Despite what you may have seen and heard, the intersection of logging, metrics and tracing does not tell the whole story about observability.Our systems emit telemetry, and those previously noted telemetry signals are considered the “three pillars” of observability. They’re all important, but by themselves, they aren’t observability.Many users I see day in and day out find … [Read more...] about Beyond Logs, Metrics and Traces
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Introduction to Collecting Traces with OpenTelemetry
OpenTelemetry (also abbreviated as OTEL) is an increasingly popular open-source observability platform under the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which is currently the most active project in the CNCF after Kubernetes. It was created to establish a unified and vendor-agnostic way for instrumenting, collecting, and exporting telemetry data for your system and … [Read more...] about Introduction to Collecting Traces with OpenTelemetry
Why metrics, logs, and traces aren’t enough
Identifying performance bottlenecks and wasteful computations can be a complex and challenging task, particularly in modern cloud-native environments. As the complexity of cloud-native environments increases, so does the need for effective observability solutions. Organizations typically rely on the established three pillars of observability –– metrics, logs, and traces –– to … [Read more...] about Why metrics, logs, and traces aren’t enough
Where Are My App’s Traces? Instrumentation in Practice
Many developers don’t know what instrumentation really is, and those who do don’t really understand the black magic that takes an application and makes it emit telemetry, especially when automatic instrumentation is involved. On top of that, each programming language has its own tricks. I wanted to unwrap this loaded topic on my podcast, OpenObservability Talks. For this topic … [Read more...] about Where Are My App’s Traces? Instrumentation in Practice
How CrowdStrike Traces the Evolution of eCrime
Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their operations, the methods they use to breach an organization’s defenses and their tactics for monetizing their efforts. In the CrowdStrike 2022 Global Threat Report, we examined how the frequency and sophistication of ransomware attacks has grown in the past year. CrowdStrike Intelligence observed an 82% increase in ransomware-related … [Read more...] about How CrowdStrike Traces the Evolution of eCrime