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Intro to OEE

Efficient manufacturing is important for saving companies time, money, and energy. Making decisions based on data can improve efficiency, but there’s a lot of data to sort through. Manufacturing equipment contains many sensors, especially in the IIoT space. Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) was first described by Seiichi Nakajima in the mid-twentieth century as part of his Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) method.

Ansible Key Terms: Getting Started

If you’re a systems administrator, there’s a good chance you’ve heard of Ansible. But if you’re not familiar with the tool or just getting started with it, there are some key terms and concepts you need to know. Here we will give you an overview of Ansible, from its origins to the latest features. We’ll also cover some of the key terminology associated with Ansible so you can start using it effectively immediately.

ROI Benefits of APM Tools

Software applications have become crucial for business growth and success in today's world. However, as businesses become increasingly competitive, the necessity to provide top-notch software applications is also increasing. Additionally, as organisations gravitate towards developing extensive, feature-rich applications, they are witnessing an increase in software complexity – that can often cause things to get out of hand very quickly.

N-able recognized as Number 1 RMM software in CRN ARC Awards

For the second year running, CRN readers have voted N-able as the Number 1 RMM software in the Annual Report Card (ARC) Awards. The ARC Awards are one of the most prestigious honors in the IT industry, highlighting vendors’ commitment to partner satisfaction and reinforcing their dedication to channel partners through nurturing and growing partner relationships.

incident.io + Indent - on-demand system access

At incident.io, we empower teams to run incidents quickly and effectively from start to finish. One of the ways we help is by taking the manual admin out of your incidents. More often than not, folks are spending too much time thinking about the process, when the time would be better spent focusing on fixing. Our automated workflows, nudges and prompts help to embed best practices and unlock time for more impactful work.

Monitoring - Best Practices for Alerting - New Whitepaper!

When evaluating a monitoring product, it is essential you fully understand its alerting capabilities. Alerting is a responsive action triggered by a change in conditions within the system being monitored. Typically, an alert can be defined by a condition to trigger the alert and an action defining what that alert should do when the trigger condition occurs.

Healthcare IT Security Budgets Aren't Keeping Pace With IoMT Threats

The impact of ransomware attacks on healthcare is as alarming as it is under-addressed. These attacks on the United States healthcare system alone are causing an annual burden of nearly $21 billion, including well over $100 million in ransoms. While the financial costs help illustrate the scale of the problem, the true cost is the tragic reality of impacted patient care – including higher patient mortality rates.

Mattermost Playbooks How-to: OKR Management

Creating, managing, and tracking high level goals can be incredibly burdensome and complex for organizations with numerous stakeholders and cross-functional collaboration. Team leads and executives manage multitudes of reporting tools and departments while contributors often have little visibility into the process of creating goals or the progress towards achieving those goals.