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

Do you need better cloud observability - or AI-powered cloud visibility?

Maybe you’re still using monolithic applications, built and refined over many years. You understand that shifting to microservices or containerized architectures is a huge and daunting task. You’re probably grappling with the limitations of legacy systems—maybe they’re slow, tough to update, or can’t scale as you’d like. And you’re likely using more traditional IT monitoring tools or even some cloud observability tools.

Kubernetes Incident Management: A Practical Guide

As more organizations embrace containerized applications, Kubernetes has emerged as the leading platform for orchestrating these containers. However, its complexity, combined with the inevitable reality of IT incidents, demands a well-defined strategy for managing disruptions. This article introduces Kubernetes incident management, describes common Kubernetes errors, and provides practical guidance to efficiently handle incidents.

AI-Generated Runbooks

AI-generated Runbooks lower the barrier to entry to new automation developers and speeds up the time to create new automation for experienced automation authors. This feature works seamlessly with the user’s preferred scripting language, offering a low-code solution for what used to be a high-code task. Watch how Runbook Automation users can write the task they wish to automate in plain-English and let AI build a template of automation for that particular task.

Avoiding a Major Incident with PagerDuty AIOps

A global retailer has a major incident occurring and the team doesn’t know it yet. Before PagerDuty AIOps, the NOC would get hit by alert storms and page multiple teams. This resulted in large conference calls and customer downtime. Now, a major incident right before Black Friday has been averted with PagerDuty AIOps. The result is better overall customer experience, no matter how stressed the system is.

Learning Flows: Bringing consistency to your post incident processes

To get the most out of your incident response processes, consistency is crucial. The more predictable you can be whenever issues crop up, whether a small bug or a major outage, the quicker and more confidently you can respond. In practice, incident response is equal parts knowing how to actually resolve the issue and having the confidence that the processes in place will help get you through without added stress.

After Hours Alerting for ConnectWise: Using SIGNL4 to Route CW Tickets to On-Call Engineers

As a business owner or manager, you understand the importance of efficient operations and effective communication, particularly after hours. You want to equip your on-call engineers with all the information they need to resolve a ticket when not at their desk. If you are using ConnectWise to manage your service tickets – here is some great addition to help with your after hours alerting.

The Debrief: Build vs buy

Almost every organization around will eventually face an important crossroad: should I build the tooling I need, or buy it? But more often that not, the decision to buy is the most sensible one that'll save you the most time, effort, and even money. But there are some edge cases where building can be the right choice. In this chat with Isaac, product engineer at incident.io, we dive into this nuanced debate and explain why buying is your best bet...most of the time.