IT Monitoring News | January ’26 Edition
Latest updates, insights, events, and more regarding Microsoft SCOM, and Azure Monitor
IT Monitoring News | January ’26 Edition
Dive into the Latest Updates and Insights
Welcome to the January edition of the NiCE bi-monthly IT monitoring news! As we kick off a new year, we’re bringing you fresh updates, insights, and resources to help make your IT monitoring smarter and more efficient. From new feature releases to practical guidance, there’s plenty to explore. Let’s dive in!
Industry Insights & Research 📚
2025 Observability Forecast (New Relic)
The report highlights rapid adoption of AI-assisted observability, tool consolidation, and a strong push toward full-stack visibility across hybrid environments. It shows that organizations investing in observability are seeing measurable ROI through faster incident resolution, improved uptime, and better customer experience. Read here.
State of Observability 2025 (Splunk/Cisco)
Splunk’s report emphasizes that observability has become a business driver, influencing product quality, customer satisfaction, and organizational agility. It also warns that rising AI workloads and distributed architectures are pushing teams to modernize their monitoring strategies to keep pace. Read here.
Monitoring & Observability Tool Effectiveness Report (BigPanda)
BigPanda’s study finds that many enterprises are overwhelmed by excessive alert noise, with a significant portion of alerts providing low actionable value. The report shows a growing need for intelligent event correlation and streamlined alerting to reduce fatigue and improve operational efficiency. Read here.
Releases & Software Updates 🛠️
Microsoft SCOM 2025 UR1
System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) continues to evolve to meet the demands of modern, hybrid IT infrastructures. Update Rollup 1 (UR1) builds on this foundation by delivering critical fixes, performance improvements, and enhancements that streamline monitoring and alerting. Explore the latest updates.
NiCE NetApp ONTAP Management Pack 1.2
NiCE is pleased to announce the general availability of the NiCE NetApp ONTAP Management Pack 1.2, which adds support for ONTAP 9.16.1–9.18.1, Operations Manager 2025, improved event and certificate monitoring, combo free-space monitors, and enhanced logging and alert views. The release also introduces new monitors for SnapMirror relationship lag time, inode usage, and sync time. Request now.
Latest NiCE Whitepapers & Recordings 📘
Streamline Incident Management
In today’s dynamic technology landscape, monitoring tools can identify issues within seconds—but turning those alerts into meaningful, trackable action is where many organizations fall short. Read how to conquer this challenge.
Microsoft SCOM to Dashboard
As IT monitoring shifts toward real-time observability, organizations are enhancing Microsoft SCOM with modern dashboards. This whitepaper explains how to integrate SCOM with platforms like Grafana, SquaredUp, Power BI, and Azure Workbooks to deliver deeper insights and unified visibility. Learn more.
Events & Sessions to Look Forward To 📅
IT Infrastructure & Operations Summit
A major European event focused on real-world strategies for hybrid cloud, monitoring, modern infrastructures, and best practices in IT operations. Perfect for infrastructure teams and systems administrators in Europe.
techConference 2026
June 9-10, 2026 – Vienna, Austria
A premier event for data, AI, and advanced analytics professionals. The summit offers insights into AI/ML, observability, and data infrastructure, which are key areas for modern monitoring strategies.
RSA Conference (RSAC)
March 23-26, 2026 – San Francisco, USA
One of the biggest global security events, ideal for IT and monitoring professionals to stay ahead of threats and integrate SecOps with existing stacks.
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Spotlight on Partners 🤝
Multisoft Services
NiCE is happy to partner with Multisoft Services, a dynamic software and consulting provider within the Cronos Group, helping organizations optimize software investments and achieve their digital transformation goals.
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