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Who Benefits the Most from Your Help Desk Tool?

August 26, 2018

Help desk software helps companies resolve tech issues faster, eliminating menial tasks and allowing IT departments to resolve complaints more efficiently. Through the organization of information, streamlined workflows, and the elimination of time-consuming manual processes, support specialists can focus on what they do best: addressing requests that demand their particular expertise. Too often, help desk … Read more Who Benefits the Most from Your Help Desk Tool?

How To Make CloudWatch AWSome

August 26, 2018

Amazon CloudWatch is a popular option for collecting system and performance metrics from your AWS resources.  For some services, it’s the only means available to collect badly needed metrics data. CloudWatch makes it trivially easy to fetch core system metrics like CPU, Network, and Disk, as well as more specialized metrics like queue-sizes and latency … Read more How To Make CloudWatch AWSome

Three Simple Tools for Improving Customer Service

August 26, 2018

The quality of the customer service your company provides cannot only make or break your reputation; it can have a significant impact your bottom line. According to the [24]7, Inc. 2016 Customer Engagement Report, almost half (47%) of customers would take their business to a competitor within a day of experiencing poor customer service, and … Read more Three Simple Tools for Improving Customer Service

Top 50+ Tech Influencers and Thought Leaders You Should Follow

August 26, 2018

Today’s technology is growing at an extraordinary pace, so it is important to follow industry influencers and thought leaders to stay in the loop and learn new trends and best practices. Keeping on top of things in the industry is a great way to make sure you are functioning most effectively every day.

We have compiled a list (in no particular order) of tech geeks from system, virtualization, storage, database, network, and security management domains, who we think are the top influencers and thought leaders you should follow.

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SQL Server Performance Tuning Tips

August 26, 2018

Query tuning is often the fastest way to accelerate SQL Server performance. Most often system-level server performance (memory, processors, and so on) improvement measures are ineffective and expensive. Expert developers believe most performance issues can be traced to poorly written queries & inefficient indexing, not hardware constraints. In fact, some performance issues can only be … Read more SQL Server Performance Tuning Tips

SQL and Database Performance Tuning Guide and Checklist: Expert Tips

August 26, 2018

A Database Administrator (DBA) is like a racecar technician. Building and optimizing a high-performance vehicle requires minuscule fine-tuning and attention to detail. A tweak here and an adjustment there could shave just a fraction of a second from your lap time. Of course, that fraction of a second could determine whether you win or lose … Read more SQL and Database Performance Tuning Guide and Checklist: Expert Tips

Best Free Network Configuration and Change Management Tools

August 26, 2018

Networks are growing in size and complexity. For many, this growth is being driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, Cloud, and even Software Defined Networking (SDN). As these trends, and the many changes they bring, impact your network, the big question you need to answer is this: Do I have the network configuration … Read more Best Free Network Configuration and Change Management Tools