Telemetry Pipeline News
& Company Announcements
Agentic AI’s Hidden Cost Crisis: How Telemetry Overload Is Killing Enterprise AI Deployments Before They Scale – VMblog QA
Andi Mann, Apica’s CPTO, breaks down research showing that telemetry costs from agentic AI have already outpaced compute costs in 69% of enterprise deployments, with 59% of organizations killing or pausing AI projects because the monitoring bills got too big. The agents getting shelved first are the ones covering cybersecurity, compliance, and fraud detection. Mann’s … Read more
New Apica Research: Agentic AI Poised to Trigger 9.5x Telemetry Data Explosion, Leaving Most Enterprises Exposed
Apica Grows Global SI Partner Network on the Strength of its Agentic-Ready, OpenTelemetry-Native Pipeline
The Pipeline Thesis Just Got Its First Major Proof Point
Apica CPTO Andi Mann argues that the observability industry’s core problem isn’t platform capability but architecture. Intelligence needs to move into the telemetry pipeline itself, where data can be acted on before it reaches a platform. Datadog’s early-stage AI research partnership with Sakana AI, he contends, is proof that even the best-funded vendors aren’t there … Read more
Apica Extends Scope and Reach of Platform for Managing Telemetry Data
Apica’s Ascent platform version 2.16 adds synthetic monitoring support for AI agents, along with new RUM and SLO dashboards, cost-correlation for telemetry rules, and performance improvements — all aimed at helping DevOps teams control the exploding volume and cost of telemetry data as AI-generated code drives more applications into production environments. READ MORE
Building the Infrastructure for Agentic AI: A Conversation with Andi Mann, CPTO at Apica
On April 7, Apica announced Ascent 2.16, a foundational platform release the company is positioning as the telemetry infrastructure enterprises need to support autonomous AI agents at production scale, making them Agentic-Ready. VMblog sat down with Andi Mann, Chief Product and Technology Officer at Apica, to dig into what ‘Agentic-Ready’ actually means, why legacy observability … Read more
Apica Delivers Agentic-Ready Telemetry Infrastructure for the AI Era
Why Your Observability Platform Has Become A Bottleneck
As originally published by Forbes Technology Council. Years ago, when I was an industry analyst researching operational efficiency, I discovered something disturbing: The average mean time to repair (MTTR) for IT incidents was four hours, with the first hour spent waiting for customers to report the problem. We’ve barely improved since then, and many industries … Read more
Apica Releases Ascent 2.15.0 with Advanced Telemetry Pipeline Capabilities and AI-Optimized Observability Features
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apica, a leader in telemetry pipelines for observability platforms, announces the release of Ascent 2.15.0, delivering enhancements across its comprehensive observability product suite. The update introduces critical capabilities for enterprises managing complex telemetry data pipelines, synthetic monitoring, and observability workflows at scale, including live data capture for pipeline preview, advanced visualization options, and … Read more
Apica Upgrades Global Partner Program to Accelerate Growth, Increase Revenue, and Simplify Engagement
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apica, a leader in telemetry pipelines for observability platforms, announces a major upgrade to its Global Partner Program. The enhanced program introduces new incentives, streamlined onboarding, and expanded support for Resellers of the Apica product suite. Partners now benefit from increased commissions, simplified contract management, and exclusive access to Apica’s full product suite … Read more
Andi Mann, CPTO, Apica: Rethinking Observability Economics in the Cloud-Native Era – VMblog QA
Modern observability platforms have revolutionized how enterprises monitor and manage complex systems. But as data volumes explode, the economics behind these platforms are coming under scrutiny. In this exclusive VMblog Q&A, Andi Mann, CPTO at Apica, and a veteran of enterprise operations, product strategy, and observability, shares hard-earned insights from decades in the field and offers … Read more
Apica Telemetry Pipeline Utilizes AWS to Empower Cloud Innovation, Security, and Cost Optimization
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apica, a leader in telemetry pipelines for observability platforms, announces strategic alignment with AWS ahead of re:Invent 2025. The company will demonstrate its Flow telemetry pipeline solution, demonstrating capabilities in AI/ML observability, security, digital sovereignty, and cost optimization for cloud-native organizations. KEY FACTS Apica is an AWS partner Company will exhibit at AWS … Read more
