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AIOps Isn’t a Tool — It’s a Strategy for the Modern Enterprise

According to Gartner, the use of artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) in large enterprises will increase from a measly 5% in 2018 to 30% in 2023 — that’s 500% growth in just five years. Why the increased need for AIOps? Another report from the AIOps Exchange found that 40% of the surveyed IT organizations saw more than one million alerts every day, with 11% seeing more than 10 million. And while the need is there, IT teams face organizational challenges that hinder their ability to fully adopt AIOps: 

  • Reactive action vs. proactive action: Teams are often in reactive mode as they respond to increasing volumes of incidents. False alarms, data, and noise are on the rise, making it difficult to be proactive and find a true focus.

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Windows as a Service: A Method of Life Cycle Management

A moment five years in the making is here. Support for Windows 7 officially ended on January 14. While not every enterprise has completed the migration to Windows 10, it is the operating system IT teams must focus on moving forward — and it means big changes in how they operate.

“Set it and forget it” is done. At the same time, the pain of migrating thousands of endpoints over to an entirely different OS is too, replaced instead by a new method of ongoing life cycle management.