The state of observability: Practitioner perspective report

As modern observability has evolved, the role of observability practitioners has also evolved with it. From GenAI to OpenTelemetry, business observability and more, SREs have many new challenges to deal with daily.

Dive into the results of our latest observability survey to find out what's top of mind for practitioners today! Find out why observability maturity is crucial for organizations and teams that are looking to manage today's complex, distributed systems. Learn how people are deploying and using AI, ML, and GenAI in their organizations. And finally, we'll share why observability practitioners still love what they do, despite the challenges. Don't miss this behind the scenes look at what's really happening in the trenches for observability teams.

Highlights

• 99% report barriers to implementing effective observability capabilities
• 80% are working to consolidate observability and monitoring tools
• AI and ML still working to deliver value to observability
• 33% of practitioners have never heard of OpenTelemetry and those who have, say it needs a strategy

Additional resources

• Observability maturity assessment
• Smarter observability with AIOps, generative AI, and machine learning webinar