Apica Acquires LOGIQ.AI to Unify Observability
Apica has just raised an additional $10 million in funding and has agreed to acquire LOGIQ.AI.
New Relic Extends AI to Identify Alert Coverage Gaps
New Relic added additional AI capabilities to its observability platform to detect and resolve alert coverage gaps.
How Observability and Explainability Benefit the SDLC
Software systems require continual modification to meet changing requirements, address errors, improve performance and enhance reliability. Yet, maintaining and modifying complex and distributed software systems as they change and grow can present challenges. When systems are designed with observability and explainability in mind, adapting, expanding and troubleshooting software becomes easier and more effective. Observability refers […]
Using Observability to Create a Smart Data-Driven Culture
The first words that come to mind when talking about smart technologies are often artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation. While these smart technologies play a crucial role in smart-driven cultures, they are not the sole factor in making workplaces “smart.” Organizations that have a smart-driven culture, or data-driven culture, also promote innovation. An innovative […]
Mezmo Simplifies Management of DevOps Telemetry Data
Mezmo has added additional capabilities to streamline the flow of telemetry data within DevOps workflows.
Datadog Updates Aim to Improve Logging, Testing Efficiency
Datadog’s new Flex Logs and Intelligent Test Runner are aimed at improving logging and testing efficiency for engineering teams.
Datadog Adds Additional Generative AI Capabilities to Platform
Datadog Bits uses generative AI to provide real-time recommendations to resolve issues surfaced by the company’s observability platform.
Using Generative AI for Issue Remediation and Software Reliability
Generative AI offers SRE teams a way to automate and streamline error investigation and remediation, making it more intelligent, focused and efficient.
Postman Acquires Akita Software to Gain API Observability
Postman has acquired Akita Software to gain access to a platform for monitoring and observing application programming interfaces (APIs).
Splunk Adds Generative AI Tool and OpenTelemetry Collector
Splunk added an assistant that leverages generative AI capabilities to enable IT teams to use natural language to invoke the Splunk Processing Language (SPL).
Splunk Adds Hub to Extend Observability to Edge Computing Platforms
Splunk’s Edge Hub ingests data from sensors, industrial equipment and internet-of-things (IoT) platforms so that it can be analyzed alongside data collected from IT environments.
Why Your Data Lake Strategy is Broken for Observability
Someone once said, “Life is better at the lake.” That may be true in the physical world, but when it comes to using data lakes for observability, that’s not typically the case. Just about every organization in every industry has a digital presence, whether it’s a website, an app or another digital service. This makes […]
How AI Addresses DevOps Monitoring and Observability Challenges
AI can support monitoring and observability by analyzing logs and metrics to predict potential system failures or performance degradation.
Leaders in Resilience See ROI From Observability
Observability is touted to advance the application monitoring practices of yesteryear, but are investments paying off?
The Tragedy of the Data Commons: Balancing Innovation With Risk
Clean drinking water and fisheries are classic examples of the “tragedy of the commons,” the problem in economics and ecology where an individual is incentivized to consume as much of a shared resource as possible at the expense of the larger society. With fisheries, for example, a logical fisherman would like to make as many […]
Chronosphere Adds Professional Services to Jumpstart Observability
Chronosphere has added a professional services capability through which it will provide the resources and expertise needed to deploy and manage its observability platform. Ian Smith, field CTO for Chronosphere, said the Chronosphere Quick Start program will make it easier for organizations to transition away from legacy monitoring tools that only track a set of […]
Is Your Monitoring Strategy Scalable?
Every company is trying to get better insights into its operational effectiveness, and they are running into the same problem: Scale. So what does a scalable monitoring strategy look like and how can you safeguard against the most significant issue in observability? What is a Scalable Monitoring Strategy? We’ll begin by identifying the two things […]
How to Choose an Observability Data Pipeline
A complete full-stack observability platform combines data from multiple sources to gain holistic insights into system behavior. In fact, organizations without a full observability solution could find themselves facing departmental silos since teams with different data sources cannot share insights. While a key step in observability is the ability to combine logging data with metrics, […]
ServiceNow Adds Observability Platform to SaaS Portfolio
At its Knowledge 2023 conference, ServiceNow launched an observability service that runs on its software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform. Based on the observability platform the company gained with its acquisition of Lightstep, the ServiceNow Cloud Observability platform makes it possible to collect and analyze data collected from software running on infrastructure and also from workflows created using […]
Four Trends Defining the Observability Market in 2023
Observability is a market that has grown exponentially over the past few years. It started as a buzzword in late 2015 and early 2016, and since then we’ve seen dozens of insurgent companies rush in, eager to stake their claim in a new (albeit loosely defined) market. Incumbent companies also rebranded their wares, hoping to […]
New Relic Taps Generative AI to Simplify Observability
New Relic has added a tool that takes advantage of generative artificial intelligence (AI) to make it simpler to query the telemetry data collected by its observability platform via a natural language interface (NLI). Jemiah Sius, director of developer relations for New Relic, said New Relic Grok will make the New Relic One platform more […]
Grafana Labs Reins in Cost of Storing Observability Data
Grafana Labs today made available an ability to customize what observability data is collected via its managed cloud service. This capability can help reduce storage costs in addition to enhancing the dashboard Grafana provides to make it simpler to track metrics usage. Wayne Jin, vice president of product marketing for Grafana Labs, said both capabilities […]
Observability Costs are too Damn High
Today, any business that deploys software faces an obscene amount of expenses. It has to pay for cloud hosting, assuming of course that it’s among the 92% of companies that use the cloud. It needs trustworthy networks to connect its apps to its employees and customers. It probably pays for a suite of cybersecurity software […]