6 Ways AI and ML Will Change DevOps for the Better
There’s been a lot of media attention in recent years about how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are going to change the world—how they’re going to create new and interesting applications in fields as diverse as education, law, health care and transportation. This may happen. But if I had to bet on a […]
Artificial Intelligence: Coming to the Rescue of ITOps
According to McKinsey’s Global Institute Report of 2018, artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to create an annual value of $3.5 billion to $5.8 billion across different industry sectors. Today, AI in finance and IT alone accounts for about $100 billion; hence, it is becoming quite the game changer in the IT world. With the […]
How Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning Can Help DevOps
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can help the humans in DevOps break free from focusing on simple activities. One aspect of DevOps is automating routine and repeatable actions, and AI and ML can perform these activities with enhanced efficiency to improve the performance of teams and business. There are algorithms that can perform […]
Electric Cloud Applies Machine Learning to DevOps
Machine learning algorithms are being applied to advance DevOps via analytics software that Electric Cloud is making available. Electric Cloud CTO Anders Wallgren said ElectricFlow DevOps Foresight is made possible because of the massive amounts of data that Electric Cloud is able to acquire providing an application release and continuous delivery platform-as-a-cloud service. Electric Cloud […]
Oracle Advances AI Effort to Automate DevOps
Oracle today announced the general availability of an expanded Oracle Cloud Platform service that promises to automate most back-end DevOps processes by relying on a combination of machine learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI). The Oracle platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environment has also been expanded to include Oracle Mobile Cloud Enterprise, Oracle Data Integration […]
Machine Learning: Essential in Cloud Service Management
As businesses today compete more and more on digital experience, you need to ensure that what’s delivered performs optimally and provides an outstanding customer experience. With increasing complexities, growth and change in your IT infrastructure, you need complete visibility into the performance and availability of IT infrastructure, and also the applications that ride on it. […]
Eggplant Extends Scope of AI Applied to Application Testing
Reliance on machine learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence (AI) to not just run application tests at scale but actually construct them may be about to increase. The latest release of a Digital Automation Intelligence (DAI) Suite from Eggplant enhances the AI capabilities baked into the testing tool to include the capture and […]
Dell EMC Bets on Machine Learning to Drive IT Agility
Dell Technologies announced it is infusing machine learning algorithms across its portfolio of server and storage infrastructure to optimize the performance of each individual application using artificial intelligence (AI). At the Dell Technologies World 2018 conference, the Dell EMC arm of Dell Technologies announced it has joined the Intel AI Builders program. Dell EMC and […]
4 Amazing Quantum Computing Applications
Researchers across the globe, from the quantum researchers at University of Maryland synthesizing time crystals, to the research team at the University of New South Wales who are embedding atoms and their electrons into silicon, are pushing quantum computers forward, attempting to arrive at the most powerful quantum computing technology. IBM, Google and Microsoft are […]
VMware Adds Analytics to Automate IT Operations Based on Intent
VMware is moving to make it easier for organizations to automate data centers and public cloud based on its core hypervisor technology by injecting advanced analytics into its VMware vRealize Suite, enabling them to manage IT environments based on intent rather than having to manually manage every process themselves. At the core of those update […]
The 2 Best Ways to Automate Your TechOps
The DevOps community is rapidly building tools and processes to automate more of the DevOps workflow. One key is to put engineers on the front line who can find root causes of problems and automate more of the common tasks. Here are the two key areas to focus on when automating operations processes. Automate Your […]
The Role of DevOps in Building an AI-Ready Infrastructure
The successful application of machine learning for artificial intelligence (AI) requires several contexts to be addressed, primarily the technical, data and business considerations. The Technical From a technical standpoint, in building an AI-ready framework there are choices to be made such as which machine learning framework to select, the type and structure of learning function […]
IBM Advances DevOps for AI Applications
IBM today made its first foray into applying DevOps methodologies to building artificial intelligence (AI) applications. Announced at the IBM Think 2018 conference, the latest IBM tools and services for building AI applications include a Deep Learning as a Service capability that has been embedded with IBM Watson Studio development tools and Watson Data Kits […]
The ‘Blockbuster Effect’ in the Age Of Automation
Saying that new jobs will always be created to replace those that have been eliminated by automation is a mechanism for avoiding a real problem that’s lurking on the horizon. In 2004, at the height of its popularity, Blockbuster Video had more than 9,000 stores and employed more than 80,000 people worldwide. About 50,000 of […]
Focusing on the Real Value of AI for IT Ops
In all the hype over AI, let’s concentrate on the real value it can provide, especially for busy IT Ops teams. 2018 is already shaping up to be the year when AI and machine learning (ML) go mainstream—at least in terms of public awareness, if not yet of actual usable products. As I write this, […]
NASA/JPL Tech-Incubation CEO Talks Artificial Intelligence, Part II
This is the second installment of a two-part Q&A series on artificial intelligence (AI) with AJ Abdallat. It covers AI’s potential significance to computing; how AI affects jobs; the employee specializations needed to fuel AI; big data; and cultural challenges in the enterprise. Be sure to check out Part 1 as well. AJ Abdallat is […]
5 Key 2018 Tech Predictions for the C-Suite
The most important digital trends for C-level business leaders to consider in 2018 relate to digital transformation, artificial intelligence (AI), internet of things (IoT), General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance and cybersecurity. Read on for insights and predictions about why these topics will matter so much to C-suites in 2018. Prediction 1: Digital Transformation—All Aboard! […]
AI Delivering on the Business Analytics Promise
There’s a revolution underway in data analytics that could create a competitive advantage for companies that jump on it. C-suites, take note: AI-powered business analytics is finally delivering future-facing data points that CEOs need to guide their businesses to the sweet spot. The artificial intelligence (AI) technologies machine learning and deep learning are being used […]
The Impact of DevOps and Continuous Testing in 2018
At its core, DevOps is meant to touch an entire organization; however it’s heavily weighted in the software development life cycle (SDLC). That’s why DevOps is going mainstream in 2018. Companies are making the business benefits of DevOps a top priority—it’s all about delivering value to the customer faster through maximum automation of the release […]
Strap in, CIOs: Analysts Predict Wild Ride for 2018-2020
Digital transformation is the underlying theme of many of the 2018 and beyond IT predictions made recently by analyst firms Forrester, Gartner and IDC. Technologies such as cloud, AI, data analytics, big data, blockchain, IoT, conversational interfaces, DevOps and cybersecurity will also force CIOs to perform a juggling act. The rapid evolution of these technologies […]
Morpheus Data Advances DevOps Across Hybrid Clouds
Thanks to the rise of multi-cloud computing, the challenges associated with managing DevOps are becoming exponentially greater. Most IT organizations are not likely to be 100 percent sure at any given time which application workload is running where. To address that issue, Morpheus Data has added a Cross-Platform Discovery module to its Unified Ops Orchestration […]
Logz.io Extends Scope of Log Analytics Service
Log analytics is all the rage these days among IT and security professionals trying to discover the root cause of any performance issue or security breach. But there’s little consensus about how best to go about analyzing logs. Many IT organizations have made major investments in commercial platforms such as Splunk, while others prefer to […]
IPsoft’s 1Desk Advances AI Labor Force Reality
IPsoft wants to put a digital face on the future of IT operations that will be infused by artificial intelligence (AI). Its recently launched 1Desk service desk combines the Amelia digital assistant with IPsoft’s Apollo virtual engineer technology to automate multiple backend processes. Allan Anderson, director of enterprise solutions for IPsoft, says 1Desk effectively combines […]