As a Research Analyst in both the Cloud Native and Applied Infrastructure & DevOps Channels at 451 Research, a part of S&P Global Market Intelligence, Liam covers observability and monitoring, including topics such as APM, AIOps, infrastructure monitoring, log analytics, distributed tracing and event analytics, as well as the impact DevOps and cloud-native technologies are having on these sectors. Previously at 451, Liam has covered cloud-native storage and data management. Liam has an MA in technical writing and rhetoric from George Mason University, where he received an award for Outstanding Graduate Student in Writing and Rhetoric and was a founding member of the university's chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. He holds a BA in English with a minor in Business Administration from Shenandoah University.
Voice of the Enterprise: DevOps provides a broad, integrated view of enterprise IT strategy and initiatives, the underlying technology and business drivers, and the nature, pace, and direction of DevOps adoption. This report will be published in three cumulative chapters over a period of weeks. As of 2/17, this report contains parts 1-3 of 3.
The open source CNCF project OpenTelemetry has become a hot topic in observability as it shows growing potential as a standardized method for data collection of traces, logs and metrics. But how far off is broader implementation and what impact will it have on the market?
AWS re:Invent 2021 included the return of in-person attendance. It was the first re:Invent with CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm and AWS ran its typical playbook: a handful of strategic initiatives and a slew of incremental improvements. Overarching themes put front and center included sustainability and partner relationships.
Featuring the return of in-person attendance, it was the first re:Invent with CEO Adam Selipsky at the helm, and AWS ran its typical playbook: a handful of strategic initiatives and a slew of incremental improvements. Overarching themes included sustainability and partner relationships.
As the company continues to evolve its observability strategy, AWS has been on a steady march of expanding the capabilities of CloudWatch. The recent additions, such as RUM and feature flags, should appeal to cloud-native users that turn to their cloud provider first for their default stack. There will be implications for other observability vendors increasingly in 'coopetition' with AWS.
The observability vendor has enhanced existing products and announced new ones. While Datadog continues to refine its platform, recent announcements reveal new opportunities as it seeks to benefit from third-party tools and form tighter integrations with its own services and data.
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