In the world of information technology operations, observability extends the principles of IT monitoring by pulling together data from logs, metrics, traces and events to empower operators to identify root causes of issues and resolve them quickly. Cloud-native observability, in turn, extends these capabilities to Kubernetes and, by extension, the full gamut of multicloud hybrid IT.
Cloud-native observability is not only relevant to organizations that are implementing Kubernetes, however. As cloud-native computing represents a paradigm shift in enterprise IT, the observability part of the story also reflects new ways of leveraging technology to manage increasingly complex IT infrastructure.
To illustrate these new approaches, I spoke with 10 vendors that are leading the charge with cloud-native observability innovation. These innovations follow three main themes, each of which represents an aspect of cloud-native paradigm shift that is changing everything about how we run technology in our organizations. (* Disclosure below.)
Theme No. 1: Real-time visibility into root causes that accelerates work of DevOps teams
Vendors of traditional monitoring tools focus on the needs of operators, giving them dashboards that leverage sampled data that may be minutes or even hours old. In contrast, some cloud-native observability tools provide near real-time visibility into incidents as well as their causes.
Read the entire article at https://siliconangle.com/2020/08/03/cloud-native-observability-transforming-enterprise-technology/.
Jason Bloomberg is founder and president of Intellyx, which publishes the Cloud-Native Computing Poster and advises business leaders and technology vendors on their digital transformation strategies. He wrote this article for SiliconANGLE. (* Disclosure: At the time of writing, New Relic is an Intellyx customer and VMware is a former Intellyx customer. None of the other organizations mentioned in this article is an Intellyx customer.)
