Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

ATS Group and Galileo are pleased to announce the appointment of Andy Wojnarek as Chief Technology Officer. Andy’s appointment reflects the evolution of a technical leadership role he has developed over more than 16 years with the company, grounded in hands-on expertise, cross-functional influence, and a sustained focus on solving complex infrastructure and observability challenges for clients.

Observability pricing often seems reasonable at the outset, but many organizations discover their real complexity only as environments scale and usage patterns change. As environments grow more complex and hybrid by default, many organizations struggle with rising costs, fragmented tools, and pricing models that complicate cost predictability and long-term planning.

As IT organizations enter 2026, many of the assumptions around monitoring and observability have already been tested. Throughout 2025, infrastructure teams made it clear that visibility alone is not enough. Alerts without context, short data retention, and fragmented tools limited teams’ ability to explain behavior, validate changes, and plan with confidence. This article looks at what emerged from those experiences and how observability expectations continue to shift.

FinOps insights for IT leaders often focus on cloud spend, but IT leaders know that real cost drivers extend across hybrid environments. Achieving clarity requires more than budget reports. It requires understanding how workloads behave over time, how performance and capacity shift, and where visibility gaps hide operational and financial risk. To support those efforts, we sat down with Tim Conley, creator of Galileo, to explore practical FinOps insights for IT leaders.

FinOps continues to grow in importance as organizations balance cloud services with on-prem systems, legacy applications, and evolving business demands. Many teams want to manage their costs more effectively but are unsure how to apply a FinOps strategy for hybrid IT outside the cloud.

This year at IBM TechXchange 2025, we had the privilege of not only attending but also sponsoring the event and hosting a booth in the expansive expo hall. From the moment we arrived, it was clear: IBM’s ecosystem is thriving once again. Between the buzz of innovation, the depth of technical sessions, and the sheer energy of the crowd, TechXchange 2025 stood out as one of the most impactful IBM events in recent memory.

Controlling IT spend used to mean managing cloud invoices. Today, it’s far more complex. Modern enterprises run workloads across multiple platforms — cloud, virtualized, and on-premises — each with its own cost structures and dependencies. That’s why FinOps for hybrid IT has become essential. Extending FinOps principles beyond cloud services enables organizations to see how every part of the infrastructure contributes to cost, efficiency, and business value.

If your automation can’t trust the data it’s acting on, it’s not automation. It’s a guess. That’s why AIX automation monitoring is the foundation for success. Many teams encounter this gap when trying to automate AIX operations. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) and Event-Driven Ansible (EDA) can absolutely streamline routine tasks, like expanding filesystems or tuning adapters. But every playbook still depends on one thing: accurate, real-time monitoring.

IT Ops Problem Solver Series – Part 2: This article is a summary of a full report in our IT Ops Problem Solver Series. In this series, we’ll tackle the biggest problems facing IT Ops leaders and explore how some of Galileo’s clients are addressing them. In this part of the series, we delve into IT performance challenges and how to address them effectively.

In 2023, Galileo Suite introduced SMARTboards, our innovative customizable dashboards. Our initial launch was met with enthusiasm, especially after our live demo showcased their versatility and functionality. Today, we are excited to announce several Galileo SMARTboards feature updates that enhance their usability and value.