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Critically-acclaimed TV show The Last of Us is back. As a huge fan, I find striking parallels between the series’ post-apocalyptic environment and modern digital operations. Just as Ellie and Joel’s (the main characters) world was fundamentally changed by an unstoppable force of nature, today’s operations are being radically transformed by increasingly complex, interconnected systems, and the power of AI and automation.

The world of IT has undergone a seismic shift over the past two decades. What was once a landscape dominated by physical servers, on-premise data centers, and monolithic applications has transformed into a dynamic ecosystem of cloud-native architectures, microservices, and distributed systems. Yet, many enterprises still rely on traditional IT Service Management (ITSM) tools that were designed for a bygone era.

In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, many businesses require employees to be on call to ensure smooth operations and quick responses to critical issues. However, compensating employees for being on call can be a tricky subject. It’s important to strike a balance between fairness, accountability, and incentivizing the right behaviors. Let’s explore four common methods of compensating employees for being on call, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

Agencies across government are at a critical cross-roads with digital service transformation. Which direction to turn between answering the call to be more operationally efficient and how to embrace GenAI technology to deliver fresh ROI, according to The Total Economic Impact of the PagerDuty Operations Cloud for Public Sector ebook. Driving operational efficiency is no longer a long-term aspirational goal for government agencies, it’s now a matter of executive policy.

As one customer put it: “We spend 99% of our time on our ITSM platform and only 1% on PagerDuty.” This simple statement highlights the beauty of PagerDuty—it’s a low-maintenance tool that just works. However, even the best tools benefit from a little governance to ensure they’re being used effectively. Enter the PagerDuty Champions—a small, part-time team dedicated to keeping your incident management practices sharp and your teams productive.

AI and automation have cemented themselves as pillars of enterprise operations. Both have brought measurable benefits to organizations: efficiency gains, streamlined operations, and new revenue opportunities, to name a few. And with new capabilities like agentic AI bursting onto the scene, AI and automation will only become more impactful in the coming years. But accompanying these new capabilities are new complexities, and they’re evolving just as fast as the technologies themselves.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has arrived in the workplace, powering everything from the personalization of tailored experiences, to automation, to predictive analytics, all for the purpose of better decision making. No longer a buzzword tossed around in boardroom brainstorming or futuristic planning sessions, AI is a present-day reality reshaping how businesses operate. Generative AI kicked off the revolution, and its rapid adoption is changing how humans create and work.

Atlassian’s recent end-of-life announcement formalized what Opsgenie users have experienced for years: a platform with stagnant innovation. Now officially on maintenance mode – no new features, no innovation, no future – Opsgenie customers have an important choice to make: settle for basic ‘good enough’ capabilities baked into Atlassian’s JSM, or upgrade to a purpose-built platform that takes incident management seriously.

Given the current climate in the federal government, it’s critical that public sector IT leaders find innovative solutions to do more with less. That’s a real challenge for these leaders who must balance with current alert backlogs against their agency limited IT budget and resources. Everyday, more than a thousand alerts to track down and as response times are slowing and some incident managers are burning out.

OpsGenie has served many teams well for years, but with Atlassian’s OpsGenie 2027 sunset announcement and as it enters its maintenance phase, it’s time to look forward and plan your next move. Running tomorrow’s operations on yesterday’s technology isn’t just risky – it’s holding you back. This isn’t just a transition – it’s an opportunity to leap ahead.