The Gaps in Observability
Gaps in Observability exist with applications, networks and the public clouds. Therefore true full stack Observability is currently impossible.
Read MoreAuthor: Bernd Harzog
The Changing Physics and Economics of Monitoring
New Relic has just announced New Relic One and a focus upon “entity-centric observability”. The idea is that the set of things that need to be monitored is exploding at an exponential rate, requiring not just metrics from all of these things, but an understanding of how they relate to each other.
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The War Between Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and VMware for the Enterprise Cloud Platform
VMware dominates the market for on-premise enterprise cloud platforms. But now you can run VMware vSphere on AWS, Azure, or Google hardware. Similarly you can run the AWS and Azure cloud platform software in on-premise hardware. This is an unprecedented level of cooperation and competition between the four major cloud platform vendors.
Read MoreReinventing Application Performance Management Again
Wily Technology was launched in 1998 to instrument monoliths running on J2EE application servers. AppDynamics, Dynatrace, and New Relic were invented to monitor first generation distributed N-Tier and SOA applications. Now the application architecture is shifting to microservices – disrupting the APM industry again.
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