
Breaking Boundaries: Integrating Generative AI for Developers
Many organizations are experiencing deficits in technical skills and gaps in productivity that ultimately harm their bottom line. To overcome those obstacles and drive growth, businesses can use generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Bard to handle large volumes of data and increase the speed and output of basic tasks without draining valuable human capital. […]

Upgrade SRE Performance Management With AI
In my recent blog, Revolutionizing the Nine Pillars of SRE with AI-Engineered Tools, I indicated that AI could analyze application and infrastructure performance data to identify optimization opportunities and predict capacity requirements. In this blog, I explain in more detail how AI-engineered tools can be used to improve the pillar that I call performance management […]

New Relic Adds App Security Testing Tool to Observability Platform
New Relic made available a public preview of an application security testing tool that will be integrated into its observability platform.

Automation or Concatenation?
We’ve been in a period of mergers and acquisitions for a while in the DevOps and DevSecOps spaces, and it seems to be heating up even more. Combined with products expanding to cover a more broad segment of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and strategic partnerships to cover more of the SDLC, it is […]

Dynatrace Adds Generative AI Capabilities to Davis Engine
Dynatrace added generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to the Davis engine it uses to apply machine learning algorithms to its observability platform.

Using Generative AI for Issue Remediation and Software Reliability
Generative AI offers SRE teams a way to automate and streamline error investigation and remediation, making it more intelligent, focused and efficient.

Harnessing AI for Automated and Toil-Free SRE
AI not only reduces toil but also contributes to improving system reliability, efficiency and scalability, forming a critical part of modern SRE practices.


Five Great DevOps Job Opportunities
Looking for a great new DevOps job? Check out these available roles at SAP, Citigroup, J. Crew and more!

Syslogs in Linux: Understanding Facilities and Levels
Syslogs are an integral aspect of Linux systems, serving as a foundation for efficient monitoring, troubleshooting and analysis.

Complete Guide to AWS Savings Plans
Monitoring and managing your AWS Savings Plans, as part of your overall cloud operations strategy, can help optimize your cloud computing costs.

AI ‘is Getting Worse’ ¦ AI ‘Will Lose India Jobs’ (Probably Isn’t ¦ Probably Won’t)
In this week’s #TheLongView, a conundrum: On the one hand, researchers say ChatGPT is losing the plot; and on the other, outsourced coding jobs in India will be replaced by AI.

Google Announces Availability of iPaaS Service
Google today made available an integration platform-as-a-service (iPaaS) capable of invoking a range of methods to integrate applications.

Postman Acquires Akita Software to Gain API Observability
Postman has acquired Akita Software to gain access to a platform for monitoring and observing application programming interfaces (APIs).

How Platform Engineering Bridges the IT and DevOps Divide
A key area where companies can eliminate expensive waste and increase time to value is the relationship and workflow between IT and developers. Enter platform engineering.

Defining ‘Best’
The tools you already have within your organization are capable of more than you think. Take advantage of them.

Webb.ai Launches AI-Based Continuous Root Cause Analysis
Webb.ai opened an early access program for a Continuous Automated Root Cause Analysis platform that uses AI combined with a knowledge graph to dynamically keep track of and analyze changes to IT environments.

Splunk Goes Azure With Microsoft Partnership
Splunk announced a strategic partnership with Microsoft to build solutions natively on Azure. Mitch Ashley is live at the .conf event.

Splunk Adds Generative AI Tool and OpenTelemetry Collector
Splunk added an assistant that leverages generative AI capabilities to enable IT teams to use natural language to invoke the Splunk Processing Language (SPL).

Shift Left With DAST: Dynamic Testing in the CI/CD Pipeline
By focusing on application security like an attacker would, DAST can discover potential security threats that static testing methods might miss.

The Role of AI in ITSM: SLAs, SLOs, SLIs and Error Budgets
In the complex landscape of ITSM, AI is emerging as a transformative force, enabling organizations to manage their systems with unprecedented precision and proactivity.

The Cyber Resilience Act Threatens the Future of Open Source
The EU is set to vote on the CRA July 19, 2023. Sonatype’s Brian Fox believes it’s a threat to the future of open source development.

Splunk Adds Hub to Extend Observability to Edge Computing Platforms
Splunk’s Edge Hub ingests data from sensors, industrial equipment and internet-of-things (IoT) platforms so that it can be analyzed alongside data collected from IT environments.
