Snowflake to acquire Observe to improve its ITOM position, help customers proactively troubleshoot issues
AI data cloud company Snowflake today said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Observe, a leader in AI-powered observability. The acquisition will integrate Observe’s platform directly into Snowflake, expanding that company’s capabilities in the IT operations management market, valued at more than $50 billion, according to Gartner research. The combination of Observe’s AI Site … continue reading
IT Operations and Management predictions for 2026
Advancements in artificial intelligence in 2025 marked a seismic shift in how organizations can use the tools to automate IT processes, predict network interruptions and identify and remediate issues that could lead to poor performance, or worse, cybersecurity breaches. This article includes the thoughts of industry leaders as to what we might expect moving into … continue reading
Meet the Unsung Hero of Digital Success
When outages hit, everyone blames the app, the cloud, or the firewall because that’s what users can see. Often, the real culprit is the network, specifically core network services such as DNS. Every service is reliant on DNS and a well-defined IP address space. When core services aren’t resilient and centrally managed, organizations struggle to … continue reading
When “Good Enough” Isn’t: The Danger of Sampling in Observability
Modern observability is meant to give engineering teams a clear view into their systems. That’s not actually happening. Instead, many can only see fragments of what is happening inside their applications, yet they’re paying more than ever for that “privilege.” It starts to make sense when you understand how much data is now created and … continue reading
The power of hybrid virtualization: Combining VMs and containers for resilient edge and enterprise IT
Containerization and virtualization are transformative technologies, each with unique strengths. When combined, they unlock unparalleled potential for edge environments, enabling businesses to achieve greater efficiency, resilience, and scalability. To better understand their unique strengths, Rudy de Anda, head of strategic alliances at Penguin Solutions, explains their complementary roles. Virtual machines (VMs) are good when it … continue reading
Nutanix Expands Capabilities for Distributed Sovereign Clouds
Orchestrated life cycle management and stronger security for sovereignty-aligned architectures are among new capabilities Nutanix announced today in its Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP). These new capabilities, the company said in its announcement, are designed to expand the choices customers can make as to how they run and govern their infrastructure, with a focus on … continue reading
BellSoft’s Hardened Images Set New Standard for Container Security
San Jose, California — BellSoft, the OpenJDK vendor delivering the most complete Java experience, has announced Hardened Images, a tool for enhancing the security and compliance of containerized applications in Kubernetes. Two-thirds of organizations experienced a container security incident in the past year. The challenge runs deeper than misconfigurations, it’s rooted in the software supply chain … continue reading
Reducing engineer burnout through unified identity
Not long ago, engineering teams mainly focused on building and running systems. That was the job. But if you look at the average engineer’s job role today, it’s a very different picture. The average tech stack has expanded massively, to include multiple clouds, clusters, databases, and environments, not to mention a growing number of tools, … continue reading
Drowning in CVEs and Cybersecurity Compliance Risks? There’s a Solution: Hardened Software Platforms
Mitigating common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) is a critical responsibility for every organization that takes cybersecurity and compliance seriously. But it is also a daunting one because fixing CVEs can feel like trying to slay the Hydra (a monster in ancient Greek myth that grew two new heads every time it lost one): Every time … continue reading
LogicMonitor acquires Catchpoint in $250 million deal
AI-first observability platform provider LogicMonitor told announced it has finalized the acquisition of Catchpoint, creators of a digital experience and internet performance monitoring platform, to move observability from reactive to preventative. For years, infrastructure monitoring involved teams looking at screens and acting on alerts that pop up. This acquisition, according to LogicMonitor, is about staying … continue reading
The New Era of IT: SUSE’s Vision for AI-Assisted Infrastructure
The complexities of managing numerous Linux systems are giving way to a fundamental shift to make IT operations proactive and automated. To meet this new paradigm, SUSE is unveiling its strategic vision for AI-assisted infrastructure. The core of this shift lies in managing complexity through natural language commands. In SUSE’s vision, Instead of manually combing … continue reading
A Framework for Building Trust in AI Site Reliability Engineering
Managing cloud-native environments has never been harder. Modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) teams are buried under a flood of telemetry, incidents, and constantly-changing infrastructure. For years, the playbook was simple: add more dashboards, collect more metrics, write better runbooks, and automate what you can. But as systems scale, even the best-run teams are hitting a … continue reading
ScienceLogic updates its Skylar One IT platform
Observability platform provider ScienceLogic today announced the first major update to its flagship Skylar One platform since its rebrand and expansion from SL1 (the ScienceLogic AI Platform). The release delivers deeper network and automated system intelligence for large-scale enterprises and service providers, along with a new user interface and improved visualizations. “Skylar One Juneau is a significant … continue reading
Opsera announces partnership with Koantek to accelerate Databricks adoption
DevOps platform provider Opsera has announced a strategic partnership with Koantek, an Elite Databricks Partner and Databricks Ventures–backed SI. Together, the companies will help enterprises deploy, scale and operate Databricks faster, more securely and with enterprise-grade governance. They offer a joint delivery model that pairs expert engineering with repeatable automation—helping customers move from manual, script‑heavy … continue reading
