Executive Buy-In is Driving Observability Maturity: 2025 Observability Survey Results | Grafana Labs
In this video, CTO Tom Wilkie from Grafana Labs breaks down some of the most compelling findings from our third annual Observability Survey, based on over 1,200 industry responses. The big takeaway? Executive involvement is on the rise—and it’s accelerating adoption of advanced observability practices like distributed tracing, profiling, and SLOs.
He also explores how SaaS adoption, the maturation of central observability teams, and new instrumentation methods like eBPF and Beyla are reshaping the observability landscape.
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📌 Chapters:
00:00 – Introduction & Overview of the Observability Survey
00:32 – Executive Involvement: CTOs Leading Observability Strategy
00:54 – Grafana's Shift: From Grassroots to Executive Dashboards
01:35 – Rise of SaaS-Only Observability Approaches
02:06 – Evolution of Central Observability Teams
02:43 – Distributed Tracing Gaining Momentum
03:28 – Platform-Led Instrumentation: eBPF, Beyla, and the Shift from Developer Ownership
03:45 – Final Thoughts & How to Explore the Data Yourself
Relevant links:
📊 Dive deeper into the data: https://play.grafana.org/d/feg4yc4qw3wn4b/third-annual-observability-survey/
🔗 Full survey results: https://grafana.com/observability-survey/
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