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How Puppet is Redefining Infrastructure Management with AI, Powered by Perforce Intelligence

AI has emerged as a defining force in modern technology, spearheading transformation across industries. Yet, despite its promise to revolutionize workflows and unlock unprecedented efficiency, most DevOps organizations face significant hurdles in adopting AI safely and effectively. Concerns about complexity, scalability, and governance hold many decision makers back.

Getting Started with Puppet Infra Assistant: A Complete Guide

Managing today's complex enterprise infrastructure presents significant challenges — from siloed data and steep learning curves to time-consuming troubleshooting. As the pace of business accelerates and infrastructure demands grow, these obstacles are increasingly difficult to overcome. That’s why we built Infra Assistant, a new AI capability in Puppet Enterprise Advanced, powered by Perforce Intelligence.

The Cost of Waiting: Why Operationalizing AI in IT Can't Be Delayed Any Longer

Most IT leaders already understand that AI is the future of operations, but too many are still treating it like it’s so far off. The irony? Waiting is exactly what’s costing them the most. While businesses obsess over budget cuts, resource constraints, and service quality, one truth remains: delays in adopting AI for IT operations are compounding operational inefficiencies, inflating labor costs, and stalling digital progress. AI isn’t just about innovation; it’s about scale.

How AI + Automation Are Paving the Way for Autonomous Networks

Network management teams are drowning in alerts, tickets, and manual escalations—slowing MTTR, driving up costs, and jeopardizing service quality. But the rise of AI-driven automation is changing the game. In this webinar replay, experts from Grokstream and Resolve will discuss how AIOps and automation are shaping the future of autonomous networks. Join Josh Kindiger and Ari Stowe to see firsthand how AI can reduce noise, detect root causes, and trigger end-to-end remediation without manual effort.

Puppet Infra Assistant: AI-Powered Natural Language Queries

Finding critical infrastructure insights shouldn't be a game of hide-and-seek. The new AI-powered Infra Assistant is a natural language interface that allows users of any skill level to chat with Puppet data and services for quick insights and reporting on infrastructure state. You don't need any Puppet experience to get started; it's safe to use in your infrastructure; and it's secured with explicit opt-in and robust role-based access control.

Setup Guide: Infra Assistant for Natural Language Puppet Queries

Learn how to get started with Puppet Infra Assistant quickly with a step-by-step guide and examples. Infra Assistant makes it easier to interact with Puppet data and services with a natural language interface. It's "bring your own key" with support for OpenAI and Azure OpenAI (with more coming soon), and secured with opt-in requirements and role-based access control.

5 Ways to Use AI to Map Your Startup's Critical Path

Startups move fast. Every decision counts. Mapping your critical path, which includes the sequence of tasks that determines your project's timeline, keeps you on track. Interestingly, AI makes this process sharper, faster, and more precise. It cuts through complexity, spots risks, and aligns your team. This guest post breaks down a few practical ways to use AI for mapping your startup's critical path.

5 Use Cases Requiring Transformative AIOps Tools

As infrastructure grows in complexity, the demand for intelligent, autonomous operations is no longer optional. AIOps tools help IT organizations sift through data noise and detect what matters. But insights alone don’t close the loop. Without automation, even the most accurate prediction still relies on humans to triage, decide, and resolve. This is the gap intelligent automation fills.