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Evaluate AI models for observability: o11y-bench joins Fireworks' Specialized Intelligence Index and reaches v1.1

When evaluating AI models for observability, generating a plausible query or explanation isn't enough. Teams need to know whether an agent's conclusions are supported by telemetry, whether its changes to dashboards actually work, and whether it can deliver reliable results consistently. This is why we built o11y-bench, Grafana Labs' open benchmark for evaluating AI models on observability and SRE tasks. And today, we're excited to share two updates.

Working from home in the AI era: Advantages, disadvantages, and the way forward

Remote work has changed more than where we work. It has reshaped how teams collaborate, how organizations manage performance, and how employees balance professional and personal responsibilities. Now, AI is adding another dimension to this transformation. From AI assistants that summarize meetings to automation tools that handle repetitive tasks, technology is making remote work more efficient in several ways.
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The SAP Automation Advantage: What High-Performing SAP Teams Have in Common

Every Basis team has a list. The tasks nobody schedules because they get done by hand, by a Basis miracle worker who knows the sequence. System refresh. Parameter settings across multiple production systems. The cloud invoice with a number nobody can explain. The teams with a short list of manual tasks got there with automation. What separates them isn't enthusiasm for automation as a concept. It's automation covering every system they're responsible for, including the ones without a server login.

Cribl Detect: A new way to SIEM

Cribl Detect helps security teams use an open, platform-first architecture for SIEM workflows, including compliance, detection, investigation, and response. This video explains how Cribl Detect combines telemetry pipelines, real-time detection, structured search, federated investigations, long-term retention, and open integrations.

Checkly Is Now a Connector in Honeycomb Canvas

Honeycomb recently launched Canvas connectors, with Checkly serving among its first group of integration partners. With the Honeycomb Canvas connector for Checkly, the Canvas Agent can bring your synthetic monitoring into an investigation to help determine which checks are failing, from which locations, since when, and what Rocky AI identified as the likely root cause.

What Network Infrastructure Management Involves and How It Keeps Every Site Running

Why does the help desk still hear about network problems before the network engineers do, even with every router and switch under monitoring? In most cases the alert does its job, and the hours go into what comes after it. Tracking down who last touched the config takes time, and so does checking the switch's vendor support and how close that branch link is to capacity. Networks also no longer behave like a single system.

Nexthink Named a Leader in Forrester Wave DEXM Solutions 2026

Dear Nexthink community, Nexthink has been named a Leader in the 2026 Forrester Wave for Digital Employee Experience Management Solutions. I am incredibly proud to share this recognition with our customers, partners, and every Nexthinker whose commitment and ambition have brought us here. As a founder, this recognition is particularly meaningful.

Setting up Syslog in your Papertrail trial? Here's what to send your admin

Sending server logs to Papertrail over Syslog takes one setup command, and running it needs admin access: sudo on Linux, or Administrator rights on Windows. If you started a free trial but don’t have that access here are instructions to get your logs flowing. Copy your setup command, send it to a teammate who has admin access using one of the ready-made messages below, and your logs can be streaming in Papertrail within minutes of them running the script. This post walks you through those steps.