{"id":2041,"date":"2022-12-05T01:25:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T01:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2022-12-05T01:25:20","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T01:25:20","slug":"observability-stats-you-need-to-know-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/observability-stats-you-need-to-know-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Observability Stats You Need to Know in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Anyone doing research on observability has seen that it\u2019s in the early stages of formation: definitions are unclear, with vendors staking their claim on the market by bending the definition to showcase their solution. There is a degree of \u201cobservability-washing\u201d as software and service providers use the term to describe elements of it, such as logging or automated alerts. Then there are the organizational aspects to clarify: Who owns it? Who does it? Who pays for it? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even more fundamental is the disagreement over what we are observing\u2013applications, infrastructure, data, network, or all of the above. One thing is clear though, observability is a top area for technology investments in the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we try to understand observability and see what it means for our own organizations, taking a look at some of the facts and stats will shed some much-needed light on this evolving and essential area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Areas we are highlighting here include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adoption<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizational Structure<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Technology<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Observability Stats on Adoption in the Enterprise<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The observability market is forecasted to reach $2B by 2026, growing from $278M in 2022 (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gigamon.com\/company\/news-and-events\/newsroom\/650-group-deep-observability-market-forecast.html#:~:text=Deep%20Observability%20Market%20Forecasted%20to,to%20%242B%2C%20by%202026\">650 Group<\/a>, 2022) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>90% of IT professionals believe observability is important and strategic to their business, but only 26% said their observability practice was mature. 50% are currently implementing observability. (<a href=\"https:\/\/newrelic.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-10\/New_Relic_Report_2021_Observability_Forecast.pdf\">New Relic<\/a>, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>91% of IT decision makers see observability as critical at every stage of the software lifecycle, citing the biggest benefits to planning and operations. (<a href=\"https:\/\/newrelic.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-10\/New_Relic_Report_2021_Observability_Forecast.pdf\">New Relic<\/a>, 2021) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most ETR study respondents said they used application performance monitoring tools, with database monitoring tools coming a distant second. Digital experience monitoring was the least common use case. (<a href=\"https:\/\/wikibon.com\/breaking-analysis-cutting-noise-full-stack-observability\/\">ETR<\/a>, 2021) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Observability Statistics on Business Impact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>Advanced observability deployments can cut downtime costs by 90 percent, keeping costs down to $2.5M annually versus $23.8 million for observability beginners. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/form\/state-of-observability.html\">Enterprise Strategy Group<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>These are the perceived benefits of implementing an observability practice: <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strategic_benefits_unified_observability_idc.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2045\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strategic_benefits_unified_observability_idc.png 825w, https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strategic_benefits_unified_observability_idc-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/strategic_benefits_unified_observability_idc-768x429.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>More than 70% of respondents believe that unified observability is critical to delivering the best possible digital experiences for customers and employees. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022) Note that digital experience monitoring was the least common use case when tools usage was surveyed. Observability to ensure availability is a critical element of CX: 40% of users will abandon a website that takes longer than three seconds to load. And 53%will abandon a mobile app that fails to load in three seconds. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/why-continuous-availability-matters-for-cloud-adoption\/\">Cloud Data Insights<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Companies that have mastered observability <strong>released 60% more products or revenue streams<\/strong> from AppDev teams than observability beginners. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/form\/state-of-observability.html\">Enterprise Strategy Group<\/a>, 2022) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>75% of CISOs within financial services organizations say <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynatrace.com\/news\/blog\/what-is-vulnerability-management\/\">vulnerability management<\/a> has become more difficult as the need to accelerate digital transformation has increased. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynatrace.com\/news\/blog\/observability-and-security-must-converge-as-finance-sector-goes-cloud-first\/\">Dynatrace<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/nemertes.com\">Nemertes Research<\/a>, an enterprise is considered successful if its MTTC is 20 minutes or less. IBM reported that the average was about 277 days. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/reports\/data-breach\">IBM<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Organizations using AI and automation had a 74-day shorter breach lifecycle and saved an average of USD 3 million more than those without. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ibm.com\/reports\/data-breach\">IBM<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Observability leaders report a 69% better mean time to resolution for unplanned downtime or performance degradation. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.splunk.com\/en_us\/form\/state-of-observability.html\">Enterprise Strategy Group<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Data on Organizational Structures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-d nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>63% of security analysts call out lack of visibility into the network and infrastructure as a stressor. (<a href=\"https:\/\/zkresearch.com\/research\/2021-state-of-aiops-study\/\">Ponemon Research<\/a>, 2021) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Just 31% of security teams can access a fully accurate, continuously updated report of every application and code library running in production in real time. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dynatrace.com\/news\/blog\/observability-and-security-must-converge-as-finance-sector-goes-cloud-first\/\">Dynatrace<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>39% of CIOs said that siloed teams make it harder to understand whether the IT stack is delivering the service levels that are anticipated or required for business success. (<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.dynatrace.com\/en\/docs\/report\/2021-global-cio-report-dynatrace.pdf\">Dynatrace<\/a>, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>94% of all IT respondents, regardless of title, said that observability is important to their role. (<a href=\"https:\/\/newrelic.com\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-10\/New_Relic_Report_2021_Observability_Forecast.pdf\">New Relic<\/a>, 2021)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>38% of organizations report that their SecOps team uses observability tools (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Only 25% said that Site reliability engineