We all know the fable about the grasshopper and the ant. While the ant works throughout the summer to store food for the winter, the grasshopper enjoys the sunshine. When winter comes, the grasshopper begs the ant for food, but the ant turns its back. There’s a modern version of that story in which the […]
Automated Remediation Can Make Dashboards a Thing of the Past
A convergence of events – including the global pandemic, a shift to remote work, and increased use of the cloud – has accelerated companies’ digital transformations over the past few years and resulted in an ever-growing labyrinth of hybrid networks and endpoints. Digital transformations may have allowed companies to keep up – to a point […]
Why CIOs Should Invest in Business Automation
In an increasingly challenging economic environment, it’s essential that chief information officers (CIOs) take a thoughtful approach to investing capital. The 2023 Gartner® CIO and Technology Executive Survey found that more than half of digital initiatives lag behind leadership expectations, with 59% reporting the initiatives take too long to complete and 52% reporting the initiatives take too […]
In Tough Economic Times, Enterprises Need to Optimize Their Cloud with Automation
Enterprises are facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of a potential economic downturn. As a result, leaders are making difficult decisions about budgets and staffing, focusing on what and who is essential to the success of the organization. With over 108,000 workers laid off in 2023, many are turning to the cloud as a cost-cutting solution. Navigating Economic […]
Data Scarcity Challenges? Enter Generative AI
Data has been one of the most important talking points in business for the last few years, with good reason. The more data available and harnessed, the easier it is for companies to do everything from building products that solve real-world problems to enhancing marketing efforts effectively and identifying trends and patterns. Yet, laws and […]
Types of Metadata and How to Manage Them
In recent years, active metadata (as opposed to passive metadata) has promoted the development of new types of metadata and ways to manage them. Metadata is a labeling system that can be read by humans and computers and allows search engines to locate data using defined metadata fields. Passive metadata provides a basic identification system […]
How Automation Is Changing the Compliance Workflow
With over 1.1 trillion MB of data generated daily, you would be hard-pressed to find an industry that isn’t leveraging data and technology to drive organizational success. And for good reason – from real-time decision-making to better generating visibility into operations, data has become an indispensable part of the business world’s intelligence toolbox. That said, some sectors […]
AIOps Is Liberating IT Talent
For years, employers have worried about an IT talent shortage, sharpened by the so-called Great Resignation during the COVID years. Now that headlines are dominated by rounds of tech company layoffs, they may think they have the upper hand again. But the truth is that roles for IT skills outside high-profile consumer tech companies are […]
How Automation and AI Will Fill IT Labor Gaps
People who have viewed automation and AI with a sense of dread may be beginning to appreciate how it can reduce the boring, repetitive work that is the bane of their lives. In fact, rather than being a threat to human contributions to the enterprise, automation is a powerful enabler of creative, innovative work. An […]
Understanding the Five Tenets of Intelligent Automation
Data-driven decision-making is a critical aspect of modern business operations, with most organizations leveraging enterprise applications to execute their business processes easily and effectively. However, the users of these tools have historically needed to make a majority of their decisions manually, outside the software, creating inefficiencies that have a negative impact on operations. Businesses are […]