Deciphering the Observability Market
Observability has become one of the most overused buzzwords in IT and cybersecurity. Today, the term is used by vendors to refer to everything from application performance to network monitoring, cybersecurity and data and analytics. While the term’s ubiquity has created confusion for everyone from end users to journalists, startups in the space have also […]
5 Mean-Time Reliability Metrics To Follow
Most folks working in DevOps or SRE roles are familiar with metrics like mean-time-to-recovery (MTTR). Keeping track of the average time a team takes to respond to incidents is crucial to identifying bottlenecks in the support process. It’s also something executives like to show higher-ups when sharing a snapshot of overall platform performance. However, focusing […]
Opportunities and Challenges of Observability
Observability platforms that unify metrics, logs and traces across applications and IT infrastructure are transforming how IT is managed. Most DevOps teams today are able to continuously monitor IT environments using tools that track a set of pre-defined metrics; observability platforms make it possible to aggregate data so that DevOps teams can launch queries that […]
Open Source is the Engine for Observability at Scale – Observability at Scale TV EP 2
As today’s organizations seek advanced monitoring and observability to ensure the performance of their microservices and cloud native systems, issues of cost, complexity and tool sprawl have emerged as pervasive challenges. Join our hosts Alan Shimel and Mitch Ashley along with panelists Dotan Horovits (Logz) and Constance Caramanolis (Splunk) as they dive into the challenges […]
What Does Observability Mean to You and How Does it Scale? – Observability at Scale TV EP 1
Observability is evolving quickly as a concept and practice, but what does observability really mean to you and your organization? For many DevOps teams it’s all about speeding MTTR across complex infrastructure and applications. For others, the notion of observability-driven development is being embraced as a strategic business initiative tied to customer success. Where does […]