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SASCHA GIESE TITLE : TECH EVANGELIST COMPANY : SOLARWINDS INDUSTRY : SOFTWARE LOCATION : BERLIN , GERMANY
TECH & AI

SASCHA GIESE TITLE : TECH EVANGELIST COMPANY : SOLARWINDS INDUSTRY : SOFTWARE LOCATION : BERLIN , GERMANY

Giese holds more than 10 years of technical IT experience and has worked for SolarWinds since 2014 , first as a senior pre-sales engineer . He now works as a global tech evangelist , where he provides insights into implementing full-stack observability and other IT trends . the command-line interface of devices or orchestrators . This is particularly effective in vendor-agnostic scenarios .”
When considering additional benefits of Gen AI , Karsten Winther , EMEA President at Vertiv , says : “ The transformative power of AI extends beyond these benefits , particularly in the realm of cognitive infrastructure . By leveraging AI , data centre operators can implement predictive maintenance strategies that go beyond traditional approaches , helping deliver optimal performance , minimising risks and reducing downtime .”
Another significant attraction of AI technology is that it holds potential to reduce the environmental impact of data centres . With the industry looking to reduce its footprint and enact its ESG strategies , AI
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