Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

“How did we fail to monitor xyz prior to this incident?" “We should monitor everything" “Are we vetting applications prior to deployment, including security apps that may adversely affect application performance and responsiveness?”

This past weekend saw the latest round of submarine cable cuts to impact internet connectivity between Europe and Asia. And once again they took place in the Red Sea, an historic problem area for subsea cables. In this post, I review some of the impacts that we observed in both the loss of transit in affected countries as well as increased latencies between public cloud regions using Kentik’s Cloud Latency Map.

Enterprises are hemorrhaging their cloud budget: respondents in 49% of organizations estimate their cloud spending is wasted due to unchecked provisioning and lack of predictive cost governance. This cost inefficiency stems not just from financial blind spots, but also from operational gaps: poor visibility into network reliability and user experience. Real-time, end-to-end visibility is the foundation of cloud optimization.

In DX Unified Infrastructure Management (DX UIM), there are multiple elements that need to work in harmony to achieve a high level of observability. Understanding the architecture of DX UIM can help you make configuration decisions that minimize resource consumption, without sacrificing the volume and granularity of observability data collected. In addition, using static hubs is a simple and particularly powerful option for specific situations.

In contrast to the many flavors of governance used for IT, such as data governance, audit and compliance, and governance and security, IT monitoring governance lacks a definition in many organizations. This is true even as teams have decades of experience monitoring the health, performance, and availability of applications, infrastructures, networks, and user experience. Good monitoring governance “just sort of happens—naturally, organically.” Not exactly!

In our digitally transforming world, the pace of change is relentless. Businesses are tasked with managing increasingly complex hybrid environments, from core mainframes to dynamic cloud services. The pressure is on, not only to keep the lights on, but to innovate faster, deliver flawless services, and fuel business growth. In this high-stakes environment, service orchestration and automation platforms are no longer just a tool—they are the central nervous system of the modern enterprise.