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Machine learning has become an important component of many applications we use today. And adding machine learning capabilities to applications is becoming increasingly easy. Many ML libraries and online services don’t even require a thorough knowledge of machine learning. However, even easy-to-use machine learning systems come with their own challenges. Among them is the threat of adversarial attacks, which has become one of the important concerns of ML applications.

Microsoft unveiled Windows 11 on June 24, 2021 at its virtual launch event. Though Windows 11 will be officially available on October 5, 2021, Microsoft has shared the initial beta version with members of its Windows Insider Program. Starting October 5th, Microsoft will roll out the Windows 11 upgrade to eligible Windows 10 PCs, and pre-loaded Windows 11 will be available for sale. The latest OS offers significant improvements to security and management features.

When something is wrong with your site, we can already notify you via a lot of different channels: mail, Slack, SMS, Webhooks, ... Today, we're adding support for Telegram notifications. We've polished the entire connection flow and made the notifications themselves interactive.

The service-level agreement (SLA) is a key component to any master service agreement (MSA) for any MSP looking to set clear guidelines with their customers on the services offering. Most of the MSAs I have reviewed outline exactly what the MSP is contractually obligated to provide the customer or business. The SLA is part of the contract where both the provider (you) and customer (them) agree on the IT services delivery model.

New Relic recently published a survey on the observability projections and trends for the year 2021. At observIQ, an emerging platform of choice in the observability space, we decided to give our users a rundown on what we agreed and disagreed within their survey results.

Manually managing groups on a large infrastructure can be a tedious task, and is therefore best suited through automation software like CFEngine. Unfortunately - at time of writing - CFEngine does not have any built-in promise types for managing groups. But fear not; in CFEngine 3.17, custom promise types were introduced.

The four key takeaways for SREs from Google’s State of DevOps 2021 report

Business process automation could be a game-changer for the efficiency of your organization’s workflow. A recent report found that 43% of organizations say that they plan to reduce their workforce due to technology integration. More than 80% of organizational leaders report that they are speeding up work process automation and expanding their use of remote work.

Managing inventory is not as simple as it seems, especially when you have a huge office, multiple facilities, or multiple branches to control. Inventory management includes lots of factors that impact business and inventory is crucial for business and it can be a major part of your business, or it can be MRO (Maintenance repair operation).

IT teams are under immense pressure to work faster than ever and deliver better results—at less cost. And they’re struggling to do it all as their organizations take in rapidly soaring volumes of data that must be captured, analyzed and deployed to improve business outcomes.