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Resolve Systems Recognized as a Representative Vendor in the 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Network Automation Platforms

Gartner®, in its latest Market Guide for Network Automation Platforms released November 2023, followed the company’s track record of research that provides recommendations to industry leaders, showcases market trends, and shares next-level automation insights.

System Center Orchestrator to Azure Automation Migration Guide

For companies using Microsoft System Center Orchestrator versions 2016, 2019 or earlier who are looking for a replacement for their aging Orchestrator systems, they have an option to migrate to a new 64 bit version Orchestrator 2022 (more details on this can be found in the Kelverion Orchestrator Best Practices Guide) but many companies are considering replacing their Orchestrator system entirely and are looking for guidance.

ServiceNow is a Leader in Digital Process Automation Software

I’m excited to announce that ServiceNow has been named a Leader in the Forrester Wave™: Digital Process Automation Software, Q4 2023. We credit this acknowledgement to our performance and strategy in governance, end-to-end orchestration, and AI. Additionally, we believe this recognition is made possible by the unwavering support of our customers, their innovative use of the Now Platform, and their valuable feedback shared with analysts.

DevOps Automation and DevOps Best Practices

In the dynamic landscape of software development, the adoption of DevOps has become a cornerstone for organizations aiming to deliver high-quality products at a rapid pace. DevOps, a fusion of development and operations, emphasizes collaboration, communication, and automation throughout the entire software development lifecycle.

4 Reasons Why NOCs Need Incident Response Automation

Incident response in a Network Operations Center (NOC) is cumbersome and time-consuming. There are many steps, many sources where incidents come from, and a long, long list of complexities involved. For instance, for incident response with a NOC, there’s the initial monitoring – Tier 1 functions of “eyes on glass” work of looking at alerts coming in and what they’re for, such as a security breach, performance issue, a hardware failure, among others.

From Chaos to Actionable Insights with PagerDuty Integrations and Automation

It’s 2023. In today’s world, every company and individual, regardless of their industry, relies on software to increase productivity. Our users expect our technology to be available and reliable at all times. If your software serves businesses within a single country during regular working hours, they expect it to be available throughout that time. Easy, right?

Introducing Workflows: Enhancing Automation to Incident Response

At Squadcast, we advocate for the principles of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), which emphasize the critical importance of automating routine tasks to boost efficiency in Incident Management. We're aiding organizations in implementing these principles with one of our newest features: 'Workflows'. Workflows has been designed to automate manual facets of your Incident lifecycle, all while ensuring human-in-the-loop execution for critical decisions.

What are the Best Practices for User Acceptance Testing (UAT) Under Automation?

User Acceptance Testing (UAT) is essential since it verifies and examines any recent updates and modifications made to the program or application. It is the final pre-release test which is important to support your business needs correctly. UAT is often the final step before a release is made public. To obtain the best findings and thus the best analysis, UAT testing tools must be implemented in accordance with the best practices. In this post, we will discuss some of the best practices for streamlining UAT with automation.

Software Development Life Cycle: Day 1 Best Practices

Welcome to Day 1 of the software development life cycle — what now? We’ve already covered Day 0 server provisioning, and you should be ready to start writing code that will support your DevOps initiatives and make your life easier …or are you? Put some of our wisdom and experience at work for Day 1 of the software life cycle, and make sure you’re fully prepared to handle common pitfalls and problems that can become ongoing issues for Day 2.