Monitoring is no longer simply measuring whether your systems are running or are down. Rather, modern monitoring is an ongoing effort of collecting and analyzing data to identify and resolve issues quickly, prevent major disruptions, and ensure performance requirements are always met.

In today’s world, the performance of your IT systems has a direct impact on your brand reputation and overall business revenue. A “good enough” approach to software performance is no longer good enough. This has led to the growing importance of SREs and a shift to more sophisticated, advanced observability that requires moving beyond basic on/off monitoring to advanced monitoring techniques.