If you thought that the product announcements from PagerDuty’s largest event of the year, PagerDuty Summit 2021, was all we had in store for you, think again! We’re excited to announce that the July Release comes with a new set of updates and enhancements to the PagerDuty platform! You can learn about our latest capabilities via the Q1 PagerDuty Pulse or read below for the highlights.

While most businesses have an emergency preparedness plan in place, organizations have to wonder if their current plans are enough to defend against the growing list of major incidents and critical events affecting business. According to the 2020-21 Major Incident Management Annual report, an emergency preparedness plan isn’t enough to combat the growing threat landscape. To combat the rise in critical events, organizations must maximize operational resilience.

An effective monitoring system is paramount to smooth business operations. As the need for a fast, responsive software experience gains momentum, monitoring becomes an indispensable driving force. Monitoring systems enable IT teams to proactively observe the health and responsiveness of critical environments and applications. Without monitoring, organizations must depend on customers or internal departments to receive notice of system issues.

It's time to break down the silos separating SREs from security engineers.