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Leverage AI and predictive analysis to cut costs and eliminate downtime

With the promise of unprecedented potential, artificial intelligence (AI) and predictive analytics have permeated into every field of business. Due to their ability to help retail staff serve customers better, personalize video recommendations based on users’ preferences, reduce employee churn, and detect fraud and security threats, AI and predictive analysis are rapidly being adapted across industry verticals.

Announcing Splunk Data Stream Processor 1.2

As data continues to explode across the enterprise, we are finding that it is becoming increasingly challenging for organizations to keep up. A recent Splunk report, "The Data Age is Here," found that 57% of companies interviewed expressed that the volume of data is growing faster than they can manage, with 47% bluntly saying they will fall behind when faced with rapid data volume growth.

Percepio DevAlert - IoT Device Monitoring and Diagnostics (brief summary)

People often have problems with IoT devices due to software issues, and the developers are largely unaware. What if IoT device developers could be notified about real-world issues in IoT devices automatically and get detailed diagnostics on the very first occurrence? This is provided by Percepio DevAlert, a novel cloud service that gives real-world feedback about issues in the device software, that allows for rapid continuous improvement and for embracing DevOps in IoT device development. Learn from real-world usage and make a great product that beats the competition.

Kubeflow operators: lifecycle management for the ML stack

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, releases Charmed Kubeflow, a set of charm operators to deliver the 20+ applications that make up the latest version of Kubeflow, for easy consumption anywhere, from workstations to on-prem, public cloud, and edge. > Visit Charmed-kubeflow.io to learn more. Kubeflow provides the cloud-native interface between Kubernetes, the industry standard for software delivery and operations at scale, and data science tools: libraries, frameworks, pipelines, and notebooks.

Scaling Puppeteer & Playwright on Checkly with Terraform

Managing large numbers of checks by hand quickly becomes cumbersome. Luckily, Checkly's REST API allows us to automate most of the repetitive steps. Building on that API, the Checkly Terraform Provider takes automation one step further, enabling users to specify their active monitoring setup as code. In this article, we will be building on top of John Arundel's great intro from a few months back and showing how to manage multiple checks using groups and shared code snippets.

How Log Management Underpins The Internet of Things (IoT)

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a term for the ever growing number of internet connected devices that fall beyond the realm of your typical laptop, desktop computer or smartphone. Many of us already own and use IoT devices on a daily basis, these could be anything from "smart" versions of appliances like refrigerators, thermostats and coffee machines through to your expected IoT devices such as Amazon’s Alexa & Google’s home speakers.

Splunk Mobile Update: MDM Support for Microsoft Intune

In May, we announced new updates across the Splunk Connected Experiences portfolio, including support for many popular mobile device management (MDM) providers. With support for MDM capabilities, our customers can securely deploy Splunk Mobile at scale. Today, we are excited to share that Splunk Mobile now supports another popular Mobile Device Management (MDM) provider: Microsoft Intune. You can manage Splunk Mobile on both iOS and Android devices through Microsoft Intune.

AI Chihuahua: Why Machine Learning is Dogged by Failure and Delays - Ian Hellström (D2iQ)

AI is everywhere. Except in many enterprises. Going from a prototype to production is perilous when it comes to machine learning: most initiatives fail, and for the few that are ever deployed, it takes many months to do so. While AI has the potential to transform and boost businesses, the reality for many companies is that machine learning only ever drips red ink on the balance sheet.

Accelerate Your APIs by Using the HAProxy Cache

The age of rendering most of a web page’s contents on the server and then delivering it as a colossal HTML file is fading into the past. Modern web frameworks like Angular, React, and Vue push towards creating components instead—individual elements on the page that fetch their data in the background and poll for asynchronous updates—which can be reused across your site.