Event. Alert. Incident. These terms are bandied about, often interchangeably, in IT operations management. Broadly speaking, they all refer to situations where something is potentially amiss and needs to be investigated and resolved. Each of these three words does, however, have a distinct definition. Because they are used in scenarios where clear communication and timeliness are critical, it’s important to understand the differences and use them appropriately.

Effective Incident Management is crucial for ensuring customer satisfaction and brand loyalty. As systems grow more complex, efficiently directing alerts to the right teams becomes crucial. This article delves into the challenges, implementation, and benefits of automating incident categorization.

As an IT leader, you’re under significant pressure to control the constant alerts. Somehow, you must manage non-stop IT alerts while also ensuring ultra-high service availability. The task is far from easy, and even the most sophisticated teams struggle to keep up and turn alerts into action with tech stacks that are constantly growing in size and complexity. IT alert management is the first line of defense.

In the increasingly digital world, tech-savvy professionals strive to maintain reliable and efficient operations that ensure customer satisfaction and uphold trust. Incident Management is an essential component in achieving those goals. This article delves into the complexities of Incident Management, highlighting essential tools and processes that contribute to effective response and resolution strategies.

The latest edition to the SolarWinds® Observability Platform, Database Observability, is live! Previously, you’ve relied on Database Manager to help monitor your database and generate alerts, and while it was ahead of its time for years, the time has come for the next generation of database monitoring. Key features of Database Observability are: The compound alerting feature is what I want to focus on in this post, though. In my opinion, compound altering is a game changer.

As we approach 2024, the DevOps and SRE landscapes continue to evolve, bringing forth a new generation of tools designed to enhance efficiency, scalability, and reliability in software development and operations. In this post, we'll dive into some of the most promising tools that are shaping the future of Continuous integration and deployment, monitoring and observability, infrastructure/application platforms, incident management & alerting, security, and diagramming.

Does this sound familiar? The incident has just been resolved and management is putting on a lot of pressure. They want to understand what happened and why. Now. They want to make sure customers and internal stakeholders get updated about what happened and how it was resolved. ASAP. But putting together all the needed information about the why, how, when, and who, can take weeks. Still, people are calling and writing. Nonstop.