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AI shifts IT roles towards orchestration, SolarWinds says

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SolarWinds research finds AI is pushing IT staff into more strategic oversight, as governance and trust become key to using new tools effectively.
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Freshworks names Vahalia to lead global partner push

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Freshworks appoints Kuntal Vahalia as Senior Vice President, Global Channels and Alliances, as it deepens partner ties to win more enterprise business.
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NeuBird AI launches ops agent, raises USD $19.3 million

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NeuBird AI expands beyond incident response with a production ops agent and Falcon engine as it secures USD $19.3 million in new funding.
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Freshworks boosts Freshservice with live asset mapping

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Freshworks adds live asset discovery to Freshservice, aiming to give IT teams clearer hybrid estate visibility and faster incident response.
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ControlUp launches DaaS IQ for Azure Virtual Desktop

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ControlUp unveils DaaS IQ for Azure Virtual Desktop, promising tighter cost controls, automated scaling and simpler management for large estates.
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Fenix24 launches Argos99 as standalone resilience software

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Fenix24 has turned Argos99 into a standalone SaaS platform, giving customers continuous asset visibility and dependency mapping to speed ransomware recovery.
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ControlMonkey adds observability recovery for cloud tools

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ControlMonkey broadens disaster recovery to Datadog, New Relic and other observability tools, giving teams versioned snapshots of dashboards and alerts.
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New Relic named IDC MarketScape AIOps leader again

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New Relic secures a third consecutive Leader ranking in IDC's Worldwide AIOps 2026 assessment, highlighting its AI-led observability tools.
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Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million, expands to US & UK

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Support Fusion raises AUD $1 million pre-seed to grow US and UK presence and scale AI-led integrations for co-managed enterprise IT.
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Tanium study says Autonomous IT yields USD $20.1 million

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Forrester study finds Tanium's Autonomous IT can deliver a 235% ROI and USD $20.1 million in three-year benefits with sub-six-month payback.
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Datadog unveils MCP Server for governed AI observability

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Datadog launches an MCP Server to give AI agents governed, real-time access to observability data across live development and operations.
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Komodor triples ARR as AI reshapes SRE & cloud spend

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Komodor triples ARR and doubles Fortune 500 reach as AI-fuelled SRE, automation and cloud cost pressure reshape reliability operations.
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Reimagining healthcare IT from risk to resilience

Tue, 24th Feb 2026
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Healthcare is at a digital crossroads, where resilient IT and observability define patient safety, clinical trust and sustainable care.
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Datadog opens DASH 2026, spotlighting AI in production

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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Datadog opens registration for DASH 2026 in New York, putting AI-in-production observability, security and reliability centre stage.
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eG Innovations appoints Jon Hatchuel to lead Australia

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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eG Innovations names Jon Hatchuel as its first Australia country manager, targeting growth in digital workspace monitoring and observability.
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ManageEngine boosts Site24x7 with causal, agentic AI

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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ManageEngine adds causal intelligence and AI agents to Site24x7, promising faster incident triage and automated remediation for hybrid IT ops.
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Expereo enhances expereoOne with digital case tool

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Expereo adds shared Digital Case Management to expereoOne, giving enterprises a single, transparent case timeline across global networks.
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Entuity V23.0 boosts remote monitoring with agents

Tue, 10th Feb 2026
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Entuity V23.0 debuts lightweight remote agents and streaming telemetry to extend secure monitoring across remote, distributed IT estates.
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Governance gaps stall Microsoft automation at scale

Mon, 9th Feb 2026
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Governance gaps and tool sprawl are stalling Microsoft automation at scale, with most large IT teams lacking control, visibility and integration.
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NeuBird AI names Venkat Ramakrishnan president & COO

Thu, 5th Feb 2026
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NeuBird AI appoints Venkat Ramakrishnan president and COO to scale its agentic AI SRE platform and expand global commercial operations.