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Why Siloed Monitoring Increases Your MTTR and How to Resolve It

Are you spending more time figuring out whose problem it is than actually fixing it? If that feels familiar, you are not alone. Many IT teams start their day with multiple dashboards and tools, yet still struggle to understand what is wrong when something breaks. Everything may look fine in one view, and fine in another, but the customer impact tells a different story. Incidents end up taking longer to resolve than they should. This is not about effort or capability.

Disaster Recovery Testing: A Practical Step-by-Step Guide for 2026 | Harness Blog

Effective disaster recovery testing follows a clear three-phase lifecycle: plan, execute, and review. Most DR programs fail not because of missing tools, but because of untested runbooks and unclear ownership. Platforms like Harness Resilience Testing bring chaos, load, and DR testing into one pipeline so teams can catch risks before they become incidents. Most organizations don't fail at disaster recovery because they lack technology.

The AI Productivity Paradox: We're Measuring the Gains and Missing the Costs | Harness Blog

For the past year, I've been hearing a version of the same thing from engineering leaders: AI tools are working, productivity is up, the business case is there. And yet, something about the picture still feels incomplete. So we decided to go find out how widespread that feeling actually is. We surveyed 700 engineers and managers across five countries, and published the results in the State of Engineering Excellence 2026.

How are hyperscalers misleading the cloud industry?

In 2024, Mark Boost, CEO at Civo, introduced the concept of ‘cloud parity’, a cloud computing approach that ensures a consistent, identical experience, feature set, and operational model across public, private, hybrid, and edge environments. “Cloud parity gives teams the freedom the cloud was supposed to deliver in the first place. It gives enterprises the sovereignty they need. It gives public sector bodies the clarity they require.

Tips and Tricks for Handling Secrets in Icinga 2

Today, we are going to look at a few things related to handling secrets. While Icinga 2 has no dedicated mechanisms for secret handling, there are a few tricks you can do with standard features. This is not meant as a step-by-step tutorial, but rather as an inspiration where you can adopt the ideas that make sense in your setup.

Observability for the Agent Era: Day 1 | Keynotes

Honeycomb's Innovation Week: Observability for the Agent Era (May 12-14) For Day 1 of Innovation Week, Honeycomb co-founders Christine Yen and Charity Majors will share what it actually takes to understand and debug systems in the agent era, and what the best engineering teams are doing differently. A 3-Day Virtual Event for Teams Building the Future May 12: Get insights on how the best engineering teams are tackling the challenges of the agentic era.

Security vs speed in databases | The Simple Talk Podcast

Are engineering teams quietly accepting more risk? Redgate's 2026 State of the Database Landscape report reveals that people are increasingly willing to accept more risk to be more productive and take full advantage of AI’s capabilities. Steve Jones, Kellyn Gorman, Grant Fritchey and Pat Wright share their thoughts on that in today's episode. They share stories from their own careers, debate on whether the decline of the DBA 'gatekeeper' role has weakened security practices, how AI is amplifying the problem - and much more.

Redgate Flyway Enterprise | AWS Database Migration Readiness

In this demo, we explore the AWS Database Migration and Modernization (D2M) framework, from Align and Assess through to Optimize, and show how Flyway helps simplify database versioning, automate deployments, and enable reliable CI/CD. See how to reduce risk, improve collaboration, and modernize your database workflows in the cloud with better visibility and control.

Redgate Test Data Manager | AWS Database Migration Readiness

In this demo, we explore the AWS Database Migration and Modernization (D2M) framework, from Align and Assess through to Optimize, and show how Redgate TDM helps teams to safely work through compliance or data privacy concerns during cloud migrations. See how to safely mask sensitive data, create reusable datasets, and accelerate development with consistent, compliant test data across environments. Discover how test data management reduces risk, supports DevOps pipelines, and enables faster, more secure cloud migrations.