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AI Pipeline: Surfing from Concept to Product Reality — SolarWinds TechPod 084
In this conversation, hosts Sean Sebring and Chrystal Taylor talk with Derek Daly, Principal AIOps Product Manager at SolarWinds. He discusses his career journey and the role of AI and machine learning in the company’s products. He shares insights into the process of introducing AI and machine learning into product…
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Storage Forecasting and Machine Learning With SQL Sentry
To paraphrase British statistician George Box, making perfectly accurate predictions is impossible, but we can strive for predictions that are illuminating and useful. Today, I’ll be reviewing some of the conceptual details that went into the development of our new Storage Forecasting capability. The intent is to show you…
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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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Why Machine Learning Matters
While there are many silly depictions of machine learning and artificial intelligence throughout Hollywood, its reality delivers significant benefits. Administrators today oversee so many tasks, like system monitoring, performance optimizing, networking configuration, and more. Many of these tasks can be monotonous and…
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Three Ways Agencies Can Improve Cloud Security and Performance
The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy (FCCS) makes it clear government agencies have significant responsibilities for protecting cloud-hosted data. The FCCS states the need for agencies to develop their own governance models and create service level agreements to ensure they’ll have continuous access to log data and prompt…
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After the Great Cloud Debate, What’s Next?
This month, we’ve spent time discussing how cloud will affect traditional on-premises IT operations staff. Many of you provided great feedback on how your organizations view cloud computing, whether cloud is a strategic solution for you, and what you give up when you go with a cloud solution. Broadly, your responses fell…
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The Actuator – June 26th
Home after a couple weeks on the road between Cisco Live! and Data Grillen. My next event is Microsoft Inspire, and if you're attending, please stop by the booth so we can talk data. As always, here are some links from the Intertubz that I hope will hold your interest. Enjoy! Meds prescriptions for 78,000 patients left in…
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How Does AI Benefit the Tech World?
For some, artificial intelligence (AI) can be a scary technology. There are so many articles on the web about how AI will end up replacing X% of IT jobs by Y year. There’s no reason to be afraid of AI or machine learning. If anything, most IT jobs will benefit from AI/machine learning. The tech world is always changing,…
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How AI is Transforming the Data Center
There have been so many changes in data center technology in the past 10 years, it’s hard to keep up at times. We’ve gone from a traditional server/storage/networking stack with individual components, to a hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) where it’s all in one box. The data center is more software-defined today than it…
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Warning! A Robot Will Do Your Job Soon
Everyone take a deep breath and calm down. The likeliness of a robot taking over your job any time soon is very low. Yes, artificial intelligence (AI) is a growing trend, and machine learning has improved by leaps and bounds. However, the information technology career field is fairly safe, and if anything, AI/machine…