Observability Sessions Boston

Featured sessions led by observability experts

The Six Essentials of Observability Success

Proven leadership strategies to align teams, secure buy-in, and build a resilient observability framework.

Blueprints for Observability Excellence

Strategic roadmaps, best practices, and engagement models to drive adoption and scale observability at your organization.

From observability insights to business impact

Learn how top companies measure success and connect observability to business outcomes

Real-World Case Study

Learn how a tech leader transformed observability at multiple companies with Grafana Cloud.

Agenda at a glance

Agenda

1. 12:30 pm

   Registration

   Get your badge, meet the Grafana Labs team, and settle in for a great afternoon.
2. 1:00 pm

   Opening Remarks

   Get a preview of the afternoon’s program and get to know your Grafana Labs hosts.

   

   • Ricardo Lupo, Director, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
3. 1:10 pm

   The Six Essentials of Observability Success

   Effective observability isn’t just about tools – it’s about leadership, too. In this session, you’ll learn the six essentials for building and sustaining a strong observability strategy. From aligning teams and securing executive support to avoiding common pitfalls, we’ll show you how these essentials work together to create a successful observability framework that empowers your organization to make better decisions, respond to issues faster, and protect what matters most.

   

   • Ricardo Lupo, Director, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
4. 1:40 pm

   How to implement your observability strategy with the Grafana platform

   Observability can help your organization ensure reliability that keeps customers engaged and coming back for more. But how do you move from what you’re doing now to a centralized, end-to-end approach to observability? In this presentation, you’ll learn how the Grafana platform offers all the tooling you need to make a seamless transition to a powerful new observability strategy. And you’ll see exactly how other companies are making the move to centralized observability with Grafana technologies.
5. 2:10 pm

   From Data to Decisions: How One Leader Delivered Observability Success at Multiple Companies with Grafana Cloud

   Learn how Brian Murphy led his team at a major US tech company to revolutionize their observability practices with Grafana Cloud and the LGTM stack. You’ll discover the key strategies for leading a team in centralizing data, creating actionable alerts, and building unified dashboards to streamline operations. Brian will also share how features like Adaptive Metrics helped propel his company’s observability strategy forward – and how you can apply these insights at your own organization.

   

   • Brian Murphy, Observability Architect, Grafana Labs
6. 2:40 pm

   Break

   Grab a refreshment and connect with members of your local observability leadership community.
7. 3:00 pm

   Are we ready for Observability 2.0?: Pragmatic observability at SimpliSafe

   Observability 2.0 is a vision of observability that seeks to replace the traditional “three pillars” of observability (metrics, logs, and traces) with a single source of truth: wide events. Join Distinguished Engineer Laban Eilers as he tells the story of SimpliSafe’s evolving approach to observability, where they had to separate reality from marketing hype to maximize bang for their buck. He’ll talk about their decision to stick with the “three pillars” model, and how using Grafana Cloud’s ability to integrate telemetry signals, coupled with their Adaptive Telemetry features, is a more practical approach than going all-in on wide events.

   

   • Laban Eilers, Distinguished Engineer, SimpliSafe
8. 3:30 pm

   The business value of observability

   Are your observability processes engineered to provide a strategic cost advantage? In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies for using observability to optimize cost by streamlining processes and reducing waste, decrease time to market, accelerate developer adoption, and maximize business outcomes through data-driven decision making. Find out how observability can bring even more value to your business by surfacing new insights and opportunities for growth and innovation. We’ll also share real-world examples of what great observability looks like.
9. 4:00 pm

   Observability journeys panel

   Learn in a dynamic discussion with Grafana experts and local observability leaders as they share successes, setbacks, and next steps in their observability journeys.

   

   • Ricardo Lupo, Director, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
10. 4:30 pm

    Closing remarks and Q&A

11. 4:40 pm

    Networking reception

    Continue the conversation and connect with peers, leaders, and experts over refreshments and drinks.