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IT Operations, commonly known as IT Ops, forms the backbone of every organization's technology infrastructure. IT Ops teams ensure that all systems, networks, and services run smoothly, keeping businesses operational 24/7.

Cloud has become the backbone of digital enterprises, but managing its cost footprint is proving increasingly difficult. With multiple providers, diverse pricing models, and ever-changing workloads, organizations often find themselves facing spend leakage and unanticipated overruns. The stakes are high—not only in terms of IT budgets but also in ensuring cloud resources deliver maximum business value.

A test fails. You rerun it and it passes. You shrug and move on. This is how most teams deal with flaky tests. The “rerun until green” approach works in the moment, and rerunning from failed tests is a useful way to confirm whether a failure is real. But reruns don’t fix the underlying issue. Over time, they burn CI resources and can hide real instability in your code. On the other hand, fixing flaky tests can mean hours of work.

With the end of the year fast approaching, we want to let you know about some important dates for our upcoming release freezes. Our annual release freeze helps ensure stability for everyone during the holiday season, which is a critical time for many of our customers. This pause helps us protect our on-call teams and maintain a smooth experience for you.

Now fully integrated into Catchpoint’s Internet Performance Monitoring (IPM) platform, WebPageTest is no longer just a testing tool; it’s your full-stack performance command center. From AI-powered insights to automation and Smartboards, the new WebPageTest gives digital experience teams everything they need to move beyond page speed and master end-to-end performance. Test smarter, detect faster, and optimize every layer of performance with a unified, AI-powered platform built for experts.

The impact of the AWS outage has reminded many businesses of the risk for businesses that rely heavily on centralised cloud infrastructure, especially when so many essential services are concentrated in a single region. But at the wider industry level, this is also a warning around the widespread lack of contingency planning for cloud failures. Reactive response must give way to strategically planned disaster recovery protocols that engender a resilient cloud market.

Modern teams often run hundreds of synthetic tests across multiple services, environments, and user journeys. While these tests provide deep visibility, managing them as a flat list can quickly become overwhelming, especially as organizations scale and teams specialize.