While the whole point of automation is to make your life easier, getting it off the ground can be a challenge. It’s not as if you just decide, “Hey, we’re going to automate our network now!” and then you follow a fool proof, well-defined process to implement network automation across the board. You have to make many decisions that require long discussions, and downright difficult and careful thinking about how you’re going to automate. By Pete Lumbis, Technical Evangelist Cumulus...
Read MoreToday’s IT infrastructure is a hybrid environment on many levels: a cacophony of legacy architecture, coupled with new technologies and architectures across private and public clouds. It is almost impossible for operations teams to effectively manage all of these disparate elements without the business at some point suffering from performance issues or worse, outages. By David Cumberworth, MD EMEA, Virtana.
Read MoreBy Rachel Rothwell, Regional Director Southern Europe and UK at Zyxel.
Read MoreBy Karen Inbar – Director of Marketing, NICE Advanced Process Automation Solutions at NICE.
Read MoreMore organisations today are realising the advantages that automation can bring their businesses in reducing errors; increasing profitability; driving efficiencies and enhancing competitiveness. These benefits are increasingly clear but achieving them has not been easy historically. The right technology has not always been available and even when it has been, organisations have often struggled to afford the investment required. By Richard Seel, Managing Director, Supply Chain & Logistics (UK &...
Read MoreAccording to a report from analysts at Canalys, the worldwide smart speaker market grew by 187 per cent in the second quarter of 2018. Collectively, Apple, Google, Xiaomi, Amazon, and others shipped 16.8 million units, up from nine million in the first quarter. According to Canalys, there will be more than 200 million by the end of this year, while Juniper Research predicts that there will be 8 billion digital voice assistants by 2023. That’s more than one for every person on the planet. By...
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