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Combining AI and Automation Tools Can Better Manage Your Business

Carl Miller

May 7 2018

2 min read

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation may seem or sound the same, but they serve different functions. Combining both of them to work together can be a powerful tool when it comes to managing your business and its technology.

Automation tools can monitor and collect data points on various systems throughout your business. The AI can then review these data points, find trends, and take action on those trends. These actions could be one of the following:

Cleaning up disk space to prevent a server crash;
Fixing a broken backup job;
Putting your hard drive into “safe mode” when it thinks your laptop fell off the desk; or
Alerting a human something it can’t fix is going on.

Why use an AI over an employee to do these things? An AI tool can review, interpret, and take actions in mere seconds. Humans, in comparison, are far slower. An AI also won’t overlook or miss something like a human can, thus making far few mistakes.

AI tools and automation tools working together can prevent bigger issues. Preventing these issues thus saves both time and the cost that would occur to fix the problem.

Sikich Utilizes Both AI and Automation

When it comes to our tech installs, Sikich implements both automation and AI to work together.

We configure our tools to monitor for the data points and items we’ve tested and know are valuable.
We’ve refined our software to make the AI decisions on what to do when X happens.
We have a bank of Automation tools (scripts, programs, etc.) that are kicked off by our tools when a trend is found.
We have a team of techs and engineers ready to respond any time something is too complicated for the automation system.

Want to see how AI and automation can more efficiently manage your business? Contact us today!

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About the Author

Carl Miller

Carl Miller is a Senior Engineer on the Network Operations Center team. In addition to being a high end technical resource, he configures and manages the technology that automates tasks and prevents issues with our managed services and managed hosting clients. Carl has numerous industry certifications and over 20 years of experience in the IT industry.