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Introducing Bits AI SRE, your AI on-call teammate

Bits AI SRE is your AI on-call teammate, built to autonomously investigate alerts and coordinate incident response. Integrated with Datadog, Slack, GitHub, Confluence, and more, Bits analyzes telemetry, reads documentation, and reviews recent deployments to determine the root cause of alerts—often before you’ve even opened your laptop. In fact, if you're using Datadog On-Call, you can view Bits’s findings right from your phone—so you’re always one step ahead, no matter where you are.

Essential Updates for Server 2008 and 2012 #shorts #patch

Servicing stack updates for Server 2008 and 2012 require users to remain current to avoid operational impacts. Development tools also receive necessary updates, prompting action from development and operations teams. Key updates for Azure Monitor and Microsoft Visual Studio emphasize the importance of team engagement. The content also addresses the end of life for certain services, highlighting the need for awareness and preparation.

Demo Roundups! Building Resilient On-Call Operations for the Holiday Season

The holidays are retailers' make-or-break moment - when every minute of downtime directly impacts revenue and customer experience. Join us for a retail-focused deep dive into building holiday-ready on-call operations that protect your peak season revenue. We'll demonstrate how PagerDuty's new scheduling experience and AI assistance ensure seamless coverage during your busiest - and most critical - time of year.

New Feature Friday: Understand & Improve Your DORA Performance with Cortex

This week on New Feature Friday, we’re highlighting two new releases that make it easier than ever to understand and improve your DORA performance: DORA Academy Course A guided learning experience that shows you how to use DORA Metrics and Cortex together to drive better engineering outcomes—without the data chaos. DORA Operational Readiness Scorecard An out-of-the-box template that benchmarks each service against DORA standards, giving teams an instant snapshot of where they stand and where to focus.

The next era of IT management with ManageEngine: What agentic AI will unlock

Agentic AI is generating a lot of buzz, but what does it actually do for IT teams? Join us as we showcase how the industry is evolving in the new era. What once took hours or days will soon take minutes—unlocking a new level of productivity and efficiency for IT operations. The foundation of this evolution? AI-driven contextual analytics. Agenda.

Data Observability: Build confidence in the data life cycle

Datadog Data Observability provides a complete solution with quality checks (e.g., volume, row changes, freshness), custom SQL-based monitors, anomaly detection, column-level lineage across systems like Snowflake and Tableau, full pipeline visibility, and targeted alerts when data issues arise.

Critical Vulnerabilities in Linux and VMware Tools: What You Need to Know #patch

CVE 2025-11561 affects Red Hat Linux and other distributions, requiring configuration of the Kross local authentication plugin for mitigation. Linux updates differ by vendor, with some delays in addressing vulnerabilities. A VMware tools vulnerability is actively exploited, prompting a recommendation to upgrade to a supported Linux version. Additionally, CVE 2025-58438 presents a traversal vulnerability in Python libraries on both Windows and Linux, resolved by upgrading to version 5.5.0.1.