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Thank you for being part of this year’s SCOMathon, covering 11 hours of pure Microsoft System Center Operations Manager topics delivered by leading subject matter experts. To take you even further on your exciting SCOM journey, NiCE offers free, one-to-one Azure SCOM MI consulting tailored to your technical expertise. Monitoring with Azure SCOM MI and the good old on-prem SCOM environments is clearly seeing a hype.

If you’re looking for a short answer on OpenSearch vs Solr, here’s a flow chart: We normally recommend the one you (or your team) already know or the prefer because, for most projects, there’s not that much in it in terms of features. Both search engines are well supported and have strong communities behind them. That said, there are significant differences, too.

Choosing the right solution to manage your application & environment infrastructure is crucial. As the demand for environments as a service (EaaS) continues to increase, more and more platforms are emerging, making it difficult to decide which one to choose. In a recent comparative analysis of environment-as-a-service (EaaS) solutions on the market, Qovery was one of four solutions evaluated, alongside Release, Bunnyshell, and AWS Proton. The study was conducted by Pablo E.

Generative AI projects like ChatGPT have motivated enterprises to rethink their AI strategy and make it a priority. In a report published by PwC, 72% of respondents said they were confident in the ROI of artificial intelligence. More than half of respondents also state that their AI projects are compliant with applicable regulations (57%) and protect systems from cyber attacks, threats or manipulations (55%). Production-grade AI initiatives are not an easy task.

Location-based marketing has been around for a while. Marketers have used ZIP codes to send personalized marketing messages to target audiences. However, these tactics are limited. For example, you can’t trigger ads in real-time or at the moment of highest intent. But what if you could target the right customers at the right place and time? Enter geofencing.

As we continue to journey through 2023, one of the highlights in the tech world has been the evolution of Azure Storage, Microsoft’s cloud storage solution. Azure Storage, known for its robustness and adaptability, has rolled out several exciting updates this year, each of them designed to enhance user experience, improve security, and provide more flexibility and control over data management.

Earlier this month, we released the first version of our new natural language querying interface, Query Assistant. People are using it in all kinds of interesting ways! We’ll have a post that really dives into that soon. However, I want to talk about something else first. There’s a lot of hype around AI, and in particular, Large Language Models (LLMs).

Asset management has become an essential part of businesses across various industries. From tracking tools, equipment, and machinery to monitoring the movement of goods, asset management helps organizations to optimize their operations and streamline their processes. However, with advancements in technology, traditional asset management techniques are slowly becoming outdated. One such technology that is on the rise is Bluetooth tracking.