Implementing Enterprise Observability for Success

Strategically plan and implement observability using real-life examples

Manisha Agrawal, Karun Krishnannair

• Publisher: Packt Publishing
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781804619131
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Computer Science
• Subtopic: Business Intelligence
• Index: Computer Science

Unlock your organizational potential and scale your business using observability with this information packed guidePurchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBookKey Features• Learn the principles of identifying stakeholders, tools, and processes necessary for implementing observability• Develop strategies to self-sustain the observability journey in the long run• Learn with real-life case studies to set up observability for your enterpriseBook DescriptionObservability can be implemented in multiple ways within an organization based on the organization's needs. So, it's crucial for organizations to decide whether they need observability and to what extent, what skills and tools will suit them, and how long will it take to implement it. Implementing Enterprise Observability for Success provides a step-by-step approach to help you create an observability strategy, understand the principles behind the creation of the strategy, and logical steps to plan and execute the implementation. You'll learn about observability fundamentals and challenges, the importance of data and analytics along with different tools. Further, you'll discover the various layers from which data should be collected for setting up observability. Through real- life examples distilled from the author's experience in implementing observability at an enterprise level, you'll uncover some of the non-technical & technical drivers of observability like the culture of the organization, the hierarchy of stakeholders, tools at disposal and the willingness to invest. By the end of this book, you'll be well-equipped to plan the observability journey, identify different stakeholders, spot the technology stack required, and lay out an effective plan for organization-wide adoption.What you will learn• Understand observability fundamentals from scratch• Get to grips with common challenges in implementing observability• Segregate organizations according to their size for implementing observability• Leverage analytics to better understand the value of collected data• Explore best practices from case studies to smoothen your observability journey• Understand the Observability Maturity Model and the essential people skills necessary to attain each maturity levelWho this book is forThis book is for technology leaders, architects, and initiative leads looking to enhance monitoring and/or implementing observability. Engineers, developers, and professionals already working on monitoring and analytics or are responsible for scaling the observability implementation across multiple teams or at an organizational level can also benefit from this book. A deep understanding of monitoring concepts, general knowledge of IT systems and processes along with familiarity with working across various stakeholders is required.

Table of contents

• Implementing Enterprise Observability for Success
• Contributors
• Preface
• Part 1 – Understanding Observability in the Real World
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• Part 2 – Planning and Implementation
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• Part 3 – Use Cases
• 10
• Index
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