Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Automating the monitoring process for a huge amount of servers, virtual machines, applications, services, private and public clouds is a main driver for users when they decide to use Icinga. In fact, monitoring large environments is not a new demand for us at all. We experienced this challenge in tandem with many corporations for many years.

Businesses heavily rely on IT Service Management (ITSM) platforms to ensure the smooth functioning of critical services. While these platforms offer excellent incident management capabilities—tracking, organizing, and reporting incidents—they often fall short when it comes to fast, reliable resolution. Enter incident resolution automation, a game-changer in optimizing ITSM investments.

I promised more Build modules in my previous monthly Monday module blog post: package-method-winget. And here they are: windows-capability and windows-optional-feature.

Ever want a custom CFEngine Agent logo? Check out agentsvg. You can find agentsvg in core/contrib/ it’s a python script that can generate CFEngine agent logos. In addition to customizing the head and body colors you can customize the arm positions to be up, down, out or angled and the legs can be straight or out Happy Friday!

Today, business leaders around the world, especially those in charge of consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies, are using artificial intelligence (AI) in their distribution networks and supply chain as part of their constant evolution in such a competitive market. Their main objective in leveraging AI is to obtain more precise and efficient demand management, leading to correct and optimal management of inventories, cost reductions and revenue growth.

In the ever-evolving IT landscape, new buzzwords and acronyms seem to emerge almost daily, each promising to revolutionize how we manage technology. One such term that’s gaining traction is Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms (SOAPs). You’ve probably seen the news by now: Gartner just released their latest Magic Quadrant for Service Orchestration and Automation Platforms.

AI must be the hottest topic in the business news at the moment whether its public offerings like ChatGPT or the plethora of business offerings starting to appear. In a recent Gartner survey1 92% of CIOs believe AI will be implemented in their organizations by 2025 but turning the promise of AI into reality is not easy, in the same survey 49% of leaders highly involved in AI report that their organizations struggle to estimate and demonstrate the technology’s value.

Did you know you can use variables in class expressions? If you are reading this, you probably are already familiar with the ability to use class expressions to restrict the context of multiple promises. For example, here we have three reports type promises, all guarded by the class expression linux::.