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How to Generate a New Puppet Module with VS Code and GitHub Copilot

Revolutionize your infrastructure by leveraging AI tooling in the Puppet ecosystem. In this technical demonstration, we explore how to significantly reduce the time required to create new Puppet modules using Visual Studio Code, GitHub Copilot, and the Puppet Model Context Protocol (MCP) server.

Designing IT for Reliability, Regulation, and Scale: ITOps in MEA

In this first episode of the FSO Spotlight Roundtable Series, we focus on the Middle East and Africa (MEA)—a region where enterprise IT maturity is shaped as much by government-led digital agendas as by organizational priorities. This discussion features regional IT solution experts from across MEA, who share ground-level perspectives on how enterprises are navigating observability, infrastructure design, vendor choices, and operational maturity amid uneven infrastructure readiness and evolving regulatory practices.

How to Prepare Your Network for RTO (Return-to-Office Mandates)

IT teams are being held hostage in the return-to-office debate. They didn't even get a seat at the table. And if you're not at the table, you're on the menu. The job market has cooled dramatically. Canada's unemployment rate hit 7.1% in August 2025, which is the highest since May 2016, excluding pandemic years. Employers noticed. And the RTO mandates started rolling out fast: The debate is heating up. Employees don't want to give up remote work. Executives want people in the office seats.

Understanding Lighthouse: Speed Index

You run Lighthouse and it tells you your Speed Index is bad. But the page looks like it loads fine. You see stuff on screen early. So why is Lighthouse acting like your site is a sloth? Speed Index is a “how fast does this page visually fill in” metric. Not “when did the first pixel show up” (that’s FCP) and not “when did the main content show up” (That’s LCP). It’s the whole above-the-fold loading experience, averaged over time.

What is IT Financial Management? And How ITAM Can Help

IT spending is expected to hit $5 trillion globally this year—and organizations need clarity on where every dollar goes. In this video, we break down IT Financial Management (ITFM): what it is, why it matters, and how it helps businesses make smarter technology investments. This guide will help you build a foundation for financial clarity and accountability.

Will humans be replaced by AI? The truth

Agentic AI doesn’t replace analysts, it augments them. The real value comes from making teams more efficient, not smaller. This is the perspective most people miss. Additional Resources: About Elastic Elastic, the Search AI Company, enables everyone to find the answers they need in real time, using all their data, at scale. Elastic’s solutions for search, observability, and security are built on the Elastic Search AI Platform — the development platform used by thousands of companies, including more than 50% of the Fortune 500.