Debra Schleicher is Chief Marketing Officer at Vitria, where she leads go-to-market strategy and category development for AI-powered service assurance and AIOps. Her work focuses on AIOps, service assurance, telecom operations, observability, and helping organizations modernize operations across complex technology environments.
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
September 24, 2026
Buyers shortlist these three together on the reasonable assumption that they are three versions of the same product. Each began from a different problem, and that origin still shapes what each does well.
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
September 17, 2026
A telecom network is not a large enterprise IT estate with more devices. Platforms built for enterprise IT handle the volume and miss the structure.
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
September 10, 2026
Both platforms correlate events and reduce noise. The difference shows up in what happens after the incident is identified. Buyers comparing VIA AIOps with BigPanda usually arrive with the same starting assumption: both ingest alerts from many sources, both apply machine learning to reduce noise, both integrate with ServiceNow. That…
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
September 3, 2026
Most AIOps evaluations start with a vendor's feature matrix. Here are the nine criteria operations leaders actually decide on, in the order that matters.
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
August 13, 2026
Event Intelligence Solutions is no longer an emerging idea — it is the layer where the future of IT and network operations is being decided. In 2026 Vitria was named a Sample Vendor for Event Intelligence Solutions across seven Gartner® Hype Cycle™ reports, and a Representative Vendor in the Gartner…
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
August 6, 2026
Vitria was named in the 2026 ISG Buyers Guide for AIOps Platforms — an independent, peer-based evaluation of the vendors worth considering in this market. The recognition is useful. But the more valuable takeaway for any operations leader is how ISG evaluates AIOps platforms — because those criteria are a…
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
July 30, 2026
In 2026, three of the world’s leading independent research firms — Gartner, ISG, and IDC — each turned their attention to the AIOps market. When firms that evaluate technology separately all focus on the same category in the same year, it signals a market at an inflection point. Here is…
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
June 23, 2026
What Gartner, ISG, and IDC Said About AIOps in 2026 — And What It Means for Your Operations In 2026, three of the world’s leading independent research firms each examined the AIOps market — and each arrived at the same conclusion about where the industry is heading. Gartner named Vitria…
On June 2, Gartner released its 2026 Hype Cycle for Infrastructure & Operations, positioning Event Intelligence Solutions on the Slope of Enlightenment. For many organizations, this may appear to be simply another technology category progressing through the Gartner maturity curve. We believe it reflects a much more important market transition….
by Debra Schleicher, Chief Marketing Officer, Vitria Technology, Inc
February 3, 2026
With FutureNet World 2026 just weeks away in London, one theme is dominating conversations across the telecom industry: Autonomous Resolution. The shift is clear—networks are moving beyond passive monitoring and alerting toward systems that can understand, decide, and act on their own. In a recent FutureNet World preview conversation, An…
FutureNet World 2026 – The Self Evolving Knowledge Plane the Missing Link to Autonomous Operations
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