Recently, I attended a technical webinar hosted by Datadog and their migration partner NoBS that explored the realities of observability platform migrations. While the session focused on migrating to Datadog, the principles discussed apply universally to any observability platform transition.
The observability industry reached an inflection point in 2025. As costs spiraled and complexity mounted, organizations found themselves trapped between two impossible choices: accept eye-watering bills for telemetry they didn’t need or fly blind through increasingly complex infrastructure.
The European Union Data Act (Regulation EU 2023/2854) represents a landmark shift in data governance that became enforceable on September 12, 2025. This comprehensive legislation
Why there’s a need for a new approach to observability and data economics that puts enterprises back in control.
Discover how vendor lock-in stifles observability and quality data collection in today’s analytics-driven landscape.
How the industry’s obsession with dashboards and analytics ignores the fundamental data quality crisis happening at collection.
In the financial sector today, CIOs face a dual challenge: Reducing IT expenditures and supporting other business units while ensuring strict adherence to regulations like GDPR, PCI-DSS, and SOX. This balancing act becomes increasingly complex as observability data volumes grow exponentially.
In today’s digital-first enterprises, telemetry data is essential—but without control, it becomes a liability. From skyrocketing storage bills to limited visibility across siloed tools, organizations are struggling to make telemetry data useful, secure, and cost-effective.
When observability is brought up, many assume it will lead to substantial costs. The various tools and resources needed for different monitoring requirements can cause
