On this day in 1906, barber-turned-inventor Karl Ludwig Nessler invented a machine that put permanent waves into hair in London, England.

In the age of cloud, digital transformation, application modernization, and the mobile economy, the network is the lifeblood behind enabling excellent customer experiences. Network Operations (NetOps) and IT Operations (ITOps) teams are constantly aware that a disruption in core network systems performance can have a massive impact on their business.

Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta. Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier. All were among history’s greatest boxers, but when they met in the ring, each brought out the best in the other. It’s the same in IT management. There are tools and platforms that on their own are essential to IT operations; but when paired as an infrastructure management tandem, each complements the other, ensuring maximal efficacy of both systems.

Hi, my name is Erik Rudin, and I have the privilege of leading our technical alliances and ecosystem team here at ScienceLogic. We are excited to announce that ScienceLogic has acquired the network configuration and change management vendor Restorepoint. With this acquisition, we’re expanding our IT operations business into the Network Operations (NetOps) and Security Operations (SecOps) domains.