User Experience Observability – Gimmick or Operational Gold?
This article argues that “observability” in user experience monitoring is more than just a buzzword – it’s a significant upgrade from traditional uptime monitoring. Observability g…
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Peter Di Stefano
8 articles
Transaction Monitoring vs Transaction Tracing: How They Can Work Together
This article explains the benefits of using both transaction monitoring and transaction tracing for identifying and resolving application performance issues. Transaction monitoring…
Google Cloud Platform Curious? Let’s Explore What Unified Observability Can Do
11/11/25 Hybrid and multi-cloud environments have become the norm, with applications and services running across AWS, Azure, on-premises infrastructure, and increasingly, Google Cl…
How OpenTelemetry Is Redefining Application Performance Monitoring
11/06/25 The data is there, but it’s scattered across domains, formats, and vendors. Teams are often left piecing together an incomplete story of what went wrong, long after the da…
4 Trends Changing Hybrid Cloud IT
03/27/25 Some high-profile trends are changing how IT professionals manage complex hybrid environments. Let’s look at four that are set to reshape observability practices in the co…
Should ITOps and CloudOps Be on the Same Team?
01/22/25 Complex hybrid IT setups are leading us to rethink how we structure our IT departments. Let’s discuss ITOps and CloudOps in 2025. Could making them a single team be more e…
5 Things We Learned at KubeCon 2024
12/18/24 Kubecon North America took place in Salt Lake City, Utah, from November 12 to 15, and the SolarWinds team was there to showcase updates to our SolarWinds® Observability da…
The Key to Visibility for ITOps and CloudOps Teams
11/27/24 While ITOps and CloudOps teams manage distinct environments, they can both struggle to achieve the deep visibility required to maintain system performance. Let’s examine t…