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How We Built Internet's Largest Incident Response Glossary for the Wider Community

Today, I’m excited to share the Internet’s Largest Incident Response Glossary. It’s a collection of over 500 terms covering on-call, alerting, monitoring, and system reliability. It took us over 2 weeks from ideation to completion of this project and in this post, I would like to share how we approached this beast!

Introducing Server Nicknames

This past week we released the simple yet widely requested feature Server Nicknames, the ability to easily track and manage various servers with unique custom names. At first glance this may seem like a non update but not when you consider that most Cycle users are connecting many servers from multiple providers and locations in the cloud and on premises. With long default server names, this is a huge quality of life improvement.

Is There Really ROI for Moving Your Voice Network to Cloud Native?

As an operations leader, you are constantly asked to do more with fewer resources. Join us on April 29th to learn how your peers are successfully leveraging cloud native and end-to-end automation to minimize manual labor and lower OpEx. Many of our customers have expressed their challenges in swiftly launching new services, maintaining compliance, or managing subscriber churn. How does one maintain business continuity in the face of expertise shortages and security concerns?

Cortex Recognized by Gartner as Representative Vendor in the 2025 Market Guide for Internal Developer Portals

Gartner Market Guide for Internal Developer Portals offers “Platform engineering teams are tasked with improving developer experience, ensuring consistent governance, and enabling discovery and access to software development and delivery capabilities. Platform engineering leaders can use internal developer portals to address these challenges.” Organizations with a current Gartner license can check out the report here.

Strangler pattern implementation for safe microservices transition

Moving from monolithic applications to microservices represents a significant architectural transformation. The Strangler Pattern offers a controlled, incremental approach to this migration, enabling organizations to gradually replace functionality while keeping systems operational throughout the transition. This methodology substantially reduces risk compared to complete rewrites, making it an invaluable strategy for organizations with business-critical applications.

What is API Monitoring and How to Build API Metrics Dashboards

In today's connected world, APIs are the backbone of modern applications. Whether you're working on a microservices architecture, a mobile app, or a SaaS platform, APIs are what keep everything talking to each other. But how do you know if your APIs are healthy, performing well, and delivering what your users need? That's where API monitoring comes in. Let's break down what API monitoring is, why it matters, and how you can build effective API metrics dashboards to keep your systems running smoothly.

The value of product thinking for platform teams | webinar

Platform engineering can drive velocity, reduce risk, and increase value — but only if it's built with a product mindset. In this live event, Rob Zuber, CTO of CircleCI, hosts a panel of experts to explore how treating developers as customers helps platform teams deliver greater outcomes. Featuring Camille Fournier, Randy Shoup, Raju Gandhi, and Teresa Torres, this webinar covers practical strategies for building internal platforms that earn trust, abstract complexity, and fuel developer productivity.

7 Cloudability Alternatives To Boost Cloud Control

If you are fine using a conventional cloud cost management tool, Apptio’s Cloudability can be a helpful tool. It promises to enable DevOps, IT, and finance to optimize cloud resources for quality, speed, and cost. A large business with a high cloud spend, a team of 5-10 engineers, and a budget for expert guidance is an ideal match for Cloudability.