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We’re excited and honored (and might even be blushing a little) to share our Summer 2024 accolades from G2, including being ranked #1 in G2’s Relationship Index! There are several factors that go into determining this ranking, including: While all of these awards are special to us, Best Relationship means a lot because, well, our customers mean a lot.

Decoding Severity: A Guide to Differentiating Major vs Critical Incidents

Recognizing the difference between major and critical incidents is essential for IT operations, as downtime can result in significant financial losses for businesses. Gartner highlights that effective incident management can cut downtime by as much as 40% . Major incidents disrupt business operations but are typically confined to specific systems or processes.

Behind the scenes: Launching On-call

March 5th was a big day for incident.io as we released our on-call product to the world. Nine months of listening to our customers, coding, fixing, testing, and polishing came together for our biggest product launch to date. Releasing On-call was a huge milestone and represented the next step in our journey as a company.

Align ServiceOps with incident context to meet ITOps goals

ServiceOps is a technology-enabled approach that unifies IT operations and IT service management (ITSM) teams to improve incident management. In a recent survey of more than 400 global IT leaders by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), 96% of respondents reported positive results from implementing the approach. Adoption rates are high: 75% have either an active effort or a formal initiative to streamline collaboration between ITSM and ITOps teams.

Round Robin escalation policies: do's and don'ts

The concept of Round Robin comes from sports. And it has nothing to do with anyone called Robin, but the french word ruban (ribbon). In a Round Robin tournament, all participants face each other by taking turns. When applied to on-call schedules, a Round Robin escalation policy means that responders assigned to a level will take turns responding to alerts. When is this strategy useful and when isn’t?

Part I: #3 Virtual Meetup Rundeck by PagerDuty Asia Pacific OSS Community.

Part I:#3 Virtual Meetup Rundeck by PagerDuty Asia Pacific OSS Community. Customer Success Story: Samuel Kanagaraj (SRE Lead @ Telstra). Automate with Rundeck by PagerDuty! Explore the transformative power of automation through real-world success stories and expert insights. Hear firsthand from Samuel Kanagaraj, SRE Lead at Telstra, as he shares how automation has revolutionised their operations.

Part II: #3 Virtual Meetup Rundeck by PagerDuty Asia Pacific OSS Community.

Part II:#3 Virtual Meetup Rundeck by PagerDuty Asia Pacific OSS Community. Customer Success Story: Jared Vern & Christopher Gadd (Automation Engineers @ One New Zealand). Automate with Rundeck by PagerDuty! Explore the transformative power of automation through real-world success stories and expert insights. Jared Vern and Christopher Gadd, Automation Engineers at One NZ, discuss their experiences and the impact of automation on their workflows.