Learn from real-world observability journeys in this expert panel featuring Grafana Labs, BlackRock, and DriveWealth. Senior leaders share how they scaled observability, moved from logs to metrics, tackled tool sprawl, and aligned observability with business outcomes. Topics include maturity models, open standards, AI-assisted observability, cost control, and cultural adoption. A must-watch for engineers and platform teams building resilient, scalable systems.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introductions & Observability Context
01:55 - Why Observability Matters to the Business
03:50 - Biggest Challenges: Scale, Tool Sprawl, and Costs
06:07 - Maturity Models, Governance, and Culture
07:36 - Why Grafana: Scalability, Open Standards, Usability
10:58 - What’s Next: Metrics, Profiling, AI, and Automation
17:00 - Organizing for Observability: Centralized vs Federated
19:13 - Advice for Teams Starting Their Observability Journey
21:42 - Audience Q&A: Logs vs Metrics, Tracing, Cost, and MTTX
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