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What's the difference between an event vs alert vs incident in IT operations?

Are you confused by the difference between events, alerts and incidents in IT operations? It’s easy to get mixed up when you’re getting started in IT operations because of these concepts’ overlapping nature and interconnectivity. However, it’s important to know the differences so you can accurately categorize and respond to various IT issues and ensure resources are allocated effectively.

BigPanda's latest Unified Console features unveiled

In the fast-paced realm of incident management and response, the need to stay ahead is more vital than ever. In recognition of this, BigPanda has significantly enhanced the Unified Console, introducing a suite of new features designed to revolutionize incident handling. Let’s explore these transformative updates and how they can redefine your approach to incident management.

What is a multi-cloud management platform?

As an IT leader, you’re acutely aware of the struggles of juggling multiple cloud environments, from integration headaches to holistic incident management to monitoring multiple clouds at once. Seeking a more efficient multi-cloud management solution is crucial to alleviate these pressures and streamline your cloud operations.

Impressions from Gartner IOCS 2023

Gartner’s IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference (IOCS) is an annual event that attracts ITOps, SRE, and DevOps leaders from around the world. As Gartner explains, IOCS “brings the world’s technology leaders together to hear top trends, find objective answers, and explore topic coverage in addition to best practices. Gain the insights and guidance to create an effective pathway to the future and network with your peers.”

Why monitoring your application is important

Effective monitoring and observability tools are critical for modern enterprises. Daily operations, digital transformation, moving to a cloud-native architecture, and an ever-evolving tech stack all require ITOps, DevOps, and SRE teams to monitor increasingly complex systems. So what happens if your applications suddenly cease to function? Every moment of downtime translates to lost income, decreased customer satisfaction, and harm to your company’s reputation.

Understanding ServiceNow Incident Management: A comprehensive guide

You’re focused on swiftly identifying, analyzing, and resolving disruptions in IT services. And you know all too well that correctly deploying and adopting incident management holds the key to delivering a more reliable and responsive IT environment for your applications and services. That’s why you’re using or are considering using ServiceNow’s incident management to ensure a structured and efficient approach to handling your IT service incidents.

Getting started with IT operations automation

Tech companies face a daunting challenge: a staggering 90% of their IT teams are stuck doing mundane, repetitive tasks, leaving only 10% to focus on strategic innovation. Companies know that automation is the solution to these repetitive, low-level incident response actions; however, many need support to begin automating.

The ultimate guide to incident management KPIs and metrics

IT incident management aims to swiftly identify, address, and resolve IT disruptions to restore normal service operations. Tracking IT incident management key performance indicators (KPIs) is a vital step toward minimizing disruptions for customers and users. But there are several different KPI and metrics choices, and it’s not easy to identify the right ones that can drive meaningful improvements in incident management.

What is Mean Time to Resolution - and why does it matter?

Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the average duration needed to restore normal operation for an application, service or piece of infrastructure component. Your MTTR directly impacts customer satisfaction, so you must have a keen understanding how it influences the reliability and availability of your services and applications to make informed decisions, enable operational efficiency, and ensure a seamless customer experience.

What is Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) - and why does it matter for ITOps?

Have you ever wondered about your IT team’s efficiency in detecting incidents? Your Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) is an incident management Key Performance Indicator (KPI) that reveals your productivity during the first stage of incident resolution and enables investigation into opportunities for improvement. ITOps and DevOps teams that can lower their MTTD can more quickly identify issues, minimize potential downtime, and maintain system reliability too.