One hundred and forty eight blog articles (and counting)...it's been a busy 2018 for the Paessler team of bloggers! And being the geeks that we are, it's been a blast writing about topics that we love: networking and tech. Now — as is customary this time of year — we thought we'd take a moment to look back on 2018 on our blog.
The Internet of Things has finally started transitioning from a trendy buzzword into a realistic technology with tangible use cases, and we were fortunate enough to get involved in one of these. Specifically: Paessler partnered with Sigfox, a provider of a solution for connecting IoT devices. Together, we took on the (extremely geeky) task of helping monitor the environment at The National Museum of Computing to show what a real-life application of IoT could be.
Speaking of the IoT, we also launched our IoT World site (which we will keep working on in 2019).
Oh, and one more mention of Patrick: have a look at his take on hacking in the age of AI (told you he doesn't shy away from big topics).
Meanwhile, my other colleague, Sascha, gave some fascinating insights into the rise of DevOps and the impact it has on the traditional system administrator.
We Helped Admins
System administration is also about the soft skills, too. We considered some communication skills that are important for sysadmins, and we gave some tips on how to deal with some typical users you might come across on a daily basis.
When it comes to assisting IT professionals, it's not all about the blog posts. We also try and publish some guides or references that might be useful. Here are some of our readers' favorites (just in case you missed them during the year):
We released some native healthcare sensors for PRTG, and we explained how to use them to monitor your healthcare workflows.
We also published a guide to monitoring Fortigate firewalls with PRTG, which was put together by a PRTG user. We love sharing information from users that can benefit other users, and this is something we will do more of in 2019. So if you have content — whether it is a blog article, reference guide, or cool scripts — get in touch with us!
One of my favorite articles of the year was the story about a colleague who accidentally sent an Outlook E-mail message to the wrong recipient (me!)...we've all been there, and Sascha gives you some options in case this ever happens to you.
Of course, these were just some of the many highlights we had in 2018. Make sure you don't miss any in 2019, and sign up for our weekly newsletter, where we send the posts from the week directly to your inbox.
Tell us how we can make the blog better! What content do you want to see more of? Or less of? What were your favorite Paessler Blog posts of the year? Let us know in the comments!