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Collective IQ ITAM - the new name for SmartCenter

Almaden is changing the name of SmartCenter to Collective IQ ITAM to reflect its role within the Collective IQ family. Over the coming weeks, you will see the website messaging change to focus on the complementary DEX and ITAM capabilities of Collective IQ. Similarly, the branding within the ITAM solution will be updated to reflect its place in Collective IQ. The Documentation Portal will also be updated to replace SmartCenter with Collective IQ ITAM.

How to Use Snowflake ODBC Connection Strings & Parameters

ODBC connection makes it easy for developers to access data stored in the Snowflake AI data cloud. Even if you aren’t familiar with Snowflake API or have never handled the specific formatting types of data this database supports, ODBC connectivity will still work for you. Using ODBC drivers to connect to Snowflake eliminates the need for manual interventions or finding workarounds.

Unveiling the cloud version of ManageEngine AssetExplorer, our enterprise IT asset management platform

We are thrilled to introduce the cloud version of our comprehensive ITAM platform, ManageEngine AssetExplorer. The on-demand version of AssetExplorer offers IT managers the essentials needed to manage the full life cycle of their IT assets, with multiple discovery methods, inventory management, usage monitoring, procurement, and reports and insights.
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Accelerating Product Delivery: A CTO's Guide to Automating Development Environments

In today's fast-paced tech industry, CTOs of growing scaleups face the challenge of delivering products faster while maintaining high quality and controlling costs. One powerful way to tackle this challenge is by automating development environments, which can significantly improve productivity, reduce errors, and speed up the entire development process. In this guide, we'll explore the benefits of automating development environments and explain why CTOs should prioritize this approach to accelerate product delivery and stay competitive.

Six Compelling Reasons to Choose Motadata AIOps Every Day, Every Time

Is your IT operations team falling short of diagnosing and handling complicated problems? When downtime occurs, managing alerts from numerous applications can be difficult. Every minute of downtime costs your company hundreds of dollars. It highlights a significant concern: the inability to assess and manage incidents. Failure to fix this issue can have serious ramifications. These could include extended downtime, bad customer experience, and lost income.

Essential Kafka Security Best Practices for 2024

Ah, Kafka—the powerhouse behind real-time data streaming in today’s world. It’s efficient, scalable, and handles vast amounts of data with ease. But with great power comes great responsibility, right? And in 2024, with cyber threats more sophisticated than ever, securing your Kafka environment is no longer just a good idea—it’s non-negotiable.

Achieving your AI Strategy with Automation

AI must be the hottest topic in the business news at the moment whether its public offerings like ChatGPT or the plethora of business offerings starting to appear. In a recent Gartner survey1 92% of CIOs believe AI will be implemented in their organizations by 2025 but turning the promise of AI into reality is not easy, in the same survey 49% of leaders highly involved in AI report that their organizations struggle to estimate and demonstrate the technology’s value.

AWS GovCloud vs Azure Government Cloud - What's the Top Government Cloud Provider

If you’re ready to leap to the government cloud, you’re likely looking back and forth between Amazon and Microsoft, wondering which is the best (and safest) bet. We’ve got you covered! Learn all you need to know from our cloud experts about which government cloud offering will work best for you – and it may come as a surprise, but there are other options outside of AWS and Azure… get into the details below!

What is GovCloud - Compete Guide to GovCloud in 2024

If you’re a U.S. federal, state, or local government agency trying to deliver services to the public faster without sacrificing a single inch of security, GovCloud is the PaaS (Platform as a Service) solution. But what exactly is GovCloud, and how can it ensure you deliver services more efficiently and effectively? We’ll tell you all you need to know so you can decide if you’re ready to upgrade your tech stack with this tool.

How to build automatic remediation workflows in Grafana Cloud

When incidents occur, engineers must jump into action to get systems back to running at peak performance. However, there are a myriad of challenges that can prevent them from resolving the issues swiftly. Imagine a scenario where a team of DevOps engineers manages a cloud-based e-commerce platform that experiences occasional spikes in traffic during peak shopping seasons. During one of those major sales events, the team notices a sharp spike in CPU usage across several critical application servers.