(This article originally appeared on Dev.to) Recently, I was asked to write an article on “How to Convince your Boss to Prioritize Observability.” You can read it here. As I was pulling it together, one particular sentence sent me down the Wikipedia rabbit hole. My original draft included a line that mentioned…

(This article originally appeared on Dev.to) One of the things the other Developer Relations Advocates here at New Relic and I often hear from customers is, “Even though I understand why observability is important, I’m having a dickens* of a time getting leadership to buy in (literally).” Let me begin by pointing…

(This article originally appeared on HackerNoon) OpenTelemetry is young, even by internet standards. Born out of the merger of OpenTracing and OpenCensus projects at the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), its lofty goal was (and still is) to put an “open” spin on observability — philosophically the ability to understand the…

(This post originally appeared on The Observatory) If there was one thing that struck me from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Annual Survey Report, it’s simply how far Kubernetes has come in such a short time. And the delightfully alliterative subtitle says it all: “2021: The year Kubernetes crossed the…

(This post originally appeared on The Observatory) Do me a favor? Pop open another tab and start a new email. If you’re like most IT practitioners, you’ve included — along with your name, email, and (if you’re especially brave) phone number — your job title. It’s possible your job title includes…

(This post originally appeared on GovTechReview) Security is everyone’s responsibly — not just the IT team. This sentiment is especially timely in today’s landscape, where cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, all-encompassing, and sophisticated. Case in point, the latest SolarWinds Public Sector Cybersecurity Survey found untrained or careless insiders accounted for the most…

I’ve found myself engaged in a very particular type of debate lately, about the definition and nature of “observability”. It’s a discussion that’s neither unique to me, my role, or my experience; nor is it particularly new. Better voices — more sage, more passionate, more experienced — have weighed in…

(This post originally appeared on IT Brief Australia) Business operations and risk have always gone hand in hand, but the past year has seen the latter dominating the headlines. The rapid shift to remote work and the decentralisation of network control and visibility away from the enterprise core comes with risks…

(This post originally appeared on TechInvest) As most Australian businesses slowly transition away from pandemic-mode into some form of normality, it can only mean one thing for IT pros: reintegration. Specifically, the reintegration of returning employees and their plethora of devices, cloud services, and remote software into an onsite digital infrastructure…