AIOps Evolution Podcast

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 35 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speakers: Bryan Dell and Mohan Kompella from BigPanda This week in AIOps Evolution Weekly: BigPanda has been a leader in the AIOps market for the last ten years. From day one the company has been built to solve problems. It's evident that they are solving more than problems, but innovating the AIOps industry. They recently became the 800 pound panda in the AIOps market valuing over USD 1.4 billion. Additionally, BigPanda just announced they raised $190 million in funding to help them secure their position in the marketplace. In this market where everyone is pedaling AIOps, BigPanda knows they've got to stand out. So, what brings customers to the AIOps table and what are the differentiators they're looking for? What does "domain agnostic" AIOps mean? In this episode of the AIOps Evolution Podcast, Sean got the chance to discuss this question with BigPanda's Bryan Dell, Chief Financial Officer, and Mohan Kompella, Product Marketing Lead. Discover more from BigPanda: https://www.bigpanda.io/ Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 34 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speakers: Trent Fitz and Ani Gujrathi from Zenoss In this insightful episode of AIOps Evolution: We dive into how AIOps has evolved…and continues to evolve. We've come a long way from Gen 1 AIOps, which was based mainly on root cause analysis, or pinpointing a problem for the IT team. Gen 2 AIOps is here and it is the next step up in AIOps. It provides faster insights with topology and connectivity built into the AIOps system. What does that mean? The IT team jumps in to resolve the issue even faster than before. Sean discusses what's next in the AIOps evolution with Trent Fitz and Ani Gujrathi from Zenoss. Discover more about Zenoss: https://www.zenoss.com/ Find out more about Windward: https://www.windward.com/

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 33 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speaker: Jayanti Murty from Digitate In this episode of AIOps Evolution: Sean interviewed Jayanti Murty, CTO (Americas) at Digitate. They discussed what's fueling AIOps trends now and what we can expect looking down the road in three to five years. Currently, the AIOps market is slated to hit $10 billion USD by 2027 as enterprises look to simplify and optimize IT and Security Operations. With a predicted market share like that, Jayanti and Sean both predict that AIOps trends will transform from “nice to have ‘new-fangled' tech” to essential business driver. Find out more about Digitate: https://digitate.com/ Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 32 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speaker: Phil Tee, CEO of Moogsoft This week in AIOps Evolution Weekly: A lot has happened in the last few years, and AIOps hasn't skipped out on these changes. With people collectively shifting to remote work environments, we've shifted from centralized IT to application-based operations based on providing one thing: availability. We're in the midst of an evolution in AIOps as lifestyle and work style morph. Sean talks about it all with Phil Tee, CEO of Moogsoft, who maintains that the vendors that pioneer the next generation of AI algorithms are the ones that will thrive. Find out more about Moogsoft: https://www.moogsoft.com/ Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com Discover more from AIOps Evolution Weekly: www.aiopsevolution.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 31 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speaker: Leslie Minnix-Wolfe from ScienceLogic This week in AIOps Evolution: Many IT leaders would agree that AIOps is no longer a “nice to have” strategy, but a necessity as data points balloon in the IT environment. Today's IT teams cannot keep up with the complexity, and AIOps is a viable strategy to get ahead of the curve. The larger question that we're tackling in this AIOps Evolution Podcast is which AIOps use case to start with? In this episode, Sean interviewed Leslie Minnix-Wolfe, VP of Product Marketing at ScienceLogic on the question that many IT leaders ask: Where do I start my AIOps Journey? Find out more about ScienceLogic: https://sciencelogic.com/ Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 30 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speakers: Bhaskar Krishnamsetty & Tejo Prayaga from CloudFabrix This week in AIOps Evolution Weekly: The dialogue around AIOps integrations has shifted drastically just in the last two years. Previously, vendor conversations revolved around explaining the benefits and value of AIOps to prospective investors. Now, people believe the story, but they want to know how to make the AIOps story a reality. The prevailing question now is: ‘How do we get to frictionless AIOps?' Bhaskar Krishnamsetty and Tejo Prayaga from CloudFabrix joined Sean on AIOps Evolution to dissect these shifts in the AIOps dialogue and what they mean down the road. Find out more about CloudFabrix: https://www.cloudfabrix.com/ Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 29 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speaker: Russel Wilkinson from Dynatrace In the AIOps Evolution Podcast this week: Sean had Russell Wilkinson, Partner Engineering Manager at Dynatrace, on to discuss an often glossed over topic in AIOps - legacy system monitoring and optimization. While it's possible for large enterprises to adopt new technologies, applications, and processes fairly easily, this is not the case for all companies. For some it's a matter of budget and for others it's that the effort to migrate to the cloud is not feasible. In order to stay relevant in the current digital economy, AIOps is a viable solution to keep legacy systems relevant. Find out more about Dynatrace: www.dynatrace.com Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com Discover more from AIOps Evolution Weekly: www.aiopsevolution.com

