Observability

GenAI Observability in OpenTelemetry: Where the Standard Actually Stands in 2026

OpenTelemetry's GenAI semantic conventions have become the de facto vocabulary for AI observability, and every major vendor now speaks it, while the spec itself is still in Development. Here's how the conventions reached their six-layer shape, the attributes and metrics worth emitting today, and the state of vendor, framework, and tooling adoption in 2026.

Jul 10, 2026

SQL Server 2016 End of Support: What Your Monitoring Should Do About the July 14 Cliff

On July 14, 2026, SQL Server 2016 leaves extended support, the same month Microsoft's surviving SQL tooling has gone paid, Azure-first, and Windows-only, with AWS force-upgrading any remaining RDS 2016 instances to 2019 that September. Here's what your monitoring should do about the version cliff, and how the Microsoft SQL Server Plug-in for Oracle Enterprise Manager flags what's stranded and follows your databases to 2017 through 2025 on Windows and Linux.

Jul 8, 2026

The DR-Readiness Gap: Why "Synchronized" Isn't "Safe" in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2

Every HA tool shows you a synchronization state. Almost none of them, by default, tells you how much data you'd lose or how long recovery would take if you failed over right now. Here's the DR-readiness gap in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2, and why the answer belongs in the Oracle Enterprise Manager repository.

Jul 1, 2026

The Plant Floor Has a Visibility Problem. A New Community Wants to Fix It.

A modern plant generates an enormous volume of data, yet the teams who run it often have little real-time visibility into what's actually happening. Here's why industrial observability is so hard, why OpenTelemetry is a credible answer, and how the new OpenTelemetry Industrial community is organizing to close the gap.

Jun 26, 2026

The Backup You Can't See: The Database Backup Blind Spot in MySQL, SQL Server, and DB2

Your observability stack alerts on CPU, connections, and replication lag. Out of the box, it rarely tells you whether last night's backup succeeded — or whether you could actually recover. Here's the backup blind spot, and why it belongs in the Oracle Enterprise Manager console.

Jun 22, 2026

OpenTelemetry Goes Deeper and Wider: Profiling Hits Alpha, and OTel Heads to the Factory Floor

OpenTelemetry's fourth signal, profiling, entered public Alpha in March 2026, while a parallel community effort is bringing OTel to OT and Industry 4.0 systems. Here's what both mean for closing the last observability gaps.

Jun 9, 2026

Bringing Tintri Storage Into Your OpenTelemetry Observability Stack

A deep dive into the ip-tintri-otel-receiver — architecture, design decisions, and how to run a Python-based OTel Collector receiver that unifies Tintri VMstore metrics with the rest of your observability pipeline.

Apr 24, 2026

Webinar – Integrating Tintri Data Management into Your OpenTelemetry Pipeline

Stop letting storage be a blind spot in your observability stack. Experts from Tintri and Integration Plumbers introduce a new, open-source OpenTelemetry Collector that brings granular Tintri storage metrics into your existing monitoring tools.

Apr 15, 2026

Webinar – How to Leverage Observability 3.0 Through OpenTelemetry

Moving beyond basic telemetry to turn OpenTelemetry data into real operational intelligence. Presented by Integration Plumbers and Edge Delta.

Mar 31, 2026

The Evolution of Observability: From Dashboards to Intelligence

How observability has evolved from siloed metrics and manual correlation to intelligent, pipeline-driven operations, and why observability in the AI era demands a new approach to telemetry.

Mar 23, 2026

Simulation Testing for OpenTelemetry: Why Mocks Aren't Enough for Fleet-Scale Collectors

How we built a fully self-contained Rivian API simulator in Python to catch bugs that mocks and stubs miss, and how to integrate simulation testing into your CI/CD workflows.

Mar 11, 2026

Why Tintri Chose the Integration Plumbers to Bring OpenTelemetry to Data Management

How Integration Plumbers partnered with Tintri to build a production-quality OpenTelemetry Collector integration for VMstore data management systems.

Mar 9, 2026

The 6 Dimensions of Observability Maturity: Where Does Your Organization Stand?

A structured framework for evaluating observability maturity across instrumentation, pipeline architecture, cost management, vendor independence, incident response, and team readiness.

Mar 4, 2026

The Observability Blind Spots: Why Your Storage Infrastructure Is Invisible to OpenTelemetry

Most organizations have invested heavily in application-layer observability while leaving storage infrastructure uninstrumented — creating dangerous blind spots that extend incident response times.

Feb 23, 2026

Enterprise OpenTelemetry Adoption Playbook

Free guide: A practical framework for adopting OpenTelemetry in enterprise environments — architecture, rollout, and cost management.

Feb 21, 2026

Observability Cost Optimization Checklist

Free checklist: Actionable steps to reduce observability costs — control cardinality, optimize pipelines, and right-size your stack.

Feb 21, 2026

Webinar – How to Scale EV Fleet Monitoring Using Python Simulators and OTel

Learn how to build scalable EV fleet monitoring using Python simulators and OpenTelemetry for real-time vehicle telemetry.

Beyond Auto-Instrumentation: Building a Custom OpenTelemetry Collector with Python

Step-by-step guide to building a custom OpenTelemetry collector with Python, going beyond basic auto-instrumentation.

Feb 4, 2026

Taming the Data Explosion: A Guide to Managing Cardinality in OpenTelemetry

Learn to manage high-cardinality data in OpenTelemetry to control costs and maintain pipeline performance.

Jan 23, 2026

Webinar – Building a Custom OpenTelemetry (OTEL) Collector for Vehicle Telemetry | Python Tutorial

Python tutorial on building a custom OpenTelemetry collector for vehicle telemetry data collection and processing.

Webinar – Building an OTEL Collector for Rivian Vehicles

Webinar recap on building an OpenTelemetry collector for Rivian vehicle telemetry with real-world implementation details.

Prometheus Snap Pitfalls: How to Setup a Full Prometheus Server

Avoid common Prometheus snap installation pitfalls with this guide to setting up a full Prometheus monitoring server.

Jan 8, 2026

Monitoring Vs Observability with Oracle OCI Observability & Management

Understanding the difference between monitoring and observability using Oracle OCI Observability and Management.

Jan 27, 2025