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Ability to audit or run reports on AI Suggested Solutions
Our CIO has requested if we have an ability to run queries or reports to better view the suggested solutions from GenAI. So far, I have not been able to find this anywhere other than by opening each individual incident. What we are trying to figure out is if our technicians are putting in enough comments and information…
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The Future of AIOps — SolarWinds TechPod 077
Do you ever get the feeling that your computer has gained self-awareness and is trying to take over the world? AIOps expert Aswin Kumar joins hosts Ashley and Sean to talk about AI’s impact today, tomorrow, and beyond, as well as some of the ethical questions we will need to answer before it’s too late.…
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whurley | All Things Quantum — SolarWinds TechPod 050
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open-source advocate, who’s achieved what many geeks only dream of, including critically recognized work at Apple, IBM, and CERN. He’s started and sold businesses; invented, invested, published, advised, and mentored.…
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whurley | Quantum and Beyond — SolarWinds TechPod 051
William Hurley (or “whurley” as he prefers to be called) is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and open source advocate, whose work at Apple, IBM, and in the area of quantum computing is world-renowned. Picking up where we left off in part 1 SolarWinds Head Geek Leon Adato and whurley explore a range of topics – everything…
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08. Her (2013)
Does Tom have no taste in movies? Is Andy a pretentious dork? Will Her destroy the podcast? Tom and I explore the world director Spike Jonze brings to the screen. We discuss if technology can really replace human connection and the existential question, can you fall in love with your phone?…
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Dominating and Protecting the Connected Battlefield
Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article by my colleague Brandon Shopp with ideas for protecting IT assets in battlefield situations. “Dominance” and “protection” sum up the Defense Department’s goals as U.S. armed forces begin to modernize their networks and…
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Digital Transformation Demystified: U.K. NHS Case Study
By Omar Rafik, SolarWinds Senior Manager, Federal Sales Engineering Here’s an interesting article from my colleague Sascha Giese on strategies for digital transformation in the public sector. Our government customers here in the states have similar challenges and should benefit from the discussion. For an organization like…
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Machine Learning and Destroying the Library of Alexandria
Hey THWACKers! Welcome back for week 2 in machine learning (ML). In my last post, Does Data Have Ethics? Data Ethic Issues and Machine Learning, you may have noticed I mentioned "evil" four times, but also mentioned "good" four times. Well, you're in luck. After all that talk about evil and ethics, I want to share with you…
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AI’s Biggest Asset as the Government Embraces Digital Transformation Will Be Hybrid IT and Cloud Computing
By Paul Parker, SolarWinds Federal & National Government Chief Technologist Artificial intelligence (AI) is coming. Contrary to the stuff of science fiction, however, AI has the potential to have a positive impact within the federal IT community. The adoption of AI will likely be the result of the adoption of hybrid and…
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Words Matter
One of my biggest pet peeves with AI is the word itself. Words matter, especially in IT. Whether you’re trying to nail down a scope of work for a project, troubleshooting an outage, or even trying to buy a product, if everyone isn’t using the same terminology, you’re headed for trouble. You could even potentially be headed…