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Applications Manager now supports Azure security services, container services, integration services, storage sync services, app service plans, and more.

82% of organizations plan to increase their use of Service Level Objectives (SLOs), with 95% reporting that SLO adoption drives better business decisions, according to the Nobl9 2023 State of SLOs report. The traditional manual management of SLOs often results in inefficiencies and human errors, hindering productivity. Automating SLO management transforms these processes, enhancing accuracy and operational efficiency.

Arguably the most important part of an on-call product is knowing that you will be notified when things break, wherever you are. When it comes to SMS and phone call notifications, we have to leave the familiar realm of the internet and JSON responses, and deal with systems that provide limited observability and insight into what’s gone wrong.

When working with ML models, it’s fair to say that a model is only as good as the data it was trained on. Training and testing models on quality datasets of an appropriate size is essential for model performance. Because of the intricate link between a model and the data it was trained on, it’s also important to be able to store datasets and versioned models together.

There’s no shortage of new developer tools promising to reduce toil and improve productivity. But investing in the latest technology can require a leap of faith organizations can no longer afford to make. Leaders need assurance that the investment they’re making will pay off, quickly.

In the ITSM world, automation is no longer just a luxury—it’s essential. Automation empowers organizations to enhance operational efficiency, reduce expenses, and boost service reliability. That said, achieving true, sustainable results with automation can be challenging and often comes at a significant cost. Successful delivery of automation requires a clear vision and the strategic adaptation to align with evolving goals and incorporate agility.

Cloud storage solutions can provide public sector organisations with a high degree of flexibility when it comes to their storage needs, either public cloud based, or in their own private clouds. In our previous blog post we looked at the economic differences between these two approaches. In this blog we will explore some of the security best practices when using cloud storage, so that you can ensure that sensitive data remains securely stored and compliance objectives are met.