As we enter the new era of 4.0, we are thrilled to introduce a range of fresh and user-friendly features. Take a peek into your brand new User Inbox, a centralized hub for all your notifications. Explore the enhanced Connectivity add-on with Circuit Management, allowing you to conveniently bundle your connections. And for those managing multiple outlets, get ready to experience the upgraded Outlet Control functionality that will surely delight you.

What began with siloed shared services models—which consolidated a single business function’s scattered processes into one cohesive structure—has evolved over the past decade into integrated global business services (GBS) that seek to transform internal and external operations at scale. The GBS model remains a work in progress, according to GBS experts in a ServiceNow-commissioned white paper by Deborah Kops.

This article, written by Shan Desai, was originally published on his blog and is reposted here with permission. Shan is a Software engineer currently employed at Emerson Discrete Automation and is an Open-Source Contributor / DIY Tech Enthusiast currently working with Industrial IoT. Telegraf is widely used as a metric aggregation tool thanks to the diverse number of plugins it provides that interface with a multitude of systems without having to write complex software logic.

Data Lakes can be difficult and costly to manage. They require skilled engineers to manage the infrastructure, keep data flowing, eliminate redundancy, and secure the data. We accept the difficulties because our data lakes house valuable information like logs, metrics, traces, etc. To add insult to injury, the data lake can be a black hole, where your data goes in but never comes out. If you are thinking there has to be a better way, we agree!