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Observability vs. monitoring: What's the difference?
Although observability and monitoring are different concepts, they aren't mutually exclusive; both provide IT administrators with valuable insights on their systems.
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Kelsey Hightower's advice for platform engineers as AI looms
In this episode of IT Ops Query, Kelsey Hightower breaks down the current state -- and future -- of platform engineering in the AI era, plus skills development tips for IT leaders.
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DevOps in 2026 is evolving fast, with AI-driven automation, platform teams, smarter tools, cost-aware deployments and new skills redefining how software is built and run.
5 ways to achieve rapid IT incident resolution
Rapid IT incident resolution is a business capability driven by unified visibility, automation, clear escalation, strong documentation and business-focused prioritization.
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Top 10 DevOps trends to watch in 2026
DevOps in 2026 is evolving fast, with AI-driven automation, platform teams, smarter tools, cost-aware deployments and new skills redefining how software is built and run.
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Cloud-native platform engineering in the enterprise
The director of engineering for a Fortune 20 automotive company spoke on the latest cloud-native tools for platform engineering, and the challenges and opportunities ahead with AI.
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OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform targets enterprises
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5 ways to achieve rapid IT incident resolution
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8 reasons why IT leaders are embracing cloud repatriation
As IT leaders aggressively re-allocate capital to fund new AI initiatives, repatriation offers both savings and greater control, particularly in the finance, healthcare, manufacturing and research sectors.
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What is observability? The ultimate guide for IT teams
Observability is a management strategy focused on keeping the most relevant, important and core issues at or near the top of an operations process flow.
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Top 4 IT monitoring tools for 2026
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Top 8 observability tools for 2026
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IT process automation: 6 examples to boost efficiency
A variety of software offerings, increasingly infused with AI, can help an IT shop become more productive, from handling service requests to conducting user satisfaction surveys.
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7 observability best practices to improve visibility, performance
Observability enables organizations to analyze data on a continuous basis and act on it quickly. Learn best practices for implementing the practice.
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6 IT operations management best practices you need to know
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Guide to Windows storage management using Storage Spaces
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12 IT skills development strategies to close gaps in IT ops
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Outlook on IT infrastructure trends, challenges in 2026
In an age of AI, cyberthreats and outages, having a firm foundation for your technology is critical. Explore IT infrastructure trends and advice to keep your enterprise running.
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Agentic process automation: The enterprise guide to autonomous AI workflows
Agentic process automation, also known as agentic automation, is an automation approach that integrates autonomous AI agents and advanced AI technologies to perform tasks with minimal human intervention.
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What is hardware security?
Hardware security is vulnerability protection that comes in the form of a physical device rather than software installed on a computer system's hardware. It also refers to the protection of physical systems from harm.
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OpenAI Frontier AI agent platform targets enterprises
HP, Intuit, Oracle, State Farm, Thermo Fisher and Uber are signed on to work with OpenAI engineers on overcoming what the vendor describes as "the capability overhang."
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AI security worries stall enterprise production deployments
From Big Tech executives at Cisco's AI Summit this week to market research, the industry is waking up to a major hindrance in enterprise AI adoption.
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Dynatrace AI agents draw on new observability integrations
Dynatrace rolls out AI agents grounded in a newly consolidated observability data back end and user interfaces, as enterprise AI ROI now hinges on context engineering.
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