Mailchimp
Not subscribed to OpsMatters Newsletter
Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud
The Place Where Modern Operations & Technology Come Together
Latest posts
Featured
Exoprise
We help you find and fix issues with your cloud apps fast. Exoprise is the leading solution provider for monitoring SaaS services like Microsoft 365, Box, Dropbox, Salesforce.com and more.
Sematext
Monitoring, log management, transaction tracing, and real user monitoring. Finally together!
NiCE IT Mgmt
From databases to servers, communication systems, operating systems and custom applications, NiCE provides the right application monitoring solutions and services.
Monitive
Monitive is an uptime monitoring service, where users sign up and input their website address, which we check every minute, from a random location around the world, and instantly notify them when their site is down.
EventSentry
EventSentry is an award-winning Hybrid SIEM which features real-time log, system health and network monitoring to proactively monitor networks and preemptively respond to threats.
ManageEngine
ManageEngine crafts comprehensive IT management software with a focus on making your job easier. Our 90+ products and free tools cover everything your IT needs, at prices you can afford.
Raygun
Raygun is a Software Intelligence Platform that gives companies visibility into software problems. Errors, crashes and slow loading pages and scripts affecting end users are automatically detected, enabling teams to build excellent user experiences.
7 Best IT Support Companies in Birmingham Reviewed 2026
If you run a business, you already know how quickly things fall apart when your IT starts playing up. One minute everything is running fine, then suddenly emails stop working, systems slow to a crawl, or somebody clicks on something they definitely shouldn't have clicked on. Most businesses don't really think about IT support until something goes wrong, which is usually when the panic starts. The problem is there are loads of IT support companies out there now, and a lot of them sound exactly the same. Every website promises "tailored solutions" and "cutting edge support" without really explaining what makes them different.
Elastic: Getting started with logging on the ELK Stack
For many organizations, centralizing and storing logs to perform log analytics is the first step in the path to observability - even if they don't realize that they've embarked on a journey. In this virtual event we'll go over the benefits of a log management solution, challenges you'll likely encounter along the way, and some tips to help you avoid the pitfalls that often appear when starting up or trying to improve your log aggregation.
Elastic: Semantic Search with Jina AI on Elastic Inference Service
Join us to discover how to build superior AI-driven search experiences using Elasticsearch vector database and Jina AI models. In an era of agentic AI, the cost of poor relevance compounds across every step of a task-based loop; getting retrieval right is now more critical than ever. This hands-on session focuses on transforming unstructured, siloed data into actionable information by leveraging Elastic as your core data platform for AI.
Elastic: Getting started with Elasticsearch
What is Elasticsearch? Elasticsearch is a distributed, RESTful search and analytics engine capable of addressing a growing number of use cases. As the heart of the free and open ELK or Elastic Stack, it securely stores your data for lightning-fast search, finetuned relevancy, and powerful analytics that scales with ease. This session is perfect for users who are new to Elasticsearch or those who want to see new capabilities in action. We'll cover getting started, which includes deploying, managing, and analyzing data in Elasticsearch.
Sponsored Post
Proactive Monitoring for NetApp ONTAP
This whitepaper explores how proactive monitoring, using Microsoft SCOM enhanced with the NiCE NetApp ONTAP Management Pack, enables IT teams to detect issues early, optimize storage usage, and ensure reliable, predictable performance across both on-premises and hybrid-cloud infrastructures.
Error Budget in SRE: The Complete Guide (2026)
An error budget is the acceptable amount of unreliability permitted by your SLO over a defined time window. It is not a target. It is not a stretch goal. It is a hard ceiling that, when breached, should trigger a pre-agreed organizational response — feature freezes, postmortems, or infrastructure investment. The formula is blunt: Error Budget = 1 - SLO Target Error Budget (time) = (1 - SLO Target) × Window Duration For a 30-day window: That last number should make you uncomfortable.
Automation will reshape IT operations within three years, say a third of teams
SolarWinds research reveals growing confidence in automation, however concerns around accuracy, skills and oversight remain.
Resolve's Agents of IT podcast - S2E10 - Effective AI Governance & Farewell, Ari
AI without context is just autocomplete with confidence. We’re breaking down: AI agents vs assistants Governance gaps in enterprise AI The real path to Zero Ticket IT Plus, a big thank you to Ari as he signs off from the show.
Building a CloudWatch metrics pipeline: parsing OpenTelemetry data
AWS delivers CloudWatch metrics in OpenTelemetry format via Firehose, but AppSignal uses its own internal format. Building the parser to bridge these two formats presented several technical challenges. The metrics arriving through this pipe power AWS automated dashboards. When AppSignal detects metrics from a supported AWS service, it creates a dashboard for it automatically, with pre-built charts grouped by category: compute, databases, networking, messaging, storage, and others.
From Signal Corps to Space: Building Networks That Can't Fail with Troy MacDonald
What does it take to succeed in networking when complexity is constantly increasing, and change never slows down? In this episode of Next-Gen Network Heroes, host Bob Slevin sits down with Troy (David) MacDonald, a network engineer at Blue Origin and former U.S. Army Chief Warrant Officer, to explore a career that spans from infantry beginnings to designing and managing large-scale, mission-critical networks.