Glen Knight

NYC Based IT Professional

In the Works – 3 More AWS Local Zones in 2020, and 12 More in 2021

We launched the first AWS Local Zone in Los Angeles last December, and added a second one (also in Los Angeles) in August of 2020. In my original post, I quoted Andy Jassy’s statement that we would be giving consideration to adding Local Zones in more geographic areas. Our customers are using the EC2 instances […]

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re:Invent 2020 – Preannouncements for Tuesday, December 1

Andy Jassy just gave you a hint about some upcoming AWS launches, and I’ll have more to say about them when they are ready. To tide you over until then, here’s a summary of what he pre-announced: Smaller AWS Outpost Form Factors – We are introducing two new sizes of AWS Outposts, suitable for locations […]

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AWS Panorama Appliance: Bringing Computer Vision Applications to the Edge

At AWS re:Invent today, we gave a preview of the AWS Panorama Appliance. Also, we announced the AWS Panorama SDK is coming soon. These allow organizations to bring computer vision to their on-premises cameras and make automated predictions with high accuracy and low latency. Over the past couple of decades, computer vision has gone from […]

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Amazon Lookout for Vision – New ML Service Simplifies Defect Detection for Manufacturing

Today, I’m excited to announce Amazon Lookout for Vision, a new machine learning (ML) service that helps customers in industrial environments to detect visual defects on production units and equipment in an easy and cost-effective way. Can you spot the circuit board with the defect in these images? Maybe you can if you are familiar […]

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New – Amazon Lookout for Equipment Analyzes Sensor Data to Help Detect Equipment Failure

Companies that operate industrial equipment are constantly working to improve operational efficiency and avoid unplanned downtime due to component failure. They invest heavily and repeatedly in physical sensors (tags), data connectivity, data storage, and building dashboards over the years to monitor the condition of their equipment and get real-time alerts. The primary data analysis methods […]

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Tata Consultancy Services Partners with PagerDuty to Accelerate Digital Transformation Across Key Industries

New global strategic alliance will help enterprises modernize operations to enable digital business success with industry-specific solutions and services SAN FRANCISCO–PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD), a global leader in digital operations management, today announced a global alliance with Tata Consulting Services, a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, to develop a new generation of […]

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Broadcom Unveils the Industry’s First Open AIOps Platform Delivering a New Level of Full-Stack Observability for Hybrid Clouds

Empowering Organizations to Achieve Digital Agility through Actionable Insights that Enhance Customer and Employee Engagement SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2020 — Broadcom Inc. (NASDAQ:AVGO) today announced the availability of the latest generation of AIOps from Broadcom, an open platform with artificial intelligence, machine learning and end-to-end observability that helps organizations achieve operational excellence. AIOps allows business and IT leaders […]

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Broadcom Extends AIOps Platform Reach

Broadcom today extended the reach of its artificial intelligence for IT operations (AIOps) platform to provide full-stack observability via integrations with 15 third-party data sources including Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, PagerDuty, Splunk, ServiceNow, SolarWinds and Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager. In addition, Version 2.0 of AIOps from Broadcom now captures data at the chip level to […]

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Why Secrets Management is Critical to DevOps Pipeline Security

While valuable, secrets management also can be difficult for DevOps teams to employ. Here’s what you need to know Business is all about speed. Companies want to innovate and deliver functionality faster to remain competitive. This explains the increasing popularity of DevOps as a go-to model for rapid application delivery. A recent Gartner report indicated […]

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Antipatterns That Hurt DevOps Implementations

Avoiding these DevOps antipatterns can help organizations reap the benefits of implementations faster It’s a given that all organizations at some point will suffer from poor development practices when trying to find the perfect balance between software development and IT operations. The good news, however, is that implementing DevOps can help you improve these processes […]

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