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Alert fatigue plagues cybersecurity and IT professionals, compromising their ability to respond effectively to genuine threats. This phenomenon occurs when an overwhelming volume of alerts desensitizes responders, leading to missed critical notifications and increased security risks. Understanding alert fatigue is crucial for organizations aiming to maintain robust security postures and operational efficiency.

In the world of IT and DevOps/SRE, managing incidents efficiently is paramount. When an unexpected issue arises, having the right OnCall software can make all the difference in minimizing downtime and maintaining service reliability. OnCall software ensures that there’s always someone available to respond to incidents, no matter the time of day. This tool is vital for businesses that operate around the clock and cannot afford to let issues go unresolved for long periods.

When managing IT infrastructure, one crucial aspect is ensuring that your incident alert management system remains operational during critical failures or outages. Relying on a single cloud provider for both your primary services and incident management can create a significant vulnerability. If that cloud provider experiences an outage, your alert management system could become inaccessible precisely when it’s needed most, leading to delayed responses and extended downtime.

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Alerts are a perennial topic, and a CoPE will need to engage with them. The bounds of this problem space are formed by two types of alerts: Understanding what these alerts are and how to configure them is one thing. Thinking about what they each do for your organization, and how using one or the other affects things, is another. The latter will be the focus of this article.

We are excited to add one more integration from the Industrial Internet of Things realm to our catalog! The seamless integration between ilert and Ubidots aims to streamline your operations, reduce machines' downtime, and improve overall efficiency.

You might have noticed that we released a series of AI-supported features last year. Intelligent alert grouping, developed to reduce alert fatigue, is the icing on the cake. ‍ With it, we combined all ilert AI features in a new powerful add-on that aims to reduce stress and give more clarity during IT incidents.