The 2025 Intelligent Observability Trend Report from DZone and Elastic

Running applications across clouds, microservices, and distributed data? Then you know how hard it can be to see what's really happening. Traditional monitoring tools weren't built for today's speed or complexity, which means teams are reacting instead of improving.

That's changing. The 2025 Intelligent Observability Trend Report, produced by DZone in partnership with Elastic, explores how to achieve greater clarity, reliability, and performance with modern observability.

Based on a survey of 100+ leaders, the report reveals how organizations are adopting automation, AI, and open standards to move from reactive monitoring to proactive, intelligent insights.

Get the report to benchmark your team's maturity, learn what's next in observability, and get practical steps to future-proof your systems.

Highlights

• See how organizations are moving from basic monitoring to smarter, more proactive observability.
• Understand why most teams now rely on hybrid and cloud-native systems to power observability.
• Learn how OpenTelemetry and Prometheus are becoming the go-to standards for working across different tools.
• Discover which metrics matter most for tracking performance, reliability, and user experience.
• Explore how observability is now helping teams improve security, meet compliance goals, and predict issues before they happen.

Additional resources

• The landscape of observability in 2026: Balancing cost and innovation
• Observability maturity assessment
• Guide to modern observability ebook