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

SRE and the Enterprise: Building a Culture of Reliability at Scale

As the digital landscape evolves at breakneck speed, enterprises face an increasingly complex challenge: how to ensure their systems remain reliable and available amidst the chaos of modern technology. In this journey, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) emerges as a beacon of hope, offering a pragmatic approach to building a culture of reliability at scale.

Reduce MTTR with BigPanda Similar Incidents

There’s wisdom in past experiences — if you can access it. During live incidents, teams often look for parallels to past situations in their investigation process. Finding the answers is a time-consuming and manual process. You first have to identify similar incidents, then review historical data for insights and details on how previous teams resolved them. There’s no time to waste when SLAs are at stake. Yet that’s how many operators spend their time.

Takeaways from BigPanda 24

Last week saw several big milestones for BigPanda. We launched several new AI-driven capabilities (see below). And we had the privilege of meeting with more than 40 IT operations leaders from customers, including Disney, Nvidia, Autodesk, Lucid Motors, Intel, and Blue Shield, at our customer event, BigPanda 24. Representing some of the most innovative organizations in business and technology, these influencers joined us as part of our customer and technical advisory boards.

xMatters Vanguard Release

When all systems are firing, managing your incident management processes can feel a little out of this world. For this release, we've packed in more features than can fit into the City of Mystery. But never fear! You don't need to be part of a space program to join this intergalactic quest. All xMatters instances now include powerful new features and updates from our latest release: Learn more about these features and all the other exciting updates in our ‍ Vanguard Release Overview‍.

Beginner's Guide to Kubernetes Troubleshooting

Kubernetes troubleshooting is a critical skill for developers and system administrators managing containerized applications. It involves diagnosing and resolving issues within a Kubernetes cluster, ensuring that applications run smoothly and efficiently. Troubleshooting can range from simple configuration errors to complex networking issues, requiring a deep understanding of Kubernetes architecture and components.

Status Page automation with Playbooks

"🚀 Automate Your Status Pages with Playbooks! 🚀 In this video, we're diving deep into the world of incident response automation. Join us as we explore how you can streamline your status page updates with Spike's powerful Playbooks feature. Learn step-by-step how to create and configure Playbooks to automate your status page notifications, ensuring your stakeholders are always kept in the loop during incidents. With a live demo and practical insights, you'll discover how easy it is to set up automated responses tailored to your organization's needs.

Grafana OnCall mobile app notifications: The new and improved experience for Android users

The Grafana OnCall mobile app is an essential tool for on-call engineers to monitor and respond to critical system events. Available for both iOS and Android, the app offers a range of features and notification settings that make the on-call experience easier and more intuitive — all in the palm of your hand.

Recapping our live event: On-call as it should be, present and future

The launch of On-call was an integral part of the incident.io mission to become the single place you turn when things go wrong, and recently we hosted a live virtual event to show how it all came together. In this event, incident.io Co-founder and CTO Pete Hamilton sat down with incident.io Product Manager Megan McDonald, Product Engineer Rory Bain, and fellow Co-founder and CPO Chris Evans to demo the product, discuss the journey of the creation, and expand on what’s next.

Unleashing the Change Maker Within: Secrets to Driving Change in Your Organization

Hello, Innovators! If you've ever believed in the potential for change within your organization but weren’t sure how to advocate for it, this webinar is designed with you in mind. "Unleashing the Change Maker Within: Secrets to Driving Change in Your Organization” is not just another webinar; it's a beacon for engineers, SREs, and tech enthusiasts eager to make a tangible difference in their companies.