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ITSM | SolarWinds Service Desk Features That Reduce IT Tickets Fast

Are employees waiting too long for IT support? In this video, you'll learn three simple SolarWinds Service Desk configurations that can improve employee experience, reduce unnecessary tickets, and help IT resolve issues faster. We cover: How to optimize your knowledge base so employees actually find answers Why linking asset inventory to Service Desk gives technicians instant context How Microsoft Teams and Slack integrations make IT support easier without leaving chat These are quick, no-code improvements you can configure today. No developers or consultants required.

How AI Agents Are Changing ITSM Faster Than We Think | Motadata Webinar

AI is transforming ITSM beyond co-pilots with autonomous AI agents that can understand, decide, and act. In this webinar, discover how AI agents are reducing manual workloads, accelerating incident resolution, improving service quality, and enabling intelligent service operations. Learn real-world use cases, key implementation strategies, and how organizations can move from reactive support to proactive, AI-driven IT service management. Watch now to explore the future of smarter, faster, and more efficient ITSM.

What Is a CBOM and Why Does It Matter?

Quantum computing is reshaping the future of cybersecurity. In this video, learn what a Cryptographic Bill of Materials (CBOM) is, why it matters for post-quantum security, and how it helps organizations identify vulnerable cryptography, prioritize migration, and improve cryptographic visibility. Perfect for security professionals, DevSecOps teams, IT leaders, and compliance teams preparing for the quantum era.

See, Tell, Do: The Auvik Story

See. Tell. Do. For nearly 15 years, these three words have shaped how we build Auvik. First, help IT teams see what's happening across their networks. Then, help them understand why it's happening and what needs attention. Finally, empower them to take action with confidence. As we prepare to celebrate our 15th anniversary, we're excited to share the story behind that philosophy - and why we believe the best is still to come.

How to Get Higher Network Availability

Reduce downtime and build a more resilient network with our practical tips for improving network availability. By Serena Toh and Matt Madawi Table of Contents Network availability is more than a technical metric (though it is an important one). The availability of your network is the difference between applications that keep serving customers and applications that stall when a link, device, data center, or provider fails.

Bring Your Own VLAN: Moving VMs to Kubernetes Without Changing a Single IP

For many organizations, modernizing their VMs before migrating them is not a realistic option, especially when external events trigger the migration. Mapping dependencies and refactoring network configurations before the deadline is impractical, forcing VMs to move as they are. The mechanics of moving a VM are largely solved.

The NAS Died. My WhatsUp Gold Server Died With It. WhatsUp Gold 360 Still Alerted Me.

The NAS Died. My WhatsUp Gold Server Died With It. WhatsUp Gold 360 Still Alerted Me. A real home-lab failure shows why always-on external monitoring and cloud-originated notifications matter when the local monitoring stack becomes part of the outage. On April 13, 2025, the NAS providing NFS storage to several virtual machines in my Proxmox lab locked up and halted.

Why Every Business Needs Network Automation and Orchestration in 2026

Picture a network engineer at 2am, logged into forty devices, making the same change by hand on each one. One typo on device thirty-one, and by morning half the company cannot reach its own applications. That is not a horror story. For a lot of businesses, it is still Tuesday.

What's New in DX NetOps Topology: Summer 2026

Your enterprise network is more distributed, diverse, and complex than ever before. Your campus, WAN, data center, and SD-WAN environments span multiple technologies and vendors. Now more than ever, the complex relationships between devices, interfaces, and network layers are critical to your day-to-day operations. When an issue arises, knowing that something is wrong is only the beginning.