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Like many SaaS businesses, we have an on-call rota to enable us to provide 24x7 cover if there are problems with incident.io. We have a 'pager' which will alert the relevant person if something unexpected happens in our app, so that they can investigate and fix it if needed. Note: This was adapted from an internal document we wrote about how we think about on-call at incident.io.
It takes a lot to run a modern business. From websites to technical solutions and everything in between, it’s no surprise we need better monitoring systems to make sure everything is operational. With multiple gears turning at once on any given platform, incidents are inevitable—especially for companies that are constantly growing and innovating. And the impact of incidents can affect user services, operations, and even business reputation.
5 suggestions to mark the embrace of availability for executives during a time of digital transformation.
Introduction As all companies become software driven, DevOps is becoming an important practice in enterprises and startups across the world. DevOps is about bringing velocity to delivering tech products and services, so you can delight customers and meet business goals. To achieve this velocity, development (dev) and operations (ops) teams work closely together across the software lifecycle - from planning to release. And this has led to a new role in engineering teams - DevOps Engineer.
Building a complex new product can be scary. What if no-one gets value from it? What if it doesn't work? What if it's hard to change? One way to mitigate these risks is to break down the product into smaller shippable increments, allowing you to capture feedback early and confirming the most important assumptions before fully committing to a solution.
Earlier this fall, we announced a significant evolution in the IT process automation portfolio at PagerDuty—the general availability of PagerDuty Rundeck Actions and early access for Rundeck Cloud. These new offerings reflect our vision to enable companies to take real-time actions by democratizing access to automation. In other words, to quickly and safely delegate automated IT processes to the IT users (and APIs) that need them to get work done.