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AI to streamline software development workflows, from idea to operations.

Playbooks are nice. Results are better. This simple truth highlights a critical challenge in modern enterprises: while technical teams have mastered infrastructure automation with Ansible, they need more than just technical playbooks that can only be used by SMEs—they need comprehensive automation that drives measurable business outcomes.

At Grafana Labs, we’ve always believed that observability should be open and accessible — that belief extends beyond metrics, logs, and traces to the costs associated with managing observability at scale. That’s why we’re excited to share that we’ve adopted the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification ( FOCUS), a community-driven, open standard for cloud billing data.

Have you heard that Search Packs are now officially generally available?

Today’s IT environments are rarely confined to a single data center or a single cloud provider. Enterprises are embracing a mix of cloud platforms, virtual machines, and on-premises hardware to stay agile and competitive. This blended environment is known as hybrid IT infrastructure, and managing it effectively is key to keeping systems healthy, secure, and performing at their best.

As OnlineOrNot has grown, I've been building features quickly to get them into your hands as fast as possible. However, this meant I ended up with multiple versions of similar pages that looked and worked differently from each other. This month, I focused on putting systems in place to create a consistent experience across all parts of the dashboard, making everything look and feel unified.

With AI at the center of media and industry focus, cybersecurity teams are increasingly putting pressure on themselves to prepare for AI-fueled cyber attacks. According to Ivanti’s 2025 State of Cybersecurity research, half of IT security professionals ranked “yet unknown weaknesses” as a high or critical threat – the same as or higher than compromised credentials, supply chain risks, DDoS attacks and other real-world threats.

The healthcare sector, perhaps more than any other, needs to scrutinize the balance between data utility and data privacy. Healthcare organizations must manage large amounts of sensitive data while complying with stringent regulations such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). For IT teams seeking to implement AI-augmented service management, that responsibility weighs heavily.

What digitalization of public services looks like, and how to achieve it.

We’re entering a new era at CloudZero, and we’re coming in hot. This week, we’re not just launching a new feature. We’re taking a major step forward in our mission to make cloud cost efficiency a seamless, engineer-first, business-aligned reality. My team and I are thrilled to introduce CloudZero Optimize, our smartest, most action-oriented optimization solution yet.