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A practical guide to streamlining service delivery through workflow automation.

IDC predicts agentic AI will command over 26% of global IT spend, hitting $1.3 trillion in 2029. How do IT Ops teams prepare for the reality of agentic systems being embedded across workflows, interfaces, and enterprise platforms? We went straight to the source—IT Ops leaders—to learn how they’re tackling agentic AI.

As announced in our latest VictoriaMetrics Cloud Product updates in Q3 2025, we have been working to substantially improve our public tiers, and we wanted to dedicate some time to explain these changes and showcase what users can expect moving forward.

For platform engineers managing multiple Kubernetes clusters, maintaining policy consistency is a constant struggle. Manually applying security rules across a growing fleet of clusters is inefficient and error-prone. This approach creates significant risks: As your environment scales, this operational burden becomes unsustainable. Each out-of-sync policy represents a potential security gap, increasing the cluster’s attack surface.

In today’s digital landscape, application performance isn’t just about monitoring several key apps and “keeping the lights on,” it’s about understanding the full breadth of your interconnected business services and ensuring you’re delivering seamless, reliable experiences to customers and teams alike. But as applications grow increasingly distributed across cloud, on-prem, and hybrid environments, monitoring them holistically can become a serious challenge.

A queue quietly fills up overnight. Memory hits the configured watermark and RabbitMQ blocks all publishers. Your entire message pipeline freezes, and you discover the problem when users start complaining. This scenario repeats across thousands of production systems because teams don't monitor RabbitMQ properly. The broker exposes comprehensive metrics, but most engineers don't know which ones predict failures or how to track them.

In September, I wrote about how Cribl and Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence provide a powerful combination, unlocking new analytics capabilities for security and IT teams. I also said there was more to come… Today, Cribl is thrilled to announce a new Cribl Destination for Microsoft Fabric Real-Time Intelligence, marking another big step forward in our collaboration with Microsoft to make it much easier for Cribl customers to use Fabric.

Empowering Seamless Learning Experiences through Dependable, Human-Centered Connectivity. Maintaining a reliable and secure broadband network is no longer a luxury for schools; it’s a necessity. K-12 schools face unique challenges when it comes to leveraging technology for education, from limited budgets and resources to the increasingly sophisticated security risks threatening connectivity. When disruptions occur, the impacts on teaching, learning, and administrative operations can be significant.