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Incident Management

The latest News and Information on Incident Management, On-Call, Incident Response and related technologies.

ITSM Incident Management + the Need for Speed

ITSM incident management might seem like a lot of words and letters thrown together. However, when examined in the light of managing changes to IT functionality, you quickly realize their importance. ITSM incident management quickly become realized as a way to define how teams should organize themselves and operate their IT services. And key to an effective understanding of this structure is ensuring rapid resolution of IT issues.

The Language of Incident Management

Language used across the high technology ecosystem is dynamic to say the least. Nowhere else can you find a mixture of technical jargon seamlessly intertwined with references from science fiction, mythology, pop-culture, literature, and more. While this makes conversations heard across technical environments colorful and engaging, it also makes communications allegorical and metaphorical— opening them to variable interpretation.

Have we discovered the secret sauce for successful offsites?

Offsite meetings can be great for getting things done. Being out of the office can clear the cobwebs, break down barriers, and lead to real breakthroughs. At BigPanda, the marketing team has started experimenting with how we run offsites, with the aim of trying to find a “secret sauce” that leads to success – maximizing both team building and task execution that we tackle in our offsites.

Communicate During Events with Opsgenie's New Email Templates

Emails are one of the most popular notification methods of Opsgenie when reaching out to your users. Now, you can create Email Templates which represent your company’s style and streamline communication processes! Email Templates are available for the emails sent out for Mass Notifications and Stakeholder Notifications, and you can customize of the content of the emails depending on your needs.

This IS NOT Fine: Putting Out (Code) Fires

So the dumpster is on fire. Again. The site’s down. Your boss’s face is an ever-deepening purple. And you begin debating whether you should join the #incident channel or call an ambulance to deal with his impending stroke. Firefighters have clear procedures and a strong hierarchy. The first truck at a scene immediately begins assessing the situation.

Reducing Noise with Event Intelligence

Learn how Event Intelligence, the next-gen approach to Event Management and AIOps, helps teams to cut through the noise and operate at scale. This introductory session will walk through key best practices and requirements such as reducing noise via adaptive machine learning, accelerating triage via integrating machine data with human response, and much more.