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How IT leaders can use AI for DevOps

AI for DevOps adds intelligence to pipelines and operations, enabling predictive monitoring, faster root cause analysis and safer releases while improving reliability.

By Damon Garn • April 1, 2026

CNCF Ingress Nginx retirement could leave some users at risk

Some industry observers are concerned that users of the Ingress Nginx Kubernetes sub-project might not realize it's vulnerable until their environments are compromised.

By Beth Pariseau • March 25, 2026

The promise of SRE: Can it ease infrastructure integration?

SRE helps DevOps teams identify infrastructure issues earlier in development, but system engineers and other IT roles remain essential to ensure reliable application integration.

By Mary Shacklett • March 24, 2026

The ‘observability tax,’ AI and the SaaSpocalypse

In this episode of IT Ops Query, Ari Zilka, CEO of the observability startup MyDecisive.ai, discusses the observability tax, the SaaSpocalypse and taking humans out of the loop.

By Kate Murray • March 20, 2026

DevOps roles explained: Key jobs, responsibilities and skills

More than most IT initiatives, DevOps is built around people. Involve the right professionals, and get those people primed to work in concerted ways.

By Chris Tozzi • March 18, 2026

Nvidia NemoClaw, JFrog shore up OpenClaw security

OpenClaw's viral popularity shows AI agents have arrived, according to Jensen Huang, but it's also highlighted the new application security risks they pose.

By Beth Pariseau • March 17, 2026

IT leaders share enterprise AI change management tips

An Insight Enterprises CTO, an ex-Google AI lead, and SRE leaders from Telus offer tips to enterprise IT leaders struggling to cut through AI noise and realize business value.

By Beth Pariseau • March 16, 2026

Building a strong DevOps culture: A guide for business leaders

An effective DevOps culture blends collaboration, shared accountability, automation and continuous learning, with leadership aligning incentives to drive better delivery outcomes.

By Chris Tozzi • March 16, 2026

NanoClaw AI agents find a home in Docker Sandboxes

The minimal, containerized alternative to the viral OpenClaw gets an added dose of isolation from Docker microVMs, as 'AI claws' proliferate.

By Beth Pariseau • March 13, 2026

Microsoft 365 E7 adds AI governance; prices draw critiques

Microsoft's Agent 365 is the vendor's answer to enterprise AI agent qualms, but a pricey tie-in for the "work-in-progress" platform with Microsoft 365 raised eyebrows this week.

By Beth Pariseau • March 10, 2026

Beyond automation: Using GenAI to modernize IT operations

GenAI modernizes IT operations by enabling proactive automation, faster incident resolution, smarter capacity planning and governed scaling across hybrid environments.

By Damon Garn • March 10, 2026

AppDev leaders eye Postman AI tools for API development

Postman's agentic automation could add efficiency and ease of use, plus specialized context and governance guardrails, as AI apps reshape API development.

By Beth Pariseau • March 5, 2026

SaaSpocalypse? Maybe not, but SaaS applications are changing

It's unlikely that SaaS is undergoing an extinction-level event, IT leaders say, but AI is disrupting software in ways that enterprises must learn to navigate effectively.

By Beth Pariseau , Ben Lutkevich • March 5, 2026

Observability’s role in mitigating IT security risks

Observability expands IT security beyond traditional monitoring, enabling deeper threat detection, predictive risk insight, faster response and stronger forensics.

By Mary Shacklett • March 4, 2026

How proactive observability transforms IT operations

Proactive observability replaces reactive monitoring with AI-driven, full-stack visibility that predicts degradation, reduces downtime, speeds resolution and aligns IT performance.

By Damon Garn • March 2, 2026

ServiceNow touts AI governance for its Autonomous Workforce

As an enterprise trust gap persists for autonomous AI agents, ServiceNow pledges strong platform controls for a new set of specialist agents, beginning with the L1 service desk.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 26, 2026

New Relic plans to expand AI agent observability

New Relic will update its observability tools with new agentic AI features but will stick to its domain of expertise and a partnership strategy for broader forms of IT automation.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 24, 2026

Red Hat, Nvidia tighten integration with AI Factory

Red Hat and Nvidia knit together a software stack, called AI Factory, meant to get AI in enterprise production faster. Red Hat also rolled out a new AI Enterprise product bundle.

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 24, 2026

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.

By Brien Posey • Feb. 24, 2026

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.

By Kate Murray • Feb. 20, 2026

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.

By Mary Pratt • Feb. 19, 2026

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.

By Damon Garn • Feb. 17, 2026

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.

By Tom Nolle, Stephen Bigelow • Feb. 11, 2026

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."

By Beth Pariseau • Feb. 5, 2026

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.

By Clive Longbottom • Feb. 5, 2026