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NiCE DB2 Management Pack 4.40 for Microsoft SCOM

The NiCE DB2 Management Pack enables advanced health and performance diagnostics for Db2 databases. Health and performance measurement is directly displayed in your Microsoft System Center console. Integrations into SquaredUp dashboards make it even easier to tune Db2 monitoring. Leverage your existing investment, reduce costs, save time and build efficiencies that will last beyond your expectations.

Update for our Community

Hello Everyone! As Feu had mentioned in their post earlier this week, we are restructuring how we work and how we communicate. From maintaining the project, to developing, to doing our events and working with you – the community. We see that we have been underperforming in a few aspects of our work: mainly the open communication with our open source community, and we want to change that.

The State of Robotics - March 2020

Damn it March. 2020 was doing so well. The biggest news last month was the dramatic escalation of COVID-19. We won’t go into any detail, I’m sure you’re seeing enough of that. But due to the outbreak, the state of robotics this March has been, heartwarming. We have seen a surge in online learning platforms, companies, startups and communities rising to the challenge.

LXD 4.0 LTS stable release is now available

The stable release of LXD, the machine container hypervisor, is now available. LXD 4.0 is the third LTS release for LXD and will be supported for 5 years, until June 2025. This version comes with a significant amount of new features including adding virtual machines (VMs) support, the introduction of projects and improved networking, storage and security capabilities.

Edge AI in a 5G world - part 4: How your business can benefit from 'smart cell towers'

In part 1 we talked about the industrial applications and benefits that 5G and fast compute at the edge will bring to AI products. In part 2 we went deeper into how you can benefit from this new opportunity. In part 3 we focused on the key technical barriers that 5G and Edge compute remove for AI applications. In this part we will summarise the IoT use cases that can benefit from smart cell towers and how they will help businesses focus their efforts on their key differentiating advantage.

Top 15 Helpdesk Software and Ticketing Systems

The fierce competition existing in the market today is a result of the numerous choices available for customers. All they need is a click to switch brands. It’s that simple. Traditionally, product and price were the two elements that gave businesses a competitive edge. This is no longer the case. Increasingly, customers are valuing experience more than product and price. A recent study shows that customer experience is surpassing product and price in brand differentiation.

Have you modified your network configs for remote workers? Keep track of and manage changes.

By now, we’re all fairly aware that the ongoing crisis has changed the way people work. Businesses around the globe have adopted the remote working model. Many jobs today are compatible with remote working, with business-critical applications readily accessible through the internet. However, not all applications deployed in an organization are available through the internet. Some of them are available only on the business’ LAN due to security concerns.

Cortex v1.0 released: The highly scalable, fast Prometheus implementation is generally available for production use

We’re happy to announce that Cortex v1.0 has been released! The horizontally scalable, durable, and fast Prometheus implementation is now generally available for production use. At Grafana Labs, we’ve been using Cortex in production for almost three years, including to power the Prometheus backend for the Grafana Cloud managed logging and metrics platform.