As on-premises infrastructure and workloads increasingly migrate to the cloud, you’ve undoubtedly encountered many challenges in managing complex cloud architectures. These hurdles include juggling cost-efficiency and security to maintain a seamless, high-performance infrastructure. Navigating your cloud infrastructure landscape requires thoroughly understanding its virtualized elements—servers, software, network devices, and storage.

Maintaining system reliability amidst a deluge of alerts remains a formidable challenge for complex infrastructure environments. To address this critical need, Squadcast is happy to introduce Intelligent Alert Grouping - designed and developed based on in-depth discussions and feedback from our enterprise customers. This innovative solution is designed to streamline Incident Management, ensuring that Incident Response teams can focus on what truly matters.

You're probably aware that downtime is expensive—but do you know how expensive it is? The short answer is—very. According to the Ponemon Institute, outages cost organizations an average of $9,000 per minute (or $540,000 per hour). That's why companies of all sizes are investing in incident management tools to reduce their downtime and improve the customer experience.

One of the daily challenges for Incident Response teams is the pressure to resolve incidents swiftly and effectively. However, manual processes often hinder this objective, leading to delays, oversight, and potential miscommunication. In this blog, we’ll learn the practical aspects of workflow automation in Incident Management using Squadcast, exploring how it streamlines processes, eliminates manual tasks, and enhances overall efficiency.

Downtime is an unwelcome reality. But, beyond the immediate disruption, outages carry a significant financial burden, impacting revenue, customer satisfaction, and brand reputation. For SREs and IT professionals, understanding the cost of downtime is crucial to mitigating its impact and building a more resilient infrastructure.

Last year we decided to just keep our heads down and continue working on a good reliable product #bootstrapped. Most features we built were based on your feedback. Thank you so much. 2024 is going to be great but before that let's glance on the year gone.

This blog was co-authored by Justyn Roberts, Senior Solutions Consultant, PagerDuty Automation has become an integral piece in business practices of the modern organization. Oftentimes when folks hear “automation,” they think of it as a means to remove the manual aspect of the work and speed up the process; however, what lacks the spotlight is the value and return automation can offer to an organization, a team, or even just one specific process.

Developing a proficient ITOps practice capable of handling unforeseen disruptions and mitigating negative business impact hinges on mastering optimal incident management. Beyond adhering to best practices and procedures, a critical aspect is making strategic investments in cutting-edge incident management software and tools. These tools empower your team by automating real-time monitoring and analysis, bolstering the resilience and capabilities of your IT system.

Recently, I stumbled upon an eye-opening NPR podcast that delved into the lingering use of pagers in healthcare—a seemingly outdated technology that continues to drive communication in hospitals. As I listened through the debate around its persistence, discussing challenges and unexpected benefits, it prompted reflections on facilitating a seamless shift to secure phone-app-based texting, acknowledging the considerable advantages it brings.

Service incidents are unavoidable in today’s complex and dynamic IT environments. They can cause significant disruption to business operations, customer satisfaction, and revenue. However, many organizations are still struggling to manage service incidents effectively. Here, we will explore some of the common challenges faced by ITOps team and how HEAL, an AI-powered tool, can help conquer them.