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Continuous monitoring is a crucial practice in the fields of DevOps, cybersecurity, and compliance. It involves the proactive and ongoing process of observing, assessing, and collecting data from various systems, applications, and infrastructure components in real-time or near real-time. Continuous monitoring is closely related to observability, which goes beyond simple monitoring to provide a deep understanding of complex and dynamic systems.

Ephemeral environments supercharge development velocity-but if left unchecked, they can quietly drain your cloud budget. The answer? Right-sizing: a strategy that tailors resource allocation to real-world usage. Done right, it can slash cloud expenses by 30% to 70%. Let's dive into how this works-and why more teams are making it part of their CI/CD pipelines.

Ribbon Communications Inc. announces the expansion of its portfolio of Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)-certified solutions. The Ribbon Policy Engine Server (PSX), Ribbon Application Management Platform (RAMP), and Ribbon Analytics have been added to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Approved Products List (APL), reinforcing Ribbon's commitment to delivering secure, mission-critical communications infrastructure.

IT disruptions are inevitable. What separates a resilient organization from the rest is its ability to respond quickly, efficiently, and collaboratively to incidents. The cornerstone of such responsiveness? The right incident management tool. But with a market flooded with tools, each promising to revolutionize your workflows, how do you pick the one that truly fits your team's needs? In this blog, we'll break down the key factors to consider when selecting an incident management tool, ensuring you make an informed decision that enhances your team's effectiveness and reliability.