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

End-to-End Observability Drives Great Digital Experiences

Mike Cohen, Splunk’s head of product management for network monitoring, joins theCube’s John Furrier for a conversation about how networks are an untapped source of data to help your organization achieve observability — and how to unlock that potential. Why understanding data flow and service interactions is key to understanding your systems Why distributed systems can cause extra troubleshooting issues — and what you need to know to fix them through network performance monitoring

Under the Hood With Splunk Observability

Splunk Distinguished Architect Arijit Mukherji joins theCube’s John Furrier for a conversation about the value of having a holistic view of observability — and the right solutions — to help you achieve your business goals. Signs that your tool sprawl is becoming a big problem in dealing with the inherent complexities of modern IT environments Why full-fidelity ingest can be an observability superpower How real-time streaming analytics can improve MTTI and MTTR

Network Observability for Distributed Services

Mike Cohen, Splunk’s head of product management for network monitoring, joins theCube’s John Furrier for a conversation about how networks are an untapped source of data to help your organization achieve observability — and how to unlock that potential. Watch this segment of Leading With Observability on theCube to learn about addressing the gaps in your visibility, including: The ins and outs of monitoring metrics, distributed tracing and correlating logs with no management complexity

Logz.io and the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry

Amazon Web Services has announced enhanced support for the open-source distribution of the OpenTelemetry project for its users. AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry (ADOT) now includes support for AWS Lambda layers for the most popular languages and additional partners integrated into the ADOT collector. And one of those partners is Logz.io! Logz.io is happy to announce that our exporter is now included in the AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry.

6 Steps to Getting Started With Observability

During my office hours, I frequently get asked for practical tips on getting started with observability. Often it’s from folks on teams who are already practicing continuous delivery (or trying to get there) and are interested in more advanced practices like progressive delivery. They know observability can help—but as individual contributors—they don’t sign the checks, so they feel powerless to help get their team started with observability.

The Evolution of Observability and Monitoring panel discussion Failover Conf 2021

Observability and monitoring are critical to detecting and troubleshooting problems to build more reliable applications. As our systems become increasingly complex, our tools for getting this crucial visibility and the way we respond need to evolve too. We'll sit down with SRE leaders to discuss the processes they use to get the most insight into their applications, how they've increase the speed of detection and response, and what organizations need to do to stay on top of growing complexity.

How PayIt, a secure cloud service provider for digital government, uses Grafana and Prometheus for observability at cloud native scale

A trip to the DMV — and a realization that there had to be a better, more modern way for the system to work — sparked the idea for PayIt, a secure cloud service provider for digital government that launched in 2013. The company’s mission is to help state, local, and government agencies reach their constituents better and more effectively, shifting the reliance from in-office payments to digital ones.

Dynamic Observability: Troubleshooting Techniques for 2021

A new generation of troubleshooting techniques are making their way into the mainstream. These techniques make observability more dynamic, configurable, and intuitive. In this webinar, we discussed the importance of these new techniques, how they enable you to solve customer issues faster and increase your velocity.

[Webinar] Observability and Resilience in Microservice Environments with Komodor & Epsagon

Kubernetes has made it easier to manage and scale microservices. However, keeping track of so many moving parts is often challenging for Dev & Ops teams. Achieving clear observability for better monitoring and troubleshooting is key to improving the development process. Part 2 of the webinar, which includes a talk by Komodor's CTO and co-founder, Itiel Shwartz, concluded with a quick demo of Komodor's troubleshooting platform and a Q&A session.

Monitoring AWS EC2 with Splunk Observability

Today, much of our online world is powered by cloud computing, and Amazon Web Services offers an amazing depth and breadth of available services. However, most of the time it starts with Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, EC2. EC2 is powered by virtual servers called instances and allows users to provision scalable compute capacity as desired. This means no server hardware investment and the ability to scale up or down in response to demand (thus elastic).