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

StatusCast vs Status.io: Status Page Comparison

In the modern day IT landscape, service reliability is of the utmost importance. Status pages serve as crucial interfaces, communicating any interruptions or issues to stakeholders. While several options are available, two notable status page providers stand out: StatusCast and Status.Io. Here we take a dive into the various aspects of status pages and incident management for each status page service.

Create a dedicated Microsoft Teams channel for an existing alert

With the ilert Microsoft Teams integration, you can create a separate MS Teams channel for a specific alert, allowing quick collaboration. You can bring together your team members in a shared chat to discuss the issue, share findings, and coordinate your response. This feature is also helpful for reviewing incidents and creating postmortems.

New Features In Team Onboarding

Get an inside look at two features designed to ensure that the people on your response teams are set up correctly on PagerDuty. Senior Product Manager Alex Quintana joins us to share how your people will successfully onboard onto the PagerDuty platform and then we’ll look at a new report that shows you all of your users on the platform.

Tips To Never Miss An Incident Notification With Squadcast Escalations Policies

Companies implement an Incident Response process to promptly resolve critical issues. Setting up escalation policies to notify engineers is a key step in this process. With traditional escalation policies, alert notifications still get missed which results in higher response times and failure to meet SLAs. So, how can one ensure incident notifications are never missed?
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Opsgenie Alternatives: Finding the Right Fit for your Incident Management Teams

In the dynamic landscape of modern IT operations and Incident Management, choosing the right tool is paramount to ensuring the resilience of your organization. Opsgenie, a popular Incident Response and Alerting platform, has been a go-to choice for many. However, as businesses grow and requirements evolve, exploring Opsgenie alternatives becomes essential in the quest to find the perfect fit for your unique operational needs. In this blog, we'll embark on a journey to uncover and evaluate some compelling alternatives to Opsgenie, helping you navigate the vast sea of options and make an informed decision that aligns perfectly with your team's workflows and objectives.

What Should Your System Outage Notifications Say?

System outages: they are an inevitable problem that every single IT team will encounter at some point. Whether they come about due to technical issues, act-of-god natural disasters, or simply random human error, system outages happen to the best of us. Though the cause of system outages is not always in your control, you can control your team’s processes for response and resolution.

Webinar: Streamlining Incident Management With Automation and Contextual Awareness

In the modern context of distributed teams & complex digital infrastructure, major incidents having a negative impact spanning multiple teams and services can cause a barrage of alerts. While a meticulously designed incident response strategy can aid in restoring order, it's essential to underscore the significance of providing responders with effective tools that offer contextual understanding and facilitate the identification of actionable alerts.

MSP's As NOC's, Handling Multiple Clients

A Managed Service Provider (MSP) should invest in an Incident Management platform to ensure seamless service delivery and customer satisfaction. Such a platform streamlines Incident Response, improves service reliability, and enhances communication among teams. It helps MSPs in reducing Mean Time to Acknowledge (MTTA) and Mean Time to Resolve (MTTR) incidents, thereby minimizing downtime and service disruptions.

Understanding the ServiceNow CMDB - and how AIOps modernizes it

Navigating the complex world of ServiceNow’s Configuration Management Database (CMDB) can feel overwhelming. You might find yourself grappling with understanding the foundational aspects of the CMDB, or maybe you’re seeking effective ways to utilize and integrate it seamlessly into your IT processes. You want to extract the maximum value from your ServiceNow CMDB but need help figuring out how to start.