Operations | Monitoring | ITSM | DevOps | Cloud

Datadog has always been driven by a broader vision of helping teams understand and operate complex systems. In this session, you’ll hear from Michael Whetten, Product SVP, and Abrar Hussain, Senior Director, Product Management, as they share the latest updates across the Datadog product suite and discuss how that vision continues to shape the platform’s evolution and support the next generation of AI-driven applications.

Cheryl Nomanson, SolarWinds staff technical trainer, provides a comprehensive overview of SolarWinds architecture and scaling options for self-hosted deployments. She explains the centralized deployment model starting with a single SolarWinds server that handles polling, web console, and database connections. The presentation covers key scaling indicators including polling thresholds that warn users at 85% capacity and alert at 100%. She demonstrates how to add up to 100 polling engines per server and additional web servers to handle more concurrent users.

Understand the real difference between observability and monitoring — and why modern IT teams in 2026 need both. Monitoring tells you something is broken; observability explains why. See real examples, faster troubleshooting workflows, and how Motadata ObserveOps unifies both in one platform. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more IT insights.

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