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The Hidden Sales Power of a 3D Animation Video Production Company

You've got the numbers, the pitch deck, the charts showing hockey-stick growth. But the room is still stiff, polite, and unconvinced. Investors nod, buyers smile, but conversions stay flat. It's not your product's fault-it's how you're showing it. This is where a 3D animation video production company steps in, turning the lifeless data points and technical jargon into visual proof of your product's value. You don't just tell people what your product does. You let them see it, feel it, and believe it.

Embedded Systems Roadmap: Bridging the Gap

It was around mid-2023 that I realized, despite working as a developer in the field, my knowledge of embedded systems needed a significant refresh. It was time to revisit some of the fundamentals and catch up on the latest technologies and best practices. As I began listing topics to review, I searched for existing embedded systems roadmaps online. However, none perfectly matched my specific learning goals.

9 Best IT Alerting Software in 2025 (Plus 3 Open-Source Options)

I’ve curated a list of 9 best IT alerting software and 3 open-source alternatives for you. Every tool on this list handles the core alerting functions you need: incident detection, fast alert delivery, clear escalation paths, and reliable incident logging. Since all these tools tick those boxes, I focused on what makes each tool special. You’ll find their unique features under “Standout Alerting Features of ” for each option.

How AI Agents Reason, Act, and Automate at Scale

In our previous post, we explored the urgent need for intelligent automation in network automation, specifically how the Model Context Protocol (MCP) enables AI agents to dynamically discover and interact with the necessary tools. But access to tools is only part of the equation. To truly operate autonomously in complex environments, agents need not only connectivity but also intelligence.

Grafana Campfire - Using the Grafana MCP Server (Grafana Community Call - July 2025)

In this month of the Campfire Community call, we will exploring the Grafana MCP (Model Context Protocol) server - an open-source tool that enables AI assistants to directly interact with your Grafana instance. We will learn some basics such as: Join me (Usman), Matt Ryer, and David Kaltschmidt for this exciting session. Expert guests: Ioanna Armouti, and Luccas Quadros *HELPFUL LINKS* Feel free to use the YouTube live chat feature to start submitting questions, and we will add them to the agenda.

From Dial-Up to Colo: The Impact of AI on Data Center Design

In this episode of Uplink, we’re joined by Jay Smith, VP of Data Center Operations and Engineering at Evocative. With nearly 30 years in the industry, Jay unpacks how data centers are adapting to support AI’s massive power and cooling demands. This episode covers: Why colo is thriving in the AI era Liquid cooling and rear-door heat exchangers Powering 275kW racks and beyond How AI inference is shifting compute to the edge Career opportunities in infrastructure without a degree.

AI-Driven Alert Correlation with EventiQ in Splunk ITSI

In this video, we introduce EventiQ in Splunk ITSI, a powerful AI-driven solution designed to cut through the noise and help you find the root cause of issues faster. We’ll show you how EventiQ automatically analyzes and groups related alerts into actionable episodes, significantly reducing alert volume. We’ll cover how to enable EventiQ for a Notable Event Aggregation Policy and review the resulting episodes that it creates.

Debug live production issues with the Datadog Cursor extension

The Datadog Cursor Extension uses the Datadog remote MCP Server to give developers access to Datadog tools and observability data directly from within the Cursor IDE. The Cursor Extension enables you to view live variable values that your logpoints capture during execution, and you can use the Cursor Agent to identify the lines of code responsible for the issue at hand. The Datadog Cursor Extension is now available in Preview.