Observability is a growing discipline among most IT and operations departments. To release stable software faster, operators need continuous visibility into metrics like performance, uptime and availability. As a result, engineers are increasing their use of service-level objectives (SLOs) across the board—a recent study found that 82% of companies are increasing their use of SLOs. […]
Nobl9 Shares SLO-as-Code Methodology
Nobl9 has released version 1.0 of an open specification for defining service level objectives, dubbed OpenSLO, and, in addition, has defined a repeatable SLO methodology. Kit Merker, Nobl9 COO, said the Service Level Objective Development Lifecycle (SLODC) methodology represents an effort to create a set of best practices for achieving and maintaining SLOs that are […]
Service Level Objectives – Techstrong TV
Service Level Objectives (SLOs) are being more widely discussed as they provide a clear path to delivering exceptional results by defining clear reliability goals. Kit provides updates on the community, use cases and best practices. The video and a transcript of the conversation are below. Recording: This is […]
Nobl9 Adds Hydrogen Platform to Surface Technical Debt Issues
Nobl9 today unveiled a Hydrogen platform that makes it simpler for DevOps teams to identify technical debt issues as they manage service level objectives (SLOs) as code. Hydrogen enables DevOps teams to define SLOs using a simple wizard or by embedding code within their application as part of a DevOps workflow. That code is then […]
Nobl9 Secures $21 Million in Series B Funding; Flagship SLO Platform Enters GA
Led by Battery and CRV, the round green lights go-to-market and engineering expansion for the first infrastructure operations platform focused on the fast-growing market for SLO management. SANTA MONICA, Calif. — February 10, 2021 — Nobl9, the software reliability platform company, has secured $21 million in Series B funding and launched its flagship product to define […]
Nobl9 and Lightstep Partner to Integrate Distributed Tracing Technology into SLO Management Platform
Joint development effort to help engineers use real-time distributed data to design better SLOs and monitor software performance for better end-user experiences. BOSTON and SAN FRANCISCO, November 5, 2020 — Nobl9, a Boston-based software reliability platform startup, and Lightstep, the San Francisco-based observability company that has pioneered the cutting-edge practice of ‘distributed tracing,’ today announced […]




