Email alerting is an inefficient way to receive and address critical alerts. Email inboxes tend to get flooded with “clutter,” as irrelevant messages bury urgent incident notifications. Incident management procedures require incident management systems, ensuring that urgent issues are immediately addressed. Yet, some services are reluctant to say goodbye to email alerting and its inefficiencies. … Continued
When mission-critical systems go down, every second matters. As businesses embrace digital transformation, they become heavily reliant on technology to conduct their operations, and a downed tech service can translate into millions of lost revenues. Customers are accustomed to seamless experiences, and even the slightest inconvenience can drive them away, costing both revenue and reputational … Continued
DevOps pipelines enable teams to implement continuous software development processes, often by using automation and collaboration tooling. The overall goal is to quickly release software products, updates, and fixes. To ensure a DevOps pipeline works well, teams add management and monitoring tooling to the pipeline. This includes incident alert management, which supports the team’s efforts … Continued
DevOps is a software development practice that combines development and operations teams. When organizations use DevOps, they typically also use agile methodologies for managing and completing projects. The combination of DevOps and agile practices enables teams to build software faster and more efficiently. One of the primary tools of DevOps is the continuous integration/continuous delivery … Continued
According to a study from the University of Maryland, a hacking attack occurs every 39 seconds. During a quick coffee break, your systems could be attacked up to a dozen times. Depending on how your alerts are set up, you might miss a dozen or more notifications. Missed or delayed alerts, and the resulting slow … Continued
Information technology service management (ITSM) tools streamline and regulate how IT services are delivered. ITSM tools include help-desk (e.g., ConnectWise Manage and ServiceNow) and monitoring software, providing smart ticketing capabilities and live system statuses, respectively. Unfortunately, Gartner Research reports that organizations tend to overbuy ITSM tools beyond their needs. For instance, organizations purchase unnecessary capabilities … Continued
In a world where we get alerts and notifications for anything under the sun, it is important to differentiate which alerts are important and which alerts can be dealt with later. For this very reason, the OnPage platform enables the user to send messages in two different formats: High and low-priority events. Our unique ringtones … Continued
As 2019 comes to an end, OnPage would like to re-inform MSP teams about the value and importance of offering a 24×7 support service. Twenty-four seven support ensures that client issues are quickly resolved by an after-hours support team. Though 24×7 support is a must-have offering, MSPs must first re-work their internal workflows and policies, … Continued
Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Business Continuity and IT Performance Analysis are trusted reports, identifying solutions that enhance and solidify an organization’s business continuity. The OnPage team is pleased to announce that we’ve been included in two Gartner Hype Cycle reports, listing OnPage’s incident alert management solution as a trusted tool for today’s support teams. This … Continued
In the IT world, support teams race to resolve incidents, ensuring that clients and stakeholders remain satisfied. Yet, many teams struggle to meet time-to-response goals due to ineffective alerting processes, human errors and sluggish procedures. Here are four sequences, showcasing how on-call responders can enhance their operations by adopting an incident alert management platform: Workflow … Continued
