Following Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability momentum at Cisco Live US, Cisco AppDynamics today revealed new research on the challenges IT teams face in managing application availability and performance within hybrid IT environments. The report, titled, “The Age of Application Observability,” found an overwhelming majority of technologists (96%) point to a critical need to move from a monitoring approach to observability solutions for managing multi-cloud and hybrid environments, and 77% believe increased volume of data is making manual monitoring impossible.
Because of the complexity driven by increased adoption of cloud native technologies, economic challenges slowing down cloud migration efforts, and continued proliferation of both hybrid and on-premises environments, more technologists are considering application observability as a path forward for monitoring and optimizing application performance.
According to the research, 40% of organizations are already exploring solutions, and 85% state observability is now a strategic priority for their organization. The combination of cloud native adoption alongside on-premises technology means there’s a greater need for flexibility than ever before.
The research includes findings from 1,140 IT professionals interviewed across 13 global markets, including Canada.
Some key report takeaways from Canada include:
- 87% of technologists claim that observability with business context will enable them to be more strategic and spend more time on innovation.
- 83% of technologists state that adoption of cloud native technologies is leading to increased complexity within their IT department, with microservices and containers spawning a massive volume of metrics, events, logs and traces (MELT) data.
- 71% report that leaders within their organization do not fully understand that modern applications need modern approaches and tools to manage availability, performance and security.
- On average, technologists report that 49% of their new innovation initiatives are being delivered with cloud native technologies, and they expect this figure to climb to 61% over the next five years. That means that the majority of new digital transformation programs will be built on cloud native technologies by 2028.
You can read the full findings here.