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InfluxDB is a powerful open-source time-series database widely used for monitoring system performance, IoT metrics, and application telemetry. With SquaredUp's InfluxDB plugin, you can effortlessly visualize and monitor your InfluxDB data, gaining real-time insights into your metrics alongside your other tools and services. This guide will walk you through connecting InfluxDB with SquaredUp, creating dashboards, setting up monitoring, and sharing your visualizations.

Microsoft’s recent trials of Co-Pilot Vision are paving the way for Agentic AI, a proactive and context-aware assistant that can enhance productivity by intelligently responding to user needs. By having visibility into what you’re working on, such AI can anticipate tasks, offer relevant suggestions, and reduce the friction of daily workflows. However, history has shown us that AI assistance, if not executed correctly, can become more of a nuisance than an asset.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived in the workplace, powering everything from the personalization of tailored experiences, to automation, to predictive analytics, all for the purpose of better decision making. No longer a buzzword tossed around in boardroom brainstorming or futuristic planning sessions, AI is a present-day reality reshaping how businesses operate. Generative AI kicked off the revolution, and its rapid adoption is changing how humans create and work.

AI and automation have cemented themselves as pillars of enterprise operations. Both have brought measurable benefits to organizations: efficiency gains, streamlined operations, and new revenue opportunities, to name a few. And with new capabilities like agentic AI bursting onto the scene, AI and automation will only become more impactful in the coming years. But accompanying these new capabilities are new complexities, and they’re evolving just as fast as the technologies themselves.

NIS2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) is the European Union’s updated cybersecurity directive, replacing the original NIS Directive (2016), often referenced to as NIS1. NIS2 was adopted in December 2022 and the deadline for implementation by EU member states was October 17, 2024. NIS2 strengthens cybersecurity requirements across essential and important sectors to enhance cyber resilience and response capabilities.