If you manage applications running on cloud platforms, you likely depend on multiple cloud vendors and services. These could be infrastructure providers like AWS, GCP or Azure. A vulnerability in any of these services could potentially impact your applications and your users. A cloud platform has many moving parts, many of which are dependent on other third-party providers.

On December 11, 2024, millions of users around the globe experienced disruptions across Meta’s core platforms: Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. Reports of connectivity issues and outages began flooding social media and third-party monitoring platforms as users scrambled to understand what was happening. While Meta issued a statement later in the evening attributing the outage to unspecified “technical issues,” the delayed acknowledgment left countless businesses and users in the dark.

At ilert, one of the key tools in our debugging process is the Event Explorer, which provides an extensive overview of incoming events and their processing lifecycle. By reflecting the event process of an alert source, the Event Explorer allows our team to trace event paths, correlate related data, and identify issues quickly.

Are your IT systems underperforming due to incomplete or outdated data? In ITOps, where quick and accurate decision-making is critical, raw data alone can limit efficiency. Data enrichment adds the context needed to turn basic data into a powerful source of actionable insights.

In today’s hyperconnected world, APIs are no longer just tools for integrating software—they are the driving force behind modern DevOps and incident management strategies. As organizations prioritize speed, scalability, and resilience, APIs have transformed from being enablers of connectivity to essential components in streamlining workflows, improving collaboration, and accelerating incident resolution.

We are excited to announce a native integration between ilert and Honeybadger.

We're thrilled to announce a native integration with ilert, combining Honeybadger's full-stack application monitoring with ilert's real-time alert routing and on-call management platform. ilert handles alert routing, escalations, and on-call scheduling, ensuring critical issues always reach the right person at the right time.

By Debbie O’Brien, Chief Communications Officer and Vice President of Global Social Impact at PagerDuty In today’s digitally-connected world, IT outages can be inconvenient at best and extremely challenging at worst.

Today, we’re excited to announce the release of our new ServiceNow integration in beta — designed to give engineers even more control to manage and automate incidents in FireHydrant while seamlessly keeping the rest of the organization aligned in ServiceNow.

Whether it’s your first or hundredth home call shift, preparing yourself both physically and mentally is crucial. These shifts can be unpredictable, demanding, and emotionally taxing, making it essential to prioritize your well being while maintaining your readiness to provide the best possible patient care. By adopting effective time management, organization, and healthy strategies, you can confidently navigate the unique challenges of home call shifts. Key Takeaways (TL;DR)