AIOps Evolution Weekly - Episode 28 Hosts: Sean McDermott and Bill Driscoll Guest speaker: Christian Malone from ServiceNow This week in AIOps Evolution Weekly: We are honored to hand the mic over to Christian Malone, Principal Solutions Architect at ServiceNow. He points out that AIOps has become a buzzword in the industry, and about 58% of IT pros agree with him. Without a clear definition, we can't unlock its full potential to transform business processes. The real value of AIOps is its ability to free people for higher pursuits - like putting data scientists to work creating business opportunities, not chasing the cause of a random anomaly. This week, join Sean and Christian as they discuss taking AIOps from buzzword to business game changer. Find out more about ServiceNow: www.servicenow.com Find out more about Windward: www.windward.com

Sean McDermott, CEO of Windward Consulting Group sat down with Jessie Newburn, consultant at GenerationWorks to discuss AIOps and organizational change management. Jessie Newburn provides tips on conflict resolution, as well as how leaders can leverage generational strengths to make organization-wide cultural changes. They will put organizational change management into context and explore how understanding the 3 different generations in the workforce will help IT leaders increase collaboration.

Matthew Dean has been in the financial services industry for 15 years and is currently at Freddie Mac working in the single family data and decisions department. Dean sat down with Sean McDermott, the CEO of Windward Consulting to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in IT Operations (AIOps) across the loan processing lifecycle. McDermott and Dean discuss the importance of the operations side of technology and automation, the future of IT operations, and how to monetize data.

Sean McDermott, CEO of Windward Consulting Group sat down with Forrester Analyst Rich Lane to discuss the future of artificial intelligence, augmented intelligence and machine learning for IT Operations in the AIOps Evolution Podcast. They discuss where the IT industry is now with artificial intelligence and highlight key opportunities for IT leaders to join one of the most innovative evolutions the IT industry has experienced.

Sean McDermott, the CEO of Windward Consulting Group sat down with New York Times bestselling author Bryan Kramer to discuss the future of artificial intelligence and machine learning as it relates to the Human Business Movement. In this episode, they cover how we can keep a strong human connection with employees and customers in the changing world of technology. They highlight the importance of human qualities currently unattainable by AI and ways to keep your team connected while making strides with artificial intelligence and machine learning in your organization. Some customers and staff are simply reluctant to accept organizational change and adopt new technologies. Bryan Kramer gives tips on how you can keep the momentum going by making small incremental changes of progress while leveraging technology to increase high-value human touchpoints.

Sean McDermott, CEO of Windward Consulting sits down with Phil Tee, CEO and Co-Founder of Moogsoft to discuss the current state machine learning, and the role of Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations, or AIOps. The discussion also analyzes why automation is becoming more necessary as the amount of data that needs to be processed exceeds the existing labor force and continues to grow at an exponential rate. Lastly, they talk about the changes automation is having on IT Operations, and the future goals of AIOps in closing this big data gap.

Sean McDermott, CEO of Windward Consulting Group sat down with Andi Mann from Splunk to discuss the future of AIOps, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and automation. They point out the importance of machine learning when it comes to managing big data, as well as how to address the fear within organizations regarding change. Andi gives insights into where AIOps is headed and how to stay ahead of the game.