Making organizations observable
The first step toward making an organization observable is ensuring their thought process involves observability. Cloud systems are complex, with enormous amounts of data that needs to be ingested from systems, applications, and the network. This data is needed for accurate analytics so that actions or actionable insights can be followed up. It would be hard to get greater insights from observable systems if we don’t gather them in the right formats. It is of utmost importance to have meaningful output. Various steps can be followed to set up observability or make data observable:
- Establish observability objectives: Recognize what is being observed, why, and what advantages the firm hopes to gain from observability.
- Properly configure outputs: Set up dashboards, alerting, and reporting to produce results that are useful and actionable. Consider configuring temporal parameters that could forgo an alert if the parameter returns to normal...
