Agentic Observability - The Top Observability Trends in 2026
Learn how autonomous agents are using real-time observability telemetry data to diagnose, fix and verify their own work.
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Observability vs Monitoring: Getting a Full Picture of the Environment
Driving down the highway, you usually glance intermittently at your speedometer to ensure that you stay within the speed limit, or whatever window above the speed limit you’re willing to drive. While monitoring your speed mitigates the risk of a ticket, you still need to look out for various threats on the road, like cars going through stop signs. By observing your surroundings, you take in real-time information that can help prevent a crash.
How to Fix DNS Problems
All the problems that could go wrong with DNS and why "It's always a Freaking DNS Issue" according to DevOps movement co-founder and open source advocate Kris Buytaert.
Navigating the Signal Tsunami: Why Shared Observability Matters
Digital businesses today generate a flood of telemetry—metrics, logs, traces, and events—at a scale that grows exponentially with every new application, cloud service, and user interaction. In one recent IDC survey, every organization reported sharing observability data across teams, yet nearly half said poor collaboration still prevents them from identifying performance problems.
What is DevOps?
Learn what DevOps is from a founder of the movement, Co-founder of DevOpsDays, O11y, and Inuits, FOSS advocate: Kris Buytaert.
How to Create an SNMP Poller in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
SolarWinds technical trainer Cheryl Nomanson presents a systematic approach to optimizing and building custom SNMP pollers. The tutorial walks through a step-by-step process starting with adding devices for SNMP monitoring using default pollers, then identifying missing metrics and checking if the required OIDs exist. If OIDs don't exist, she explains how to use alternative OIDs or data transformation tools.
How Alerting Works in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
This training video from SolarWinds Academy provides a high-level overview of how the alerting process works within SolarWinds software. Technical trainer Cheryl Nomanson explains the step-by-step workflow, starting with the alerting engine continuously scanning the database for conditions that meet alert trigger thresholds. She covers how triggered elements are evaluated for suppressions (like time-of-day restrictions and scoping), and explains that only fully qualified conditions become actual alerts. The video details how alerts always display in the web console and may trigger additional actions like emails or scripts.
2026 Resolution: Take Back Control of Your Observability Spend
As budgets reset for 2026, engineering leaders are making a resolution: no more vendor lock-in. Here’s how to keep that promise by building on the technical foundations of data reliability and simplified collection. It’s January 2026, and if you’re like most engineering leaders, you’re staring at your observability vendor contracts with a mix of frustration and resignation.
How Modern Network Analytics Drive Faster, More Reliable Applications
Your users face sluggish performance and spotty connections daily. Hybrid cloud paths, SaaS platforms, SD-WAN routes, and Wi-Fi networks all contribute to this frustration. Microsoft recently revealed they handled a 2.4 Tbps DDoS attack on Azure, proving how enormous network events quietly erode application quality without causing total blackouts.
How Observability Cuts IT Costs? [7 Proven Ways to Reduce Infra, Storage and Operational Spend for 2026]
IT budgets are getting squeezed, yet teams are expected to deliver faster releases, higher reliability and tighter security. Observability has become one of the few levers that directly influences IT cost reduction because it gives teams the ability to understand exactly what’s consuming resources, wasting storage, dragging performance, and inflating operational workload. In this guide, you’ll learn seven evidence-backed strategies that leading engineering teams use to cut expenditure.