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Top AI Prompts for Engineering Leaders using the Cortex MCP

AI assistants have transformed how developers work. And now coupled with the Cortex MCP that connects AI assistants directly to live service data, ownership records, and organizational standards, developers can get accurate, context-rich answers about their services and standards right in their IDE. → Tips and prompts for developers using the Cortex MCP But what about engineering leaders?! Your opportunities with AI assistants extend far beyond code generation.

Fix issues faster with Recommended Remediations

You’ve successfully run a Fault Injection test and uncovered a new failure mode before it impacted customers. And the failure could have taken down your whole system if it had happened in production. Now what? Since this is a potential P1 outage, you absolutely need to address the issue, but that’s going to take some time as you dig through the service to track down the problem. Unfortunately, this is a common conflict.

True reliability takes the whole team

Reliability takes the whole team working together. Full transcript:  If you really want to get good at measuring your reliability, then you have to work together as a team. Once your software engineer organization has decided, "We're gonna test these applications to make sure that they have redundancy, availability, resilience." Just stick to that framework that you come up with as a team.

Operational Challenges in Hybrid Physical-Digital Environments

Creating an ideal digital workplace environment may require some creativity. Hybrid cloud structures are excellent solutions for scaling companies with increased consumer demands. They also pose operational challenges that teams can overcome with the right strategies. Planning for those moments will prepare business leaders and their teams for the best possible outcomes.
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Atlassian Bitbucket Monitoring on Microsoft SCOM

As part of a customer project, we developed a custom Bitbucket Management Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (SCOM). This tailored solution enables IT operations teams to monitor key performance and health metrics of Bitbucket environments, ensuring planning and bug-tracking platforms remain available and performant. With this Use Case paper, we aim to share our knowledge with the SCOM community, highlighting the possibilities of advanced monitoring on Microsoft SCOM and helping teams improve their day-to-day tasks.

Vector Database Explained: Architecture, Use Cases & Examples

Vector databases are rapidly becoming the cornerstone of modern AI applications—and for good reasons. If you are very familiar with AI technologies like ChatGPT, you have already seen what vectors can do. When you ask ChatGPT a question, such as, “What’s the weather like today?” to provide an accurate answer, the AI would first convert your question into a vector, which implies a series of numbers that capture the intent and context of your sentence. The cool part?

APM Logs: How to Get Started for Faster Debugging

When application performance monitoring detects a spike in latency or error rates, the immediate challenge is determining the underlying cause. APM logs address this by correlating performance metrics with the specific log events that occurred at the same time. Instead of switching between monitoring dashboards and manually searching through log files, APM log correlation consolidates both views.

Unlock the Power of Self-Service with the ServiceNow Puppet Spoke

Discover how the ServiceNow Puppet Spoke integration streamlines automation, eliminates bottlenecks, and empowers users with self-service capabilities - all without needing expertise in Puppet Enterprise! This demo showcases the integration's potential to transform IT workflows by combining the power of ServiceNow and Puppet.

What A Great FinOps Onboarding Looks Like In 2025

I’ve seen firsthand how persona-centric FinOps creates realized savings through synergy. I’m a Certified AWS Solutions Architect, FinOps Engineer, and Customer Success leader who’s had the joy of turning cloud confusion into clarity. I’ve added a customer story below — but hold up, we’ve got onboarding optimizing to do.

What is Bitbucket? | Atlassian

Bitbucket is better than ever. With code and CI/CD on the Atlassian cloud platform, AI is not just a vibe — it’s how developers break through the friction in their daily workflows, and focus on the work that matters. About Atlassian: Behind every great human achievement, there is a team. From medicine and space travel to disaster response and pizza deliveries, we help teams all over the planet advance humanity through the power of software. Our mission is to help unleash the potential of every team.