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The latest News and Information on Observabilty for complex systems and related technologies.

What is Network Observability vs. Network Monitoring?

Network observability may be seen as a newer term in the world of networking, but it has become critical for managing modern distributed networks. As networks grow more complex with cloud services, remote workers, and distributed applications, traditional network monitoring approaches no longer provide sufficient visibility into network health and performance.

Bringing Observability to Data

While observability practices have evolved in recent years, they have largely focused on application services and infrastructure. Yet it is data what powers our applications, businesses, and AI models. When data issues occur, the consequences can be far reaching, from poor product experiences to billing errors to misinformed AI outcomes. In this session, Jonathan Morin, Group Product Manager at Datadog, shares real-world examples of incidents and explains how data observability can address them, helping teams detect issues earlier, reduce costly downtime, and restore trust in their data.

Expanding Access, Not Risk: Using the Read-Only Role in Honeycomb Teams

Observability works best when everyone who needs visibility can get it without the risk of unintentional changes. Honeycomb’s role-based access control system helps teams strike that balance with a selection of Owner, Member, and Read-Only member roles. This control gives teams more flexibility in how they share access across their organization, helping you scale visibility safely without sacrificing control.

Elastic named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Observability Platforms 2025 Vendor Assessment

We're proud to share that Elastic has been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Observability Platforms 2025 Vendor Assessment (doc, November 2025). We believe this recognition validates our ongoing mission: to deliver an observability platform that is open, extensible, and AI-driven to power full-stack observability that unifies operational and business data at scale, allowing SRE teams to move from detect and resolve problems faster.

Customer panel: Transforming IT & security

In an era where telemetry data grows at a 28% compound rate while budgets remain flat, traditional IT and Security approaches are facing unprecedented pressure. Join our distinguished customer panel as they share their transformative journeys with Cribl's data engine solutions. Our panelists will discuss how Cribl's vendor-neutral portfolio has enabled them to regain control over their data infrastructure, achieving both immediate operational improvements and strategic long-term advantages.

APM vs Observability: What comes next?

Remember how I said that blog was going to be my last entry on the topic of "APM vs Observability?" Well, it turns out I had a little more to say. I'd like to spend a few moments talking about the future of APM and Observability. I think it comes down to two major initiatives: AI and Open Telemetry. (NOTE: in this section, I'm using the word "observability" to refer to the discipline of monitoring and observability as a whole, rather than any specific tool, technique, or vendor-based solution.)

Understand, diagnose, and optimize SQL queries: Introducing Grafana Cloud Database Observability

It’s widely acknowledged that most application performance problems stem not from the application itself, but from the underlying database. Slow or inefficient database queries are often the primary cause of these issues, acting as the biggest driver of application performance incidents. If you’ve been troubleshooting slow API calls or sluggish services, chances are the root cause likely resides within your database layer.

OpenTelemetry Java Agent for Spring Boot: Complete Setup Guide

The OpenTelemetry Java Agent provides zero-code instrumentation for Spring Boot applications through bytecode manipulation. This guide covers setup, configuration, auto-instrumentation capabilities, and production deployment strategies for implementing distributed tracing and observability.