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With the increasing proliferation of connected devices, it might be assumed that deploying software to devices, providing incremental updates, application security and IoT device management at scale are all rolled into companies’ DevOps pipelines as one big happy portfolio. Sadly, this has not been the case to date. Most IoT software updates and management solutions today are operated in a complete silo from corporations’ DevOps processes.

Five worthy reads is a regular column on five noteworthy items we’ve discovered while researching trending and timeless topics. In this edition, we’ll learn about AI deployment in data center operations and how it enables better performance and efficiency.

5G technology promises user benefits that include faster network speeds, better remote access to networks, more seamless videoconferencing, and more robust network security. These are all necessities for the new world of work, and many are eager to embrace them. The technology also offers advantages to telecommunications companies: Despite those benefits, many telecom providers continue to struggle with legacy processes.

Open-source projects gravitate to some common problems in the industry. The use of open-source projects accelerates product/solution development and cuts down the costs. Open-source projects for embedded systems to the cloud are commonplace.

The AWS IoT SiteWise plugin for Grafana was created to enable AWS IoT SiteWise customers to visualize and monitor industrial equipment data using Grafana dashboards. Industrial customers use AWS IoT SiteWise to collect, process, and monitor their industrial data at scale. This plugin allows them to use Grafana dashboards to monitor this data, stored by AWS IoT SiteWise in the AWS Cloud.

So, you’re interested in reaping the rewards of API and automation, but you don’t know where to start? Have you heard people using the term “API” and wondered what it is? Maybe you have a vague idea, but you still have no clue what to do with one? You’ve come to the right place! We pulled together this terminology to help you gain a basic understanding of web services and web API, which will also help you grasp the major concepts of API Testing.