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What is observability? Not just logs, metrics and traces

Dynatrace

In IT and cloud computing, observability is the ability to measure a system’s current state based on the data it generates, such as logs, metrics, and traces. If you’ve read about observability, you likely know that collecting the measurements of logs, metrics, and distributed traces are the three key pillars to achieving success.

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What is? OpenTelemetry??An open-source standard for logs, metrics, and traces

Dynatrace

Loosely defined, observability is the ability to understand what’s happening inside a system from the knowledge of the external data it produces, which are usually logs, metrics, and traces. Logs, metrics, and traces make up the bulk of all telemetry data. Read eBook now! What happened to OpenTracing and OpenCensus?

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Digital first, and always: Five critical metrics for measuring customer experience at federal agencies

Dynatrace

The five key metrics to improve customer satisfaction To help turn this around, Dynatrace makes available its unified observability platform, which captures all CX interactions and transactions in an automated, intelligent manner – including user session replays. When combined, key metrics will generate an accurate CX index score.

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How to achieve the pillars of zero trust at federal agencies

Dynatrace

It ensures the continuous monitoring and capturing of all data from logs, metrics, and end-to-end transactions. Discover more in the latest ebook. Download the free ebook to learn how: Achieving the five pillars of zero trust at federal agencies.

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Observability vs. monitoring: What’s the difference?

Dynatrace

Monitoring focuses on watching specific metrics. Observability is the ability to understand a system’s internal state by analyzing the data it generates, such as logs, metrics, and traces. For example, we can actively watch a single metric for changes that indicate a problem — this is monitoring.

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How platform engineering and IDP observability can accelerate developer velocity

Dynatrace

The pair showed how to track factors including developer velocity, platform adoption, DevOps research and assessment metrics, security, and operational costs. Furthermore, OneAgent observes and gathers all remaining workload logs, metrics, traces, and events.

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Perform 2023 Guide: Organizations mine efficiencies with automation, causal AI

Dynatrace

Developing an AIOps strategy for cloud observability – eBook Learn the best practices for developing an AIOps strategy that drives efficiency, innovation, and better business outcomes with this eBook. DevOps metrics and digital experience data are critical to this. Learn more.