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AI Observability in 2026: Why the data layer means everything

If there was ever a year for AI observability, it was 2025. Vendors released assistants to cover a variety of use cases. Coralogix released the first agent (distinct from assistants!), Olly, an autonomous, multi-agent observability platform. The direction of travel is clear, but many vendors and users are about to run into some significant problems with their data layer.

Top OpenTelemetry Backends for Storage & Visualization

OpenTelemetry backends provide storage, analysis, and visualization for telemetry data (traces, metrics, logs). This guide lists available OpenTelemetry-compliant backend options, categorized by use case: APM platforms, storage backends, visualization tools, and distributed tracing systems. For detailed comparison, see OpenTelemetry Backend Comparison.

How AI Agents automate incident response #ai #cybersecurity #telemetry

Clint Sharp demonstrates how Cribl Search leverages AI to streamline incident investigation. Starting from a Slack channel, the AI builds an interactive notebook, analyzes order processing logs, and identifies suspicious traffic spikes. It connects high CPU usage to a recent Jenkins deployment, hypothesizing a supply chain attack, and ultimately recommends a rollback. This isn't a far off concept. It is the future of operations arriving right now.

Why AI agents need a common data model #ai #telemetry

Clint Sharp explains why a common model like OCSF is critical for the future of AI. Agents need standardized data to analyze information effectively on your behalf. He contrasts the traditional manual workflow of checking Slack, tickets, and wikis while asking colleagues with a future where AI fuses this human context with machine data. Instead of just search results, AI agents will hand you examined hypotheses so you know exactly where to take your investigation.

Agentic AI demands a new data architecture #ai #telemetry

Clint Sharp explains why traditional schema-on-read systems cannot handle the query loads of the future. Agentic telemetry requires a 360-degree view, but structuring data only when you read it is too slow for AI-driven workloads. The solution is using LLMs to drive the cost of building parsers to near zero. Tools like Copilot Editor allow teams to map data to OCSF instantly, effectively building factories of parsers to handle the scale of agentic AI.

AI-Powered Observability: From Reactive to Predictive

If there’s one thing clear from our AI-powered observability webinar, it’s that observability has officially graduated from a “nice-to-have” to a business-critical discipline, and AI is helping lead that charge. Our webinar brought together guest speaker Stephen Elliott, Group VP at IDC, and Ranbir Chawla, former SVP of Engineering at RB Global, for an hour of insights that mixed data, experience, and hard-won lessons from the trenches.

Docker Logs Command Reference: tail, follow, since Options

Managing Docker container logs is essential for debugging and monitoring application performance. Tailoring Docker logs allows for real-time insights, quick issue resolution, and optimized performance. This guide focuses on efficient methods for tailing Docker logs, with clear examples and command options to streamline log management.

Observability trends for 2026: Maturity, cost control, and driving business value

The observability landscape has undergone a fundamental transformation over the past several years. In a recent report, The Landscape of Observability in 2026: Balancing Cost and Innovation conducted by Dimensional Research and sponsored by Elastic, over 500 IT decision-makers were surveyed. It revealed that observability has definitively transitioned from an optional capability to a mission-critical business function.

Lightrun 'Runtime Context' Empowers AI Coding Agents to Build Software That Works in the Real World

Safe, Direct Access to Runtime Code Across Staging, Pre-prod and Production via MCP Enables Fundamental Step Forward in Autonomous Software Delivery and Reliability for Enterprises NEW YORK, December 10, 2025 – Lightrun, a leader in software reliability, today launched its new Model Context Protocol (MCP) solution, enabling the industry’s first fully integrated Runtime Context for AI coding agents.