the value and utility of packet-level analysis – also called Deep Packet Inspection or just Packet Analysis – for quickly and accurately identifying the true source and nature of network and application reliability and performance problems.

    (389 downloads)
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    Detecting and Preventing Rogue Devices

    We live in an IP-connected world. Because your IP network is designed to provide distributed access, it’s porous and intended to be accessible by many types of devices. Therefore the objective of IT administrators is to limit access only to authorized devices. Learn how to manage the risks of rogue detection in this free whitepaper. Take an in-depth look at some of the challenges of efficiently tracking endpoints, keeping your network safe from rogue devices, and then offer best practices for keeping everything safe and running at peak performance.

    (418 downloads)
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    DevOps Essentials for DBAs and Developers

    Many CIOs have embraced the need to reposition the IT organization as a strategic component of delivering world-class products and services. For CIOs in SaaS or Web-enabled businesses, an important element in this effort is the transformation from reactive to proactive application performance monitoring and management. This is accomplished by building performance into development from the start and breaking down the silos that separate teams, from architects to developers to QA to DBAs to systems administrators.

    (431 downloads)
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    eBook: 3 Simple Steps to Take Charge of Your Network Access Security

    To help protect and safely resolve high-risk situations on the network, organizations need to take a proactive stance in controlling who and what is allowed on the network. SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT) can be tactically deployed to help you manage the onslaught of mobile devices and keep rogue devices from wreaking havoc on your network. UDT can help you set up and take charge of your network access security in 3 simple steps! Read to learn how.

    (475 downloads)
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    eBook: 4 Skills to Take Flight in Your IT Career

    It’s time to take your IT career flight beyond the final frontiers of your virtual universe. Do it with the SOAR Framework:Secure – Govern, control data, app, stack, and user planes Optimize – Run more efficiently & effectively Automate – Scale ITReport – Show & tell to the leadership teamEach SOAR skill aids IT professionals in dealing with change management in the era of continuous service integration and continuous service delivery. SOAR skills are apropos not only for virtualized environments as they can be applied to any tech construct and tech domain. Time to shatter the shackles of silos!

    (360 downloads)