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The State Of FinOps 2025: Cloud+, AI Visibility, And Other Key Takeaways

The FinOps Foundation just released the sixth installment of its annual State of FinOps report. The 2025 installment contains a few key themes: In this blog, we give a little more detail on each, highlighting key statistics and takeaways from the State of FinOps 2025.

SharePoint vs. OneDrive vs. Teams

Microsoft 365 offers multiple file storage solutions—SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams—each designed for different use cases. However, many organizations struggle to determine where to store files and how to manage document collaboration efficiently. Choosing the wrong storage location can lead to content sprawl, security risks, and version control issues.

Squadcast Joins Forces with SolarWinds: Powering the Future of Reliability and Incident Response

We are thrilled to announce that Squadcast is now a part of SolarWinds, marking a transformative milestone in our journey to redefine reliability and incident management. When we started Squadcast, our singular mission was clear–to help teams achieve greater reliability by transforming incident response into a proactive, automated, and intelligent process. Today, that mission takes a massive leap forward as we join forces with SolarWinds, a global leader in hybrid IT observability.

Monitor OracleDB EX with OpenTelemetry and MetricFire

OracleDB remains a top choice as a relational database management system (RDBMS), despite its strict licensing requirements. It excels at handling complex SQL queries, massive datasets, and transactional workloads, making it ideal for large Enterprise technology stacks. Its many benefits include robust indexing, partitioning, and in-memory processing to optimize query performance at scale.

What's new with AWS for 2025

Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds onto the top spot with a 30% share of the global cloud infrastructure market. Despite fierce competition, AWS remains the leader by consistently driving innovation in AI and cloud computing. In this blog, we explore the latest advancements, from global infrastructure expansion to enhancements in cloud services’ availability and performance, as well as what AWS has planned for 2025.

Signals Turns One! A Year of Growth and Innovation

A year ago, we launched Signals with a simple but powerful idea: on-call shouldn’t be a painful juggling act. Too often, teams had to bounce between separate alerting and incident response tools, slowing everything down when speed mattered most. And traditional on-call tools? They were built around services, not the people responding to them.

Why engineering teams are moving from PagerDuty to incident.io On-Call

Recently, we hosted a webinar on migrating from PagerDuty, where we explored why so many engineering teams are rethinking their on-call tools. This blog post is based on that conversation, diving into the frustrations teams face with PagerDuty and how incident.io On-Call offers a better way forward.

How to Use journalctl --last to Check Recent System Logs

When your Linux server starts acting up at 3 AM, you don't need a philosophy lesson—you need answers. Fast. That's where journalctl last comes in, the command-line equivalent of having a time machine for your system's events. If you've been piecing together log information like some digital detective with a cork board and string, it's time to upgrade your toolkit. Let's cut through the noise and get you the intel you need, when you need it.

Nginx Error Logs: Troubleshooting and Security Guide

Nginx error logs can be tough to decipher, even for experienced sysadmins and DevOps engineers. They hold valuable clues about what’s going wrong, but sorting through them can feel overwhelming. Understanding these logs doesn’t have to be a challenge. This guide breaks them down in a clear, practical way—so you can find the issues that matter and fix them with confidence.