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Beware of PII in Testing Data: The Security Iceberg and Where PII Actually Hides

If you run a platform tools or security team, you have likely heard this request from developers: “I just need a copy of the production database for staging so I can run realistic load and integration tests.” It is a completely reasonable request. Production traffic and data contain the actual request shapes, real-world value distributions, long-tail anomalies, and timing patterns that make tests useful.

Monitoring vs. observability: The future of IT operations in 2026

For years, monitoring was the gold standard of infrastructure management. Dashboards. Thresholds. Alerts. If everything on the dashboard was green, you didn't need to worry. If something turned red, you responded. It was a model built on predictability, and for a long time, it worked. But modern infrastructure is no longer predictable.

StatusGator is now available in SharePoint

We’re excited to announce the new StatusGator SharePoint integration. Many organizations use SharePoint as the central hub for company resources, communications, and internal tools. Now, you can add real-time service status directly to your SharePoint pages, helping employees stay informed about outages, maintenance, and service disruptions without leaving the platforms they already use every day.

Integrating Digital Employee Experience (DEX) with ServiceNow: What IT Teams Need to Know

As CTO for Teneo, I get the opportunity to meet with many of our customers to talk about plans for the next few years. I often find we spend a lot of time talking about Digital Employee Experience, but far less time is spent fixing the operational friction that quietly erodes it. Slow devices, degraded application performance, and recurring service desk tickets are common themes in many organizations.

QR Codes For Asset Management: Label And Track Assets With InvGate Asset Management

Still relying on serial numbers or manual asset lookups? In this video, Matt Beran shows how to generate QR codes for asset management with InvGate Asset Management and how IT teams can use them to simplify asset tracking, inventory management, and mobile access to asset information. Instead of searching through spreadsheets or manually locating asset records, QR codes provide instant access to the information stored in your inventory. Generate labels in bulk, print them, attach them to your devices, and scan them from your phone whenever you need asset details.

Why your PaaS choice is a governance commitment

Choosing a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) is not just an infrastructure decision. It is also a decision about how personal data will be handled over the life of the project. It's a governance commitment made early, with consequences that run late. A PaaS does not remove an organization’s accountability for privacy, security, or regulatory compliance. However, a well-architected PaaS can materially strengthen the control environment in which those obligations are managed.

DataStream 2.0: Faster, Smarter, Built for Scale

June 19, 2026 This is not a regular monthly update. DataStream Version 2.0 is a milestone — the result of relentless building, learning from customers, and pushing the platform toward what enterprise-scale security operations actually demand. The core has been rebuilt, new capabilities have been added across the board, and the platform is now faster, more resilient, and more extensible than ever. Here’s what’s new.