That's a wrap for Observability Sessions Boston

Agenda

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    12:30 PM
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    30 minutes

  Registration

  Get your badge, meet the Grafana Labs team, and settle in for a great afternoon.

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    1:00 PM
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    10 minutes

  Opening remarks

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

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    1:10 PM
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    30 minutes

  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.

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    1:40 PM
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    30 minutes

  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.

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    2:10 PM
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    30 minutes

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

  Discover how Kyle Shelton helped teams across industries—from telecom to high-performance motorsports—transform their observability strategies using Grafana Cloud and the LGTM stack. Drawing from lessons learned early in his career at a leading U.S. telecom provider, Kyle shares how he’s applied those principles as a DevOps, SRE, and network engineer to deliver scalable, resilient observability platforms.

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    2:40 PM
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    30 minutes

  Break

  Grab a refreshment and connect with members of your local observability leadership community.

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    3:00 PM
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    30 minutes

  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.

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    3:30 PM
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    30 minutes

  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.

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    4:00 PM
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    30 minutes

  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
  • David Frankel, Principal Software Engineer, CarGurus
  • Joseph Szodfridt, Senior Solutions Principal, Nearform
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    4:30 PM
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    15 minutes

  Closing remarks and Q&A

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    4:40 PM
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    1 hour

  Networking Reception

  Walk across the street with us to one of Boston’s favorite Irish pubs, Bebop to continue the conversation and connect with peers, leaders, and experts over refreshments and drinks.