Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

In recent months, there has been growing discussion among business and IT leaders around the rapid expansion of SaaS solutions. McKinsey’s recent report on the current state of SaaS notes that while the industry has experienced a slowdown, largely driven by economic factors such as rising interest rates and reduced IT spending by enterprises, it has seen a decade of rapid growth, with the market being valued at approximately $3 trillion in 2022.

Human-executed change is still the most significant contributor to IT outages, and traditional IT change management can’t keep up. One global enterprise processes over 30,000 changes per month, supported by more than 10 Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings per week, and still sees 15–20% of major incidents caused by changes. Even more telling: 60% of those incidents are linked to changes previously assessed as “low risk.”

Large language models (LLMs) have transformed the way we interact with technology, impacting how we generate reports and documents, understand complex topics, and even how we search the internet. But in network operations, where every minute of downtime can mean lost revenue and productivity, a generic LLM isn’t enough.

The observability market is changing rapidly. The days of simply collecting logs, metrics, and traces are giving way to something bigger: delivering actionable intelligence that actually connects IT operations with business goals. Organizations don’t just want to know what’s happening anymore; they need to understand why it’s happening, what actions to take, and whether their systems can respond independently.

In the early days of any IT operation, pragmatism rules. Most network teams start with what’s readily available—custom scripts, Excel spreadsheets, shared network drives, and tribal knowledge. It’s cost-effective and familiar. But as your organization grows, so does the complexity of your network. Devices multiply, configurations diversify, and the operational risk of keeping everything “stitched together” with manual methods increases exponentially.

Network visualization tools are software applications that allow users to represent, explore, and analyze network structures graphically. These networks can include computer and telecommunication infrastructure, as well as social, biological, and organizational networks. Visualization is achieved by displaying nodes (entities) and edges (relationships), making complex datasets easier to interpret and manage.

As government agencies modernize IT infrastructure, many are shifting to hybrid and multicloud environments. But this evolution brings heightened exposure to cyber threats. For the public sector, where data protection is tied to national security and public trust, compliance is more than a box to check—it’s the front line of defense. FedRAMP (Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program) provides a standardized framework for securing cloud services used by U.S. agencies.

Imagine if degrading network performance—not just bad code—disrupted your live stream during a high-profile event. Customers start flooding support lines. Social media lights up. Your NOC teams scramble to identify the root cause amid fragmented systems. The outage impacts not only your broadcast, but also subscriber logins, ad delivery, and mobile apps. Advertisers want refunds. Executives ask, “Why didn’t we see this coming?”