Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

I am thrilled that CloudFabrix is a pioneering design partner for Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability Platform (FSO). The Cisco FSO Platform has been designed with a vision of providing a unified observability experience across all application and infrastructure aspects, thereby dismantling silos. The platform’s choice to adopt OpenTelemetry as the protocol for data ingestion via MELT opens up the possibility for comprehensive insights on the complete stack.

IT networks are the foundation of businesses today. Robust networks enable organizations to conduct seamless business operations and deliver services continuously to customers. To maintain healthy, robust networks, companies depend on ITOps. ITOps refers to the provisioning, monitoring, and management of IT networks to ensure maximum uptime and a better end-user experience.

Automation has become an essential component of modern workplaces, enabling organizations to streamline their operations, reduce costs, and improve efficiency. However, the process of implementing automation is complex and requires careful planning and execution. One key aspect of automation is the concept of levels of automation, which refers to the degree to which machines or software can operate independently.

Legacy systems and point solutions are part of any business. And while they have their history and benefits, it’s critical to find a balance for your organization. IT teams have been acclimated to disparate event management and monitoring tools. Now, with massive and rapidly increasing data flow, this disconnect is slowing and paralyzing IT teams.

Since its acquisition by Cisco in 2012, Meraki has taken off as one of the most valuable tools for simplifying networking in the cloud era. Organizations using Meraki to install and configure software-defined networking (SDN) and software-defined wide area networking (SD-WAN) devices across their IT estates can attest to the fact.