Diego Bartolome is chief technology officer at Language I/O, with 16 years of experience at the intersection of language, computers and technology, assisting companies in communicating in spoken languages. Formerly with Microsoft specializing in cognitive services, Bartolome holds a bachelor's degree in management and business and master's and doctorate degrees in electrical engineering. Find him on LinkedIn and Twitter.

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Is AIOps--or artificial intelligence operations--poised to revolutionize the way sysadmins do their jobs? Or is it just another IT fad that will fade in time? If it's not a fad, how can sysadmins actually take advantage of AIOps? Keep reading for an overview of what IT pros need to know about the state of AIOps today. Gartner coined the term "AIOps" in 2016.