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New Analyst Report: The State of Microsoft 365 Performance Management

Martello recently commissioned EMA to conduct an entirely independent exploration of the state of Microsoft 365 and how enterprises are managing its performance and user experience in today’s modern workplace. With special attention given to Microsoft Teams, EMA set out to gauge the criticality, impact, performance, management, challenges, and best practices of Microsoft 365.

All about the Grafana Labs Hackathon 2.0

After the success of our first company-wide hackathon last June, we committed to hosting more hackathons each year. So in December, Grafana Labs invited the company to once again press pause on the daily grind and commit five days to our second hackathon. And the Grafanistas showed up: 148 staffers (almost 20% more than the last round) signed on for the week-long event that involved virtual brainstorming, collaborative coding, and creative presentations.

Insurance Management Software (2022 Guide)

Insurance management software automates customer service and office management activities for insurance agencies. Many insurance agency software solutions include task management systems and cloud storage facilities, enabling team members to centralize key administrative tasks without having to navigate between multiple platforms. It’s a no-brainer for all agencies. Insurance agents are wasting far too much time on tedious and repetitive tasks that could easily be automated.

What Are the Essential Features of Predictive Maintenance?

Giving maintenance on time is incredibly significant. If maintenance is not done on time, it can increase your maintenance expenditure by 15 percent to 40 percent. However, if you provide maintenance proactively you can save maintenance expenses up to 40 percent. Therefore, investing in an automated predictive maintenance tool is essential for organizations, especially when they have hundreds of assets and pieces of equipment.

Network AF, Episode 8: Staying curious with Ron Winward

In the first podcast episode of 2022, Avi welcomes Ron Winward to Network AF! Ron is the vice president of network services at INAP, global provider of secure, performance-oriented, hybrid infrastructure. Like Avi, Ron also grew up in Pennsylvania and is a member of the East Coast Access of Infrastructure.

AIOps: Predict and prevent IT issues before they happen

In today’s highly competitive and volatile business environment, service outages can result in the loss of customers. Because of those high stakes, it’s imperative that companies take action to avoid outages. But how can you prevent them before they happen? Enter artificial intelligence (AI). AI and machine learning can run in the background to monitor systems and detect anomalies before humans can spot them. ServiceNow Predictive AIOps was designed with this purpose in mind.

In the need for speed, filmstrip and other powerful tools offer better transparency into website speed metrics

Talk about performance — and about how to make website content load faster — has increasingly been centered around optimizing web experiences leading to higher end-user engagement. More specifically, around metrics leading to website speed, greater conversions and ROI. Seeing what slows down your website and taking action will lead to better results overall.

Big Growth Forecasted for Big Data

These are heady times to be in the big data business, with big growth predicted for the foreseeable future across several measures, including data generation and storage, market spending, and data analytics hiring. First, the growth of data shows no signs of slowing down. In fact, data creation leaped forward in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to IDC’s DataSphere and StorageSphere reports.