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Remember the days when having asecuritymonitoring tool was a luxury?
But lets reminisce on those days for a second.
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Securitymonitoringsolutions scanned for viruses when asked and alerted us to any vulnerabilities found in the system.
To tell the full story, security monitoring is just one small example of a bigger issue.
A typical business has massive complexity in its infrastructure.
Its becoming that cut and dry.
Simple monitoring solutions arent cutting it anymore.
Whats needed is observability.
Whats needed is proactiveness.
Observability solutions are powering the futures hybridcloudinfrastructure and the main difference between monitoring and observability is proactiveness.
Its also a massive competitive advantage.
VP Product Management, Observability for IBM Automation.
Monitoring only tells teams when something is wrong.
Its this proactivity in observability thats causing the obsoletion of traditional monitoring solutions.
OTel standardization
The IT landscape is changing and so are the standards by which these technologies operate.
As of last quarter, OTel is gaining momentum.
IDC shares in its latest report that 37.3 percent of companies are already using the standard.
A quick nod to OTel is important in the larger observability conversation.
OTel is doing two main things for the observability industry.
While Otel is just a data source, its more what the vendor does with the data that matters.
Pairing Otel with an AI-powered incident detection and remediation solution can help create more value quickly.
Because of this, OTel is pushing the observability market forward to become more dynamic.
Meeting customer and business demands
IT departments should no longer be seen as cost centers internally.
The shift were seeing is thatbusinessunits are making their technology selections and investments based on their needs.
If a solution can work seamlessly across the business functions, its more likely to be selected.
Monitoring solutions can be mature in their lanes but are incredibly siloed across the tech stack.
Maturity matters, but so does access, proactivity and integration with the new IT landscape.
Observability solutions are quickly marking the end of the road for monitoring solutions.
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