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Incident Management

The latest News and Information on Incident Management, On-Call, Incident Response and related technologies.

Better multi-timezone support for On-call overrides

Today, we are bringing enhancements to on-call overrides. For many remote teams using Spike, we are addressing the need to manage overrides across multiple time zones. This new design makes it easy to see override times in the local time of the person taking over. It adds clarity and helps you be mindful about on-call times. We also focus on clearly showing who is taking over on-call duties, enhancing overall management and coordination.

AIOps use cases: Technical, operational, and business

ITOps stands at a crossroads: Teams need help managing high volumes of alerts and coordinating between different tools and teams. They must balance the agility offered by cloud technologies and the stability provided by on-premises solutions. Success relies heavily on adaptability and clarity, requiring flexibility, with synchronized technology stacks for seamless IT operations. AIOps, a term coined by Gartner, provides a straightforward way to improve IT operations.

Building the Best Incident Response Team

When it comes to critical incident management, IT teams require a structured approach that will ensure that any cybersecurity event is swiftly remediated. And no incident management plan is complete without a clearly defined incident response team. Whether your team is looking to establish an incident response team from scratch or just improve existing response practices, this blog will help your organization understand what it takes to build the best incident response team.

Redefining incident management: the incident way

Gone are the days when incidents were manual to resolve, invisible to customers, and overall viewed with a negative lens. This is part two of the virtual event series as we dive into our fresh take on what incidents should look like, The Incident Way, and hear from customer stories putting these principles into practice.

Managing your resources in Terraform can be literally easy and actually fun

We approached building a Terraform integration with a sense of trepidation. One of the things that motivates us is building features we think people are going to love using, and Terraform integrations are often not that. Terraform integrations have a number of common pitfalls. Building resources by hand is tedious, and requires deep understanding of their specification. Importing and managing existing resources is also often painful.

Problems with ServiceNow and Twilio

We live in a time where immediate communication of critical incidents is vital for maintaining continuous service availability. As companies strive to enhance their IT service management practices, many integrate technologies like Interactive Voice Response (IVR) into their service delivery frameworks. However, this approach may not always be the most effective.

Alert Intelligence - 11 Tips for Smarter Alert Management

Alert fatigue is the enemy of effective Incident Response. Traditional alert management systems generate a constant stream of notifications, making it difficult for IT operations teams to distinguish critical issues from noise. This leads to: These challenges demand a new approach. Alert intelligence. Alert Intelligence offers a sophisticated solution that leverages machine learning and advanced algorithms to transform alert management.

PagerDuty Community Demo Roundups: Streamlining Planned Work with PagerDuty Workflow Automation

Developer Advocate Mandi Walls welcomes Alan Hickmon, Sr. Solutions Consultant at PagerDuty, who demonstrates how to standardize and automate routine tasks, such as database upgrades, to enhance efficiency and free up valuable time for engineering teams.

The Science of Building Cloud Native DevTools - Incidentally Reliable with Ramiro Berrelleza

Catch Ramiro Berrelleza — Founder and CEO at Okteto talk about how impactful DevTool startups are built, the importance of investing in Developer Experience, and the emerging issues with the Cloud Native ecosystem.