Why Spark Felt Different From Every Other AI Support Tool
Brandon Woods, Keysight Technologies, on the Difference Between a DEX-Powered IT Agent and a Generic AI Assistant “Spark’s real power is the Nexthink data behind it.
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What a Forrester TEI study on Edwin AI actually tells IT leaders-and how to use it
This blog helps IT leaders use the Forrester Consulting TEI study as a practical framework for evaluating Edwin AI in their own environments. A Total Economic Impact study is useful for one, critical reason: it takes a broad technology claim and turns it into a financial and operational framework. That matters in AI for IT operations because the market is crowded with claims. Every platform says it reduces noise. Every platform says it improves efficiency. Every platform says it helps teams move faster.
15 DevOps Metrics Every Engineering Team Should Track in 2026
Software moves from code to production more quickly today, but it is still difficult to tell whether delivery is actually improving or just becoming more active. Most teams rely on dashboards filled with metrics like deployments, uptime, failures, and tickets. The numbers are available, but the meaning behind them is often unclear. DevOps metrics become useful only when grouped into clear categories: DORA metrics cover only delivery speed and stability, which is just part of the picture.
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Data-Led Growth: How FinTechs Win with App Event Analytics
In the rapidly shifting world of financial technology (FinTech), acquiring and retaining new customers to achieve long-term business growth requires a proactive approach to user experience and application performance optimization. As FinTech companies compete against rivals to grow a user base and revolutionize how consumers manage their finances, they increasingly depend on data-driven insights to optimize their mobile applications and deliver exceptional user experiences. This is where application event analytics comes into play.
There Is No Good Spring Boot Alternative (Unless You're Doing One of These Three Things)
Every few months a new "we migrated off Spring Boot" post washes across r/java or DZone. The numbers are always impressive. 60% memory reduction, 85% faster startup, cloud bill cut in half. The comments are always full of developers convinced they should be doing the same thing. Is Spring Boot really that bad now? I decided to do my own research. I read every credible public migration case study I could find. I ran benchmarks. I built the internal business case for switching two of our services.
Why Modern Enterprises Still Get Blindsided And How Business Process Observability Changes That
Traditional observability misses business failures Modern monitoring tools can show that systems are technically healthy while critical business outcomes are quietly failing. Business Process Observability (BPO) closes this gap by tracking entire business transactions, like orders, payments, and shipments, instead of just infrastructure and application metrics.
498 Fake FIFA World Cup Domains and How Phishing Sentinel Catches Them
The FBI published a warning last week. Threat actors have registered more than 498 fake domains tied to the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Fake ticket sites. Fake job listings. Fake merchandise stores. All live in DNS right now. Every one of those domains is catchable. Not after victims report fraud. Before anyone gets hurt. That is what DNS Spy’s Phishing Sentinel is built to do.
High-cardinality metrics at scale: why the standard playbook is wrong
The “high cardinality is expensive” sentence has become observability’s version of “in this economy” — said so often that nobody questions whether it’s true. Every vendor pricing page invokes it. Every glossary article repeats it. Every architecture diagram shows aggregation buffers placed before the storage layer.
StatusGator now integrates with Datadog
Your Datadog dashboards tell you what’s happening inside your infrastructure. StatusGator helps you understand what’s happening with the vendors and services your business depends on. Now you can bring both together.
Phone numbers now supported in status page contact field
We’ve rolled out a small but useful improvement to the Status Page → General settings. Previously, the Support contact field in the footer only accepted: Based on feedback from our users, the field now also supports phone numbers. Status pages in StatusGator already offer a variety of customization options – including custom branding, layouts, monitor visibility, subscriber settings, and privacy controls.