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Building a multi-platform on-call mobile app

A significant part of being on-call is the ability to respond to pages and handle escalations on the go. In the early stages of developing incident.io On-call, we considered whether a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) could rely solely on SMS and phone calls. However, we quickly realized that a fully featured mobile app was going to be essential to the on-call experience. This led us to the question: how should we build this mobile app?

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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.

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.