That's a wrap for Observability Sessions Atlanta

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

  Grafana Cloud and OpenTelemetry: How C Spire migrated their Observability platform

  Migrating an entire IT department’s observability platform is a challenging process that involves much consideration and care. Join C Spire, a Mississippi-based telecom, as they discuss their journey into the world of Grafana Cloud and the lessons they learned during their migration.

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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.

  • Vishal Nakra, Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Grafana Labs
  • Glenn McCoin, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, TekStream
  • Christopher Longfield, Senior Principal Software Engineer, Dell
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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
  • 
    1 hour

  Networking Reception