Grafana Labs has acquired Assert.ai to automate configurations and customization of dashboards.
Survey Sees Observability Costs Spiraling Out of Control
While organizations are investing in observability to increase overall resiliency, the cost of that investment is higher than anticipated.
Observe Inc. Brings Generative AI to Observability
Observe, Inc. revamped the Hubble user interface to its observability platform infused with generative AI.
Mezmo Simplifies Management of DevOps Telemetry Data
Mezmo has added additional capabilities to streamline the flow of telemetry data within DevOps workflows.
Datadog Updates Aim to Improve Logging, Testing Efficiency
Datadog’s new Flex Logs and Intelligent Test Runner are aimed at improving logging and testing efficiency for engineering teams.
Webb.ai Launches AI-Based Continuous Root Cause Analysis
Webb.ai opened an early access program for a Continuous Automated Root Cause Analysis platform that uses AI combined with a knowledge graph to dynamically keep track of and analyze changes to IT environments.
Mezmo Adds Free Community Plan for Managing Observability Data
Mezmo this week added a free trial and a community plan for the Mezmo Telemetry Pipeline service to make it simpler for DevOps teams to store and manage the large amounts of telemetry data they are collecting. Mezmo CEO Tucker Callaway said as more DevOps teams embrace observability to minimize disruptions to application environments, they […]
Why Observability is Important for Development Teams
Observability, which allows development teams to understand better how their systems behave in production, is critical to successful software delivery. According to Gartner, by 2026, 70% of organizations that successfully applied this practice will achieve shorter latency for decision-making, enabling competitive advantage for target business or IT processes. Observability allows development teams to identify and […]
Grafana Labs Acquires Pyroscope to Add Code Profiling Capability
Grafana Labs this week announced it acquired Pyroscope and plans to merge Pyroscope’s open source continuous profiling project with the open source continuous profiling database that Grafana Labs launched last year. Richard Hartmann, director of community at Grafana Labs, said after logs, metrics and traces, continuous profiling is now the fourth pillar of observability that […]
A History of Distributed Tracing
Organizations are increasingly using distributed tracing to monitor their complex, microservice-based architectures. Distributed tracing has become essential in microservice applications, cloud-native and distributed systems. Microservices and serverless applications can grow exponentially, which makes observing them at scale very challenging. The traditional logging method becomes expensive, and if there’s an issue, time-series data can reveal symptoms […]