Why SmartBots AI Is the Most Powerful AI Agent Platform for Modern Enterprises

SmartBots AI helps enterprises automate complex workflows with intelligent AI agents that understand tasks, take actions, and scale operations instantly.

🎯 NOW PUBLISHING: On-Location Coverage from #BlackHat USA 2025!

How to Automate #Cybersecurity Operations Without Coding, Crying, or Calling IT at 2 A.M.

We're back in the office and excited to start sharing all the conversations we captured on location in Las Vegas with our amazing sponsors and editorial coverage!

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We're delighted to share this game-changing Brand Story conversation thanks to our friends at BlinkOps 🙏

Traditional #SOAR platforms promise automation but deliver complexity—requiring extensive scripting, specialized skills, and weeks to implement new workflows. At #BlackHat2025, Mike Wayne from #BlinkOps reveals a better way.

The breakthrough: Micro agents instead of monolithic #AI. BlinkOps enables you to build small, focused #AI entities designed for specific tasks—minimizing hallucination risks while maximizing control and precision.

What makes this different:
• Describe automation goals in plain language—the system generates working automations
• Low-code/no-code accessibility lets citizen developers across HR, finance, and security build automations
• Smaller context windows = fewer AI mistakes and more predictable outcomes • Deploy as #SaaS, hybrid, or in #FedRAMP #GovCloud environments
Real-world results that matter:
• One customer saved $1.8M in 30 days automating endpoint deployments
• A triage agent processed 400 SOC alerts in 8 days with zero human intervention
• Reduced MTTR through agent-embedded workflows
• Automation extends beyond security into HR, finance, and operations

The message is clear: Instead of replacing humans, these micro agents work alongside them—taking on repetitive tasks so your team can focus on strategic initiatives. Just blink it!

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🔧 Ansible Automation Platform 2.5: Zeit für den Umstieg!
Red Hat sagt endgültig Adieu zur rpm-Installation. In unserem Blogpost zeigen wir, wie du AAP 2.5 sauber containerisiert installierst – inkl. Platform Gateway und Ein-Server-Setup.
👉 https://www.puzzle.ch/blog/2025/04/14/migrating-to-ansible-automation-platform-2-5

Wir begleiten dich seit den Tower-Tagen – von der Migration bis zum Betrieb auf OpenShift.
#Ansible #AutomationPlatform #InfrastructureAsCode

Migrating to Ansible Automation Platform 2.5

Red Hat’s Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) is a tried and tested tool for running Ansible workloads in an enterprise environment. Over the last few years it has undergone many fundamental changes: from the monolithic Ansible Tower, to AAP with Automation Hub, to the integration of Event-Driven Ansible. With the advent of AAP 2.5 there are new,  substantial changes - the biggest one is arguably the deprecation of rpm-based installation. This means we need to switch to a containerized setup in the future - the AAP Life Cycle document defines exactly when this is. Full support for AAP 2.4 already ended back in October of 2024. In this blogpost we inform you about some of the changes to AAP and show you how to setup up a containerized installation of AAP 2.5  

Puzzle ITC
Looking for #AnsibleTower alternatives? You might want to give #AnsibleSemaphore a try. This #HowTo provides the basic installation instructions as well as a ready to use #Box for #Vagrant.

https://gyptazy.ch/blog/howto-install-ansible-semaphore-ui-on-debian-12/

#Ansible #Tower #AAP #AAP2 #Automation #AutomationPlatform #devops #redhat #debian #linux #cicd #dev
Howto install Ansible SemaphoreUI on Debian 12

Howto install Ansible SemaphoreUI on Debian 12

I have a coworker that I am having a severe disagreement with over using #ansible and #automationplatform because they are "too complicated." Unfortunately he has the ear of our boss, so he is legit making my life extra difficult.

He doesn't have a response when I ask if Active Directory is too complicated and if we should bin that as well.

Performance Improvements in Automation Controller 4.1

With the release of Ansible Automation Platform 2.1, users now have access to the latest control plane – automation controller 4.1