OpenTelemetry is more than just becoming the open ingestion standard for observability. As one of the major Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects, with as many commits as Kubernetes, it is gaining support from major ISVs and cloud providers delivering support for the framework. Many global companies from finance, insurance, tech, and other industries are starting to … [Read more...] about Native OpenTelemetry support in Elastic Observability
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The 12 Cats of Observability
On the surface, business-critical IT infrastructure and cats may not seem like they have a lot in common. But they’re way more alike than you might think.Our feline friends contain multitudes, as any cat parent will tell you. They’re complex and can sometimes drive you up a wall. But once they warm up to you—and you warm up to them—the joys and benefits of having them in your … [Read more...] about The 12 Cats of Observability
Hot Topic: Increasing Cost-Efficient Observability with Cold Tier
Even as the global economy shows signs of a rebound, today’s observability customers are more focused than ever on driving utmost value from their investments.This isn’t simply because economics have forced organizations to closely review overhead and drive out unnecessary costs; the reality is that observability has become one of the leading budget items for every cloud … [Read more...] about Hot Topic: Increasing Cost-Efficient Observability with Cold Tier
Logz.io Shines Again! Named on Constellation Observability Shortlist
Logz.io continues to be recognized as a standout observability platform, this time being named by the Constellation Shortlist for Observability. Logz.io—provider of the Open 360™ platform for essential observability—was among 14 vendors selected after a review of more than 50 solutions based on client inquiries, partner conversations, customer references, vendor selection … [Read more...] about Logz.io Shines Again! Named on Constellation Observability Shortlist
The Future of Observability: Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities
Observability solutions can easily and rapidly get complex — in terms of maintenance, time and budgetary constraints. But observability doesn’t have to be hard or expensive with the right solutions in place. The future of your observability can be a bright one.In a recent webinar, Logz.io’s Alex Hardy and Asaf Yigal, discussed key trends, challenges, and opportunities in the … [Read more...] about The Future of Observability: Navigating Challenges and Harnessing Opportunities
Comparing Six Top Observability Software Platforms
When it comes to observability, your organization will have no shortage of options for tools and platforms. Between open source software and proprietary vendors, you should be able to find the right tools to fit your use case, budget and IT infrastructure.Observability should be cost-efficient, easy to implement and customers should be provided with the best support possible. … [Read more...] about Comparing Six Top Observability Software Platforms
How to Strengthen Kubernetes with Secure Observability
Kubernetes is the leading container orchestration platform and has developed into the backbone technology for many organizations’ modern applications and infrastructure. As an open source project, “K8s” is also one of the largest success stories to ever emanate from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). In short, Kubernetes has revolutionized the way organizations … [Read more...] about How to Strengthen Kubernetes with Secure Observability
Optimizing cloud resources and cost with APM metadata in Elastic Observability
From left to right, we want to focus on the very first chart. We have the bars representing the CPU as average in green and 95th percentile in blue on top. It goes from 0 to 100% and is normalized, meaning that even with 8 CPU cores, it will still read 100% usage and not 800%. The line graph represents the transaction duration, the average being in red, and the 95th percentile … [Read more...] about Optimizing cloud resources and cost with APM metadata in Elastic Observability
How to Tackle Spiraling Observability Costs
As today’s businesses increasingly rely on their digital services to drive revenue, the tolerance for software bugs, slow web experiences, crashed apps, and other digital service interruptions is next to zero. Developers and engineers bear the immense burden of quickly resolving production issues before they impact customer experience. To do this, they rely on massive volumes … [Read more...] about How to Tackle Spiraling Observability Costs
Continuous Observability: Shedding Light on CI/CD Pipelines
DevOps is not just about operating software in production, but also releasing that software to production. Well-functioning continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines are critical for the business, and this calls for quality observability to ensure that Lead Time for Changes is kept short and that broken and flaky pipelines are quickly identified and … [Read more...] about Continuous Observability: Shedding Light on CI/CD Pipelines