Federal IT pros have tracked application performance for decades. Today’s environments, however, are far more complex than they’ve ever been, particularly with the quick and steady rise of cloud computing,…
Brandon Shopp

Brandon Shopp
Brandon Shopp is Vice President of Product Strategy at SolarWinds.
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Digital TransformationFeatured
Taking APIs-First Approach to Network Management
by Brandon Shopp October 29, 2020Disseminating information to the public is a primary role of the federal government, and what better way is there to do this than through application programming interface (API)? APIs allow…
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Digital TransformationFeatured
How Emerging Technologies Influence Staffing Needs in State Government
by Brandon Shopp October 13, 2020Emerging technologies impact many areas of an organization, but their impact on staffing is often overlooked. It would be ideal for public sector organizations, and state governments, in particular, to…
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Digital TransformationFeatured
How to Future-Proof Your IT Environment and Stay Out of Technical Debt
by Brandon Shopp September 23, 2020Federal IT pros are experts at using quick fixes to keep costs down and save time, often because there’s no other option. They essentially leap from crisis to crisis instead…
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CIO PerspectiveDigital Transformation
What Does 5G Mean for Federal IT Modernization Efforts?
by Brandon Shopp August 28, 2020For the federal IT pro, IT modernization efforts are a top priority. It’s a priority reinforced through legislative requirements, from the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) to Data…
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Having a hard time identifying the root cause of a networking problem? Welcome to the life of a federal IT pro. A networking problem can come from almost any fault…
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Security
Going Beyond NIST to Strengthen Your Agency’s Network Security
by Brandon Shopp May 4, 2020Every federal agency is—or certainly should be—familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its security compliance framework. Agencies should also be highly familiar with NIST compliance…
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Security
Going Beyond NIST to Strengthen Your Agency’s Network Security
by Brandon Shopp March 19, 2020Every federal agency is—or certainly should be—familiar with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and its security compliance framework. Agencies should also be highly familiar with NIST compliance…
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Containers. They’re here to stay. According to the report “SolarWinds 2019 IT Trends Report,” 41% of federal and public sector survey respondents ranked containers as a top technology priority over…
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If you’re a federal IT pro of any sort, security is a high priority. In fact, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has a set of security regulations to provide…