Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

February 2025

ITSM vs. ITOM: What are the key differences?

IT service management (ITSM) and IT operations management (ITOM) both have the mandate to ensure your organization’s IT systems and infrastructure run smoothly and efficiently. These two frameworks are essential for any modern IT environment, but their roles are often confused or misunderstood. Simply put, ITSM focuses on the user-facing side of IT, streamlining services and aligning IT processes with business objectives.

Streamline IT incident response with the latest BigPanda features

Machine-generated data has exceeded human scalability, straining L1 Ops and Service Desk team resources. Fragmented data across tools, teams, and silos hinders situational awareness, delaying each action – from detection to remediation, making prevention increasingly unattainable. The latest BigPanda updates enhance ITOps and ITSM team efficiency throughout the incident lifecycle.

How to improve the utility of ServiceNow with actionable tickets

Cam Stone, Director of Professional Services at BigPanda discusses how BigPanda improves the utility of ServiceNow. BigPanda automatically synchronizes incident data and allows teams to access critical contextual information to triage and investigate incidents faster directly within ServiceNow. For more insights, check out the full webinar on How Sony expanded AIOps insights to Incident Management teams.

How Sony improved IT incident management with AI-powered context and event correlation

Ben Narramore, Director of Global Operations and Service Management at Playstation, describes the impacts of adopting BigPanda AIOps on Sony’s operations, processes, and workflows. To learn more, watch the full webinar on How Sony expanded AIOps insights to Incident Management teams.

What is DORA and how AIOps facilitates compliance

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is a European Union (EU) regulation that requires financial institutions to improve their digital operational resilience. DORA creates a uniform regulatory framework across the EU to strengthen the European financial market against cyber risks and IT incidents.

What is ITSM? A comprehensive guide to IT service management

When your IT team is buried in tickets, struggling with shadow IT, and constantly putting out fires, it can feel frustrating and unsustainable. That’s where IT Service Management (ITSM) comes in. ITSM gives you a plan to deliver reliable IT services while helping teams focus on what matters most: driving business success. It covers everything from handling incidents and requests to improving workflows and providing consistent value. ITSM aligns your IT team with business goals.

How AIOps modernizes the ServiceNow CMDB

Working with ServiceNow’s Configuration Management Database (CMDB) can feel overwhelming. Maybe you’re trying to understand the foundational aspects of the CMDB or looking for ways to integrate it into your IT processes. If you want to get maximum value from your ServiceNow CMDB, you might be asking questions like: This blog will explain the key aspects of ServiceNow CMDB and share practical tips and tools to improve your CMDB experience.

Unlocking managed services provider growth with AIOps

As enterprises migrate to hybrid cloud environments, they face mounting pressures to manage complexities while cutting costs. Many turn to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to streamline IT service delivery and drive results faster. For MSPs, this is both an opportunity and a challenge: the surge in hybrid cloud adoption, an explosion of observability tools, and rising operational costs push them to act decisively.