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The latest News and Information on Incident Management, On-Call, Incident Response and related technologies.

Application Migration: 5 Things that Can Go Wrong

Application migration is the process of moving an application from one environment to another. For example, you may choose to migrate an application from an on-premises enterprise server to a cloud provider’s environment, or from one cloud environment to another. The aim is typically to improve the flexibility, scalability, and cost-effectiveness of the application. Application migration is a complex process that requires careful planning and execution.

The Causes Of IT Incidents

In the realm of IT, disruptions and outages are not just inconveniences—they are critical events that can undermine the operations of businesses, impacting services, and user experiences. The landscape of IT incidents is vast, encompassing everything from minor glitches to significant outages that can halt operations and cascade into major business failures. Recognizing that there are various potential culprits for these disruptions, this blog will delve into the myriad causes of IT incidents.

How to streamline your ITIL incident management process

Are you trying to streamline your sluggish ITIL incident management? Maybe you’re facing challenges with incident routing, lengthy resolution times, or inconsistent team communication. If so, the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) can help you improve IT reliability and incident resolution. This blog unveils the secrets to optimizing your ITIL incident management processes to take your incident response from slow to stellar.

What is incident response?

Incident response is the process of responding to and managing the aftermath of a security breach or cyber attack. It involves a systematic approach to identifying, containing, and mitigating the consequences of an incident in IT, OT or Cybersecurity, with the goal of minimizing the impact on the organization and its stakeholders. It is often exclusively related to Cybersecurity.

Are organizations finding value in the incident metrics they track?

See the full report—Incident metrics pulse: How organizations are measuring their incident management What metrics do you look at to measure how efficient your incident response is? This is a question we get asked all the time and one we empathize with deeply. While there are several well-established incident metrics that organizations commonly use, like MTTR and raw counts of incidents, a vast number of them are ineffective, or worse still entirely misleading.

How Do You Monitor Dynamic Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud Architectures?

david.arrowsmith • Feb 15, 2024 Comprehensive visibility across all your Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments plays an important part in maintaining the availability, and performance of applications hosted in AWS. Leveraging Interlink Software’s AIOps and Business Service Observability Platform, enterprises can greatly enhance their capability to monitor, manage and optimize the health of applications and act swiftly resolving issues before they impact on customer experience.

The Power of Building a Blameless Culture in IT Operations

In the world of high-scale, high-availability, high-performance web applications, mistakes in IT operations are inevitable. Systems fail, bugs slip through, and outages occur. Your team's approach to responding to these incidents significantly impacts their overall productivity, morale, and effectiveness. Company culture, such as that associated with a blameless culture, is crucial to driving the behaviors that make your business a success.

Introducing Squadcast and ServiceNow Integration For Enhanced Operational Efficiency & Faster Incident Management

We are excited to announce our bidirectional integration between ServiceNow and Squadcast, designed to elevate your Incident Management capabilities. ServiceNow provides a robust platform-as-a-service, delivering advanced automation and process workflow tailored for enterprise environments. Through this integration, you can harness ServiceNow's workflow and ticketing features alongside Squadcast's strong On-Call scheduling and SRE-driven incident response capabilities.

What is Ping Command: A Deep Dive into Network Diagnostics

The Ping command is an essential tool in network diagnostics, crucial for checking connectivity, solving problems, and measuring network performance. In the complex world of digital communication, where connections stretch across long distances and pass through many devices, knowing how to use the Ping command is extremely important. In this detailed exploration, we will examine the Ping command thoroughly, exploring its uses, and highlighting its importance in keeping networks strong and reliable.

Building a Privacy-First AI for Incident Management

At Rootly, we're integrating AI into incident management with a keen eye on privacy. It's not just about tapping into AI's potential; it's about ensuring we respect and protect our customers’ privacy and sensitive data. Here's a quick overview of how we're blending innovation with strong privacy commitments.