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OpCon 18.1: Searching for the ultimate UI

OpCon 18.1: Search­ing for the Ulti­mate UI Way back in the 70s, video games burst into our homes, and like many teenagers of that era I was hooked on both…

OpCon 18.1: Moving from MVP to MVP

Minimum Viable Product (MVP) is a common technique employed by startups and companies creating new products. The logic is simple: Add the minimum number of…

The sheer pleasure of automation

Growing up I never considered myself to be creative. I wasn’t good at art and never in my mind ever created anything. Even after decades of designing and…

Using KPIs to improve automation adoption

Good managers will use Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure performance of people, departments, products and even the entire company. KPIs are inherent…

Still using paper-based checklists?

I visited two companies recently who, despite having large and complex IT systems, are still using daily IT checklists based around pen and paper. Surprised? I…

WannaCry ransomware – staying up to date with WSUS & automation

This week’s WannaCry ransomware attacks have, again, made it painfully obvious how important software updates are to organizations. There’s an obvious answer:…

McKinsey Global Insights: Harnessing automation for a future that works

Hundreds of organizations around the world rely on OpCon’s automation to improve performance and reduce errors and overhead costs. Our clients know that…

Larry Ellison, Chairman & CTO of Oracle, talks automation and the generational shift in the cloud market

Larry Ellison, chairman and CTO of Oracle, one of SMA Technologies’ technical partners, talked at Oracle OpenWorld about the changing landscape of cloud…

A look At how IT can drive Innovation

SMA Technologies’ Kathy Hooker Burress discusses how changes in IT can drive innovation in other areas of an organization Type “changing role of IT” into…

How to improve disaster recovery processes

Workload automation tools can carry out disaster recovery processes with minimal oversight. There are many contingencies that business leaders must prepare…

Making a case for DR automation

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