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Runbook Automation and Rundeck v5.9 Release Notes

Product Manager Forrest Evans takes us through the new features in Runbook Automation v5.9, including a demo of incorporating Azure Key Vault in your automation jobs. For a full listing of the release notes, see the release notes page. Learn more about automation solutions, including new components to support your FinOps needs on the solutions page.

BigPanda Alert Remediation for Network Latency Issues

This demonstration showcases an automated workflow in Resolve Actions to fix high latency between an application server and a database server. The workflow is triggered automatically with a BigPanda alert. The automation responds to the alert, creating a ticket, providing real-time updates, and performing diagnostics. It checks for issues like network interface problems, CPU utilization, and memory to identify and fix the root cause.

How Finance Tech Will Change After the 2025 EU DORA Mandate

The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) has already begun to reshape the financial landscape in the European Union and beyond. As of January 2025, EU financial entities and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) third-party providers must demonstrate robust operational resilience against ICT disruptions.

Introducing Puppet Core: Vendor-Backed Platform Automation for Security, Reliability & Stability

Today, I’m excited to share that Perforce Puppet has launched the first build of Puppet Core! Here’s why the inaugural release of this new product marks a huge step forward for Open Source Puppet users.

Automated BigPanda Alert Remediation for Azure Applications

This demonstration shows how Resolve automates the remediation of unreachable web application. This alert is generated by BigPanda and Resolve workflows automatically diagnose the issue and remediate it without human input, creating a loop of self-healing IT. This workflow is built with Resolve's drag-and-drop designer, streamlines tasks like creating a ticket, updating monitoring tools, diagnosing issues, and performing remediation steps.

Automated incident response: Why it matters and where it's headed

Incidents happen. Whether it’s a service outage, degraded performance, or an unexpected spike in errors, things will go wrong. The question isn’t if incidents will occur—it’s how quickly and effectively you can respond when they do. For years, incident response has been a mostly manual process: someone gets paged, scrambles to investigate, loops in the right people, and after some firefighting, hopefully resolves the issue before too many customers notice.

IT Process Automation Tools: Our Analysis of Automation Solutions For 2025

If you're looking into IT process automation tools, you’ve come to the right place. There's plenty of room for automation in IT, yet many organizations still miss out on its benefits. A recent survey shows that 82% of IT professionals plan to update or expand their automation tools to better manage complex, hybrid environments. This guide breaks down the keys to IT Process Automation, from system integration to Service Management, policy enforcement, and much more.

Jekyll and Hyde: Taming AI Security with Automation

AI offers a world of promise for security teams, including potential for advanced threat detection, automated response capabilities, and enhanced data analysis for cybersecurity. But the same technology that supports cybersecurity teams can also be weaponized by threat actors — a true “Good vs. Evil", or “Jekyll and Hyde” scenario.