Kubernetes and Cloud Native are two of the hottest topics in IT at the moment. From the CIO to the development teams, people are looking at Kubernetes and application modernisation to accelerate business innovation, and reduce time to market for new products and features. But how do these get managed? Do you need to do […]

Now that we have explored what observability is and what makes up a good observability solution, we can dive a bit deeper into the benefits. This is again not an exhaustive list of benefits but I consider these to be the most impactful to businesses. Although some of these have been touched on in my […]

In Part 1, I introduced Observability and what we are looking to achieve with its implementation. In this post, I will discuss the most critical aspects of a good Observability solution that together will help businesses reach the Observability goals I described in Part 1. What makes up a good Observability solution? Scale So far, […]

In part one of this two-part series of posts, I’ll be discussing my views on the fundamentals and key elements of Observability, as opposed to a technical deep dive. There are many great resources out there which already take a closer look at the key concepts. First off, let’s look at what Observability is. What […]

Sounding like the next enterprise technology buzzwords, the terms ‘containerisation’ and ‘Kubernetes’ feature in many of today’s business meetings about technology platforms. Although containerisation has been around for a while, Kubernetes itself has only been on the scene for just over half a decade. Before looking at those concepts, we first need to look at […]

What is cloud native? Let’s start with a definition. According to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), ‘cloud native’ can be defined as “technologies that empower organisations to build and run scalable applications in modern, dynamic environments such as public, private, and hybrid clouds”. Essentially it is a technology that is purposefully built to make […]