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IT Inventory Management software is essential for organizations because it automates and streamlines many of the tasks involved in managing IT assets. With so many options available, choosing the right one isn’t always easy. To help, we combined market research based on public data with our experience supporting hundreds of organizations in implementing InvGate Asset Management, our IT Asset Management solution.

Every law firm I meet can explain its information security policy in minutes. Far fewer can tell me which AI tools their staff actually used last week, and what data those tools touched. That gap is where Shadow AI sits, such as unsanctioned, unmonitored use of generative AI slips in. It promises speed, but it quietly creates exposure: confidentiality breaches, weak auditability, and a risk to governance when the regulator (or a client’s GC) asks hard questions.

ilert’s engineering team has developed an open Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that enables AI assistants to securely interact with your alerting and incident management workflows, from determining who is on call to creating incidents. In this article, we provide a simple explanation of MCP, outline the reasons behind our investment in it, describe the high-level architecture, and explain how to connect Claude, Cursor, and other MCP clients to ilert today.

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Security data is exploding. Most organizations see their telemetry volumes double every two to three years, driven by cloud adoption, distributed architectures, and an expanding attack surface. Yet only a small percentage of that data contains real indicators of compromise. Analysts estimate that nearly 80 percent of SIEM and observability logs have little or no analytical value.

Platform teams handle cluster provisioning manually because it requires oversight. A product team needs a cluster, so they submit a request. Someone reviews the configuration, provisions it through the cloud provider, waits for it to spin up, and sends back access details. Two days later, the cluster is ready. The delay is intentional. Without review, teams provision oversized clusters that blow budgets, misconfigure networking, or deploy in the wrong regions.

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The Distinct Value Cache (DVC) available with InfluxDB 3 Core and InfluxDB 3 Enterprise lets you cache distinct values of specific columns and query those values in under 30ms. The DVC is an in-memory cache that stores distinct values of one or more columns in a table. It is typically used to cache distinct tag values, but you can also cache distinct field values.

Large enterprises face the challenge of managing high-volume, very diverse data streams that span both legacy and modern, digital systems and applications. To gain timely, accurate insight across this kind of complexity, IT teams need observability platforms that can do more than just monitor - they must also unify, contextualize and enrich data so teams can act effectively to protect the availability of the services their customers rely on.

A well-structured server infrastructure is not just about having the right hardware in place. It is about creating a strong foundation that ensures performance, security, and reliability. Poorly designed infrastructure can lead to downtime, security breaches, and reduced efficiency. On the other hand, an optimized setup empowers businesses to scale, innovate, and meet customer demands effectively.