I don’t want to reinforce the importance of OpenTelemetry (Otel) in the Observability world; all webinars, conferences, and vendor presentations must include Otel in the discussions; the reason is straightforward and is being explained everywhere; standardization, avoiding vendor lock-in, facilitate the creation of custom traces and more. I will not…

Introduction Like everything in our lives, Observability is a learning process where we will grow based on our experiences, specific scenarios, and needs. Generally, there are no right and wrong, and each one will grow at different paces. A great way to understand the benefits generated by Observability is to measure…

Decidi criar este artigo porque Observabilidade (ou o11y, para abreviar) é um dos tópicos de TI mais críticos que vieram junto com o Google SRE (Site Reliability Engineering). Não encontrei um artigo que reunisse alguns conceitos cruciais para ajudar todos a entender e trabalhar em projetos de Observabilidade. Tópicos…

Introduction IBM Power Systems is an essential platform for diverse companies worldwide; 80% of the Fortune 100 companies are using the system to manage different types of workloads, and in 2023 more than 7300 companies are using IBM Power. Let me explain the nomenclature to avoid confusion. IBM I is the…

Introduction First of all, I am not a Mainframe (IBM Z) specialist; I don’t have long experience using Mainframe, I just worked to integrate Mainframe platforms with monitoring and event management solutions for some years, and I learned some basic concepts about the platform that is useful to provide monitoring and…

Some essential aspects to consider before choosing a tool. — As I mentioned in my previous article, comparing Monitoring with Observability, it is challenging to transform the old monitoring environment into Observability (O11y) solutions because the differences are enormous. The only way is to introduce new solutions if the old ones cannot provide what we need. In that time, you…

Observability vs monitoring has been a common topic in DevOps recently. There has been a lot of debate, and I have learned a lot from them when I started my observability journey. Most literature on observability is associated with a particular product or shares a textbook definition. In this blog…

“AIOps combines big data and machine learning to automate IT operations processes, including event correlation, anomaly detection and causality determination.” — Gartner definition of AIOps Domain Centric x Domain Agnostic tools We can deliver AIOps in two different ways, as Domain Centric and as Domain Agnostic. Domain Centric: Single solution that provides AI capabilities for operations…

Companies often decide to buy Observability products to satisfy their requirements but do not put the required attention on how to design the product implementation. These Observability tools comprise advanced technologies and multiple internal components we should wisely plan. The design of an observability/monitoring solution is a complex journey, not…