S&S Technologies Blog 

Michael Stücklschweiger

Preventing Outages Before They Happen: Monitoring Application Credentials in Entra ID

Prevent outages with workflow automation: monitor Entra ID app secrets and certificates, reduce downtime risk, strengthen governed automation.

Michael Stücklschweiger

Preventing Unintended Data Exposure: Auditing Public Access in Confluence

Reduce workflow automation risk by auditing Confluence public access, anonymous permissions and public links to prevent unintended data exposure.

Michael Stücklschweiger

Establishing Accountability: Automating Ownership Governance in Confluence

Automate Confluence ownership governance with workflow automation to detect inactive page owners, reduce risk, and improve audit-ready accountability.

Michael Stücklschweiger

Maintaining Documentation Compliance: Automating Stale Content Detection in Confluence

Ensure automation and documentation compliance in Confluence by detecting stale content using governed automation and n8n.

Michael Stücklschweiger

Closing Access Gaps: The Role of Automation in Identity Governance

Discover how identity governance automation helps enterprises address identity sprawl, improve compliance and enforce secure access lifecycle management.

Michael Stücklschweiger

Why Data and Identity Governance Is Critical for Every Business - and Why Starting Early Matters

Learn why early data and identity governance is essential for enterprise automation, avoiding risk, and scaling securely with workflow automation.

Alexander Schnabl

GPT-OSS: OpenAI's Open-Source Models That Rival Proprietary LLMs

Explore how workflow automation with GPT-OSS empowers enterprises to deploy governed AI agents using n8n, with zero dependency on proprietary APIs.

Alexander Schnabl

Machine Learning vs. Generative AI: What SME Leaders Need to Know

Understand the real-world differences between machine learning and generative AI - and how your SME can harness both for smarter workflow automation.

Alexander Schnabl

What Is Artificial Intelligence? A Plain-English Guide for SME Leaders

Discover what AI really means for SMEs - from workflow automation to AI agents - and how S&S Technologies can drive real business value with specialised AI.

Alexander Schnabl

Prompt Engineering Is Not Enough

Relying on prompt engineering alone limits workflow automation - AI agents powered by n8n, RAG and fine-tuning scale it securely and efficiently.

Alexander Schnabl

LLM Finetuning: LoRA and QLoRA

Discover LoRA and QLoRA - efficient LLM finetuning techniques that cut compute cost for custom NLP. A must for governed workflow automation.

Alexander Schnabl

RAG vs. Finetuning: Choosing the Right Strategy for your LLMs

Understand when to use workflow automation with RAG vs. finetuning for AI agents, ITSM automation and ERP integration in enterprise use cases.

Alexander Schnabl

n8n vs Make: Choosing the Right Automation Engine

Compare n8n vs Make for workflow automation. Uncover hidden costs, GDPR risks and how local AI agents slash spend and latency by up to 90%.

Alexander Schnabl

n8n vs. Zapier: Choosing the Right Automation Engine

Compare n8n and Zapier on pricing, GDPR, AI costs and local hosting. Discover how n8n + Ollama deliver governed automation and lower TCO.

Alexander Schnabl

Matrix42 Integration in n8n: S&S Technologies’ n8n-nodes-matrix42

Discover S&S Technologies’ n8n‑nodes‑matrix42 to streamline ITSM automation, ERP integration and AI agents inside low‑code n8n workflows.

Alexander Schnabl

Cloud LLM vs Local AI-Agent: Cost Comparison with Real Example

Compare cloud LLM APIs and on‑prem SLM agents for invoice workflows. See how local AI slashes costs, speeds ROI in weeks and keeps data GDPR‑safe.

Alexander Schnabl

The Cost of Doing Nothing: Hidden Inefficiencies in Legacy Workflows

Legacy processes hide expensive delays and errors. Learn how workflow automation with n8n and AI agents delivers up to 45 % efficiency gains for Austrian companies.

Alexander Schnabl

Small Language Models (SLMs): Agentic AI for Your Workflow Automation

Discover how S&S Technologies uses n8n and Ollama‑hosted small language models to slash LLM costs, meet GDPR, and supercharge ITSM & ERP automation.

Alexander Schnabl

Internal Knowledge Bases with RAG: Architecture, Tools and Maintenance

Learn how Retrieval‑Augmented Generation, vector stores and n8n create governed internal knowledge bases that turn PDFs into interactive, cited chat answers.

Alexander Schnabl

GDPR & AI: Safe Local Hosting for LLMs

Avoid cross‑border data risk—learn how European firms can run large language models locally for GDPR compliance, lower latency and full control.

Alexander Schnabl

How to Run LLMs Locally

Step-by-step guide to deploy local LLMs with Ollama and n8n for secure, low-latency workflow automation - keep data on-prem and cut AI costs by up to 80 %.