The movies are filthy with examples of artificial intelligence. Some, like the first Terminator, are evil. Some, like the Star Wars droids, work for the good guys. And so many…
I Can Do That, Dave: Exploring AIOps
Becoming Hybrid: Operating Your Cloud Environment
It’s a day for celebration! Our migration is complete, and our applications are now running in the cloud environment best suited to their needs. The rest of our application inventory,…
The Best Way to Make Your Application Faster
There are two easy ways to make your cloud application faster and they’re homonyms; cash being the first and cache being the second. (Sorry, but not sorry, for the dad…
IoT and Privacy: The Connected Toilet Strikes Again
There’s a new loo. If you’re a gadget-head, you’ve probably seen more than a few of the bizarre inventions debuted at CES over the years, including the new smart toilets.…
Becoming Hybrid: Executing the Migration
The day has finally come. We’ve potentially ventured out of our comfort zone to collect information on business strategy and requirements from the leaders in our company. We then put…
SolarWinds x Cloud Field Day 7
Cloud Field Day, hosted by Gestalt IT, is an invite-only, live-streamed technical meeting focused on the impact of cloud on enterprise IT. Held over 2-3 days, the event brings together…
Becoming Hybrid: Selecting a Cloud Platform
All right, this is where things start to get more fun. To this point we’ve done a lot of talking about things NOT cloud platform related, including requirements gathering and…
The Top Five Security Fails in Every Data Breach
If your company hasn’t had a data breach, it’s only a matter of time until it happens. Unless you begin to make a big investment in security, have regular audits…
Preventing Forest Fires With Smart Technology
Australia had a disastrous end of 2019 and start to 2020 before much-needed rain helped contain some of the worst fires in February. More than 20% of Australia’s forests burnt…
Cheeseburgers on the Grill: ITOM on the Menu
The IT industry loves its acronyms. From ACK to ZTP, if it’s a thing in IT, it has an acronym. But if any industry goes more over the top on…