As an operations engineer (SRE, IT Operations, DevOps), managing technology and data sprawl is an ongoing challenge. Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) projects are helping minimize sprawl and standardize technology and data, from Kubernetes, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Istio, and more. Kubernetes and OpenTelemetry are becoming the de facto standard for deploying and monitoring a cloud native application.

Observability is a powerful concept that can help you gain insight into the performance of your systems and applications. It refers to the ability to measure, monitor, analyze, and manage different aspects of an infrastructure or application—from hardware components to application code. With observability techniques such as distributed tracing, monitoring metrics, log analysis, and anomaly detection, organizations can ensure their applications run smoothly without downtime or disruption.