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Why IT Outsourcing Is Becoming a Must-Have for Modern Operations

There's a quiet shift happening inside many organizations. Not the kind that makes headlines, but one that shows up in smoother workflows, fewer emergency calls, and teams that aren't constantly scrambling to "just keep things running." Operations leaders are realizing that the technology foundation of a company is no longer something that can be handled casually or reactively. Everything - processes, productivity, customer experience, and even employee morale - leans on the stability of IT.

Modernising Middleware and B2B Integration with Assurance

Modernising enterprise middleware is now a strategic necessity for cost efficiency, AI-readiness, and operational clarity. Hybrid estates of IBM MQ, Apache Kafka, and other brokers hide inefficiencies that drain profitability, but an operating model built on Assurance and Optimisation restores transparency and control. By unifying data, rebalancing workloads, and enabling safe AI autonomy, organisations can build a resilient “Confidence Economy.”

MachineGPT: Speaking the Language of Machines to Shape the Future of AI

At.conf25, we took a bold step forward—introducing the concept of MachineGPT, which brings the power of generative AI to one of the most overlooked resources: machine data. MachineGPT speaks the language of machines. Just like ChatGPT learned the grammar of words and sentences to understand questions and respond in human language, MachineGPT can learn the hidden “grammar” of how systems behave through machine data.

The Dawn of the 10x Team

Previously, I wrote about how debugging, whether done by humans or AI powered tools, depends on context. Without it, even the most capable systems can only tell you what code is broken, but not why it broke. Now that AI can access the same depth of context developers rely on (stack traces, traces, logs, commits, and code), the way we build and operate software is changing. We’re moving from an era of monitoring to one of reasoning.

Prioritize errors and create tickets using Rollbar's MCP Server

Production errors can feel overwhelming. Your Rollbar dashboard is filling up with alerts, your team is scrambling to understand what needs immediate attention, and critical revenue-impacting issues might be buried among less urgent problems. In this post, we'll walk you through a workflow that transforms production error chaos into organized, prioritized action items. We'll cover everything from analyzing Rollbar errors to creating properly linked Linear tickets.

Introducing the New Cloud Dedicated Admin UI

InfluxDB Cloud Dedicated provides hosted and managed InfluxDB Cloud clusters in a single-tenant environment and is optimized to handle high write and query loads. Today, InfluxData is releasing a visual overhaul and new features for its Admin UI. Among the recent updates are live observability for customer clusters, overhauled site navigation, and improved visibility into table schemas.

Sentry has a bold new look

As you may have noticed, Sentry just got a major glow-up. For too long our product looked like boring enterprise software, while our brand screamed bold and irreverent. No more. From this moment forward our product now matches the vibe you’ve come to expect from us. The result is something that’s more vibrant, more tactile, and more Sentry. Welcome to the S.C.R.A.P.S.