On this blog we published a series of 5 articles that lay out our vision of the transition from monitoring to observability: the concepts, the state of the market, our two-headed approach, the open-source stack we champion, and the roadmap we apply on engagements.
All of these articles are drawn from our complete white paper published in February 2026, the full version of which is below.
What’s in the white paper
- Monitoring and observability: what are we actually talking about?
- The finding: no single tool covers everything
- Our vision: a two-headed approach
- Who does what? How the teams are organized
- The challenge of data volume and storage
- Collection: agents at the heart of the setup
- Spotlight: the open-source observability stack
- A suggested 4-phase roadmap
- Key criteria for choosing a solution
- Conclusion: critical points and what lies ahead (AI, automation, IaC, FinOps)
- Further resources (OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana, CNCF)
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Why this white paper?
The monitoring and observability market is saturated with contradictory marketing messages: every vendor promises to cover the full spectrum, every platform presents itself as “the” solution. The operational reality is more nuanced.
This document is designed to help operations teams, architects and CIOs structure their thinking around three fundamental questions:
- What are the real stakes behind the transition to observability?
- What strategy should you adopt in a fragmented market where no single tool covers everything?
- How do you build a roadmap that is pragmatic and incremental?
Our perspective is that of an independent integrator — not a vendor. We don’t sell a tool: we guide our clients in choosing and orchestrating the combination best suited to their context.
The articles in the series
- Monitoring vs. observability: why distinguish the two?
- No single tool covers everything: the all-in-one trap
- The two-headed approach: two poles, one unified vision
- OpenTelemetry, VictoriaMetrics, Grafana: the open-source stack
- Building your observability roadmap: 4 phases
Working on these topics? Let’s talk about your situation — our consultants would be glad to chat.
