Observability: Challenges, Priorities, Solutions, and the Role of OpenTelemetry
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The document discusses the critical role of observability in modern IT environments, highlighting its importance for business success and the challenges faced in achieving effective observability. Key topics include the significance of open source, developer and operator challenges, and the integration of various tools and data sources. The discussion emphasizes the need for collaboration and context in processing telemetry data for better outcomes.
Observability: Challenges, Priorities, Solutions, and the Role of OpenTelemetry
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- 5. Observability: Challenges, Priorities, Adoption Patterns, and Solutions ● The Exploding Importance Of Observability ● Observability And Business Success ● The Observability Cost Trap ● Context Is King ● The Data Pipeline ● Open Source Priorities ● Developer Challenges ● Operator Challenges ● Security Challenges ● Collaboration Is Key ● Last Words
- 6. The Exploding Importance Of Observability
- 7. Investor’s Perspective Observability data, platforms, and tools are top of mind. Strong interest in open source, especially Kubernetes. AI is a rising topic in observability.
- 8. Web Searches for Observability 1. The Basics 2. Significance for Software 3. Importance for DevOps 4. Use Cases 5. Tools and Platforms 6. Comparative Analysis
- 9. Observability Is Business Critical The long missing link between business success and technology investments.
- 10. Business KPIs, Technology KPIs, and Telemetry Data The Observability Platform Monitors and Optimizes.
- 11. Why Observability Is Difficult Many independent sources of telemetry data.
- 12. Context Is King
- 15. For Example: We Have 3x More Tools
- 16. The Role of Open Source Kubernetes-related monitoring topics are at the top. Data visualization through Grafana and distributed tracing come next.
- 17. OpenTelemetry Growth and Priorities
- 18. Developer Challenges Logging is at the top of the list of priorities. Framework specific challenges. Cloud native observability.
- 19. Spotlight On Cloud Native Observability Prometheus for collecting Kubernetes metrics is at the top of the list. Fluent Bit data pipeline is at #4.
- 20. Security Challenges Integration between observability software is challenging. Code instrumentation, lack of skills, complexity, and data silos go hand in hand.
- 21. Operator Challenges Log Management & Monitoring are at the top of the list. Then come infrastructure-specific topics.
- 22. Observability Is A Team Sport