Solving Observability at Scale with Insights from Last9 | AppDevANGLE

Описание: SRE teams spend 20–40% of their time managing observability infrastructure, while telemetry data grows at 30% year over year. With budgets tightening and tool sprawl rising, organizations are struggling to keep observability sustainable, scalable, and actionable.
In this episode of AppDevANGLE, Paul Nashawaty, Practice Lead for Application Development & Modernization at theCUBE Research, is joined by Nishant Modak, Founder & CEO of Last9, to unpack the challenges and opportunities in modern observability—including high-cardinality workloads, siloed telemetry data, and the shift toward self-managing observability platforms.
Topics Covered:
The Real Cost of Observability
Many organizations now spend 15–20% of their cloud budget on observability. We discuss why these costs are rising—and how enterprises can regain control.


Telemetry Explosion and High-Cardinality Challenges
Developers want visibility; platform teams want manageability. Nishant explains why observability platforms must support both—at scale.


Tool Sprawl vs. Unified Platforms
75% of organizations use 6–15 observability tools, but 52% are now trying to consolidate. The desire for bespoke functionality clashes with the need for unified views.


Why Data Silos Break Observability
Metrics, logs, traces, and events often live in disconnected systems, across multi-cloud and edge environments. We discuss the importance of data harmonization and schema unification.


The Future of Observability: Self-Managing Systems
From meta-observability to cost-aware data shaping, Nishant outlines what the next generation of observability tools must deliver.


OpenTelemetry and Enterprise Support Models
While 67% of organizations embrace open source, many want enterprise-grade support to avoid DIY pitfalls and complexity.


Key Takeaways:
Tooling must shift from raw data collection to actionable insights—with predictable costs.


Observability is no longer just about dashboards; it’s about correlating, shaping, and scaling telemetry.


Platforms like Last9 are redefining how SRE and platform teams approach reliability in an era of data deluge and distributed complexity.


00:00 - Mastering Observability: Challenges, Analogies, and Infrastructure Solutions
02:21 - Navigating the Landscape of Observability and Data Integration
06:55 - The Many Layers of Observability
09:06 - Managing Budget and Data in Observability Systems
12:28 - Exploring and Concluding Observability: The Role of Open Telemetry and Emerging Trends