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How Motive achieves 99.99% reliability with Rootly

In the high-stakes world of fleet management, reliability isn’t a nice-to-have—it’s a necessity. That’s why Motive has invested heavily in tools and processes to ensure its systems run smoothly for over 150,000 customers and more than a million vehicles. At the center of its ability to deliver 99.99% uptime at scale is Rootly.

Are AI and Platforms Making SRE Obsolete? With Kaspar von Grünberg, Humanitec's CEO

Last year, over 89% of companies claimed to have adopted platform engineering. And, in the past month, LLMs have been disrupting how we think about software development. In this context, Kaspar, asks if the role of Site Reliability Engineers is being obsolete as we know it. Kaspar argues that while SREs aren’t going anywhere, their responsibilities are evolving—fast. We talk about.

Your Observability Questions, Answered

Monitoring used to be simple—set up some dashboards, configure alerts, and call it a day. But with microservices and cloud-native systems, things aren’t so straightforward anymore. Keeping track of everything can feel like an endless game of whack-a-mole. That’s where observability comes in. If you’re just getting started or looking to refine your approach, this guide answers the most common (and important) questions.

Breaking Down Silos: Why Security and SRE Teams Need a Unified Platform for Reliability and Risk Management

Security and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams often operate as separate entities within organizations despite sharing similar goals: keeping systems secure, reliable, and performant. Security teams focus on protecting systems from threats and ensuring compliance with regulatory frameworks. SRE teams concentrate on system reliability, performance optimization, and incident management.

Log File Analysis: A Guide for DevOps Engineers

Ever found yourself buried in endless log files, trying to piece together what went wrong? For DevOps engineers, log analysis isn’t just about debugging—it’s a crucial skill for maintaining reliable systems and catching issues before they escalate. In this guide, we’ll cover everything you need to know about log file analysis, from the fundamentals to the best tools available today.