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THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT: WHY EVERY TEAM HAS THEIR OWN TOOLS

LEON ADATO, SOLARWINDS HEAD GEEK(YES THAT’S REALLY MY JOB TITLE)

TWITTER: @LEONADATO

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PROBLEM? WHAT PROBLEM?

Image courtesy Mike Gonzalez, 2005

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Leon Adatoo 30 Years in ITo 20 years in monitoringo Nestle®, PNC®

Cardinal Health®,Rockwell Automation®

o SolarWinds Head Geek

o I wear a lab coat. Your arguments are invalid

INTRODUCTIONS

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OBLIGATORY CORPORATE SLIDE

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ARCHITECTURAL SPAGHETTI FROM HELL

syslog

syslog

Symantec Corp

Primary DC

User Space

EMC

syslogExchangedatabases

Misc Servers

50 AP’s

3k desktops

IBMApps

EMC Monitoring & Management

IBM Monitoring & Management

Storage Monitoring

EnvironmentalMonitoring

SNMP-based Monitoring

DatabaseMonitoring

Server Monitoring

Syslog for Network team

Syslog/trap for Audit team

Agent-basedMonitoring

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HOW THINGS GROW ORGANICALLY

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• Fear of conflict• Lack of Trust

WHY? WHY WHY

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• Why didn't you include this in the budget request cycle?• Why don't you use the corporate solution?• Why don't you put it up for RFP?• Why don't you use the solution Bob's team found?

FEAR OF CONFLICT

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LACK OF TRUST

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• How much can we spend without anyone noticing?• …and/or needing to ask for approval?

• What will we know how to support• What will run on that spare laptop bob has under his desk?

• …or vm we didn't decommission?• …or within our existing cloud allowance?

WHY THIS IS BAD

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UNITASKERS – BAD FOR THE KITCHEN AND THE DATA CENTER

“The only unitasker allowed in my kitchen is a fire extinguisher”

- Alton Brown

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DEVOPS TO THE RESCUE!

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CAN YOU EVEN SEE THE PROBLEM?

How’s the water?

What’s WATER?!

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IT’S THE INFORMATION, STUPID!

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The important partNOT the important part

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SOLUTION TIME

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FEATURE FUNCTION MATRIX

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THE POINT: TRY NOT TO MISS IT

Your goal

What they are using their software to accomplish

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MONEY, IT'S A GAS

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YOU KEEP USING THAT WORD

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YOU KEEP USING THAT WORD

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…what is probably a decent person having a frustrating day.

NEVER ATTRIBUTE TO MALICE…

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THE COMPLETELY UN-NECESSARY SUMMARY SLIDE

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QUESTIONS?

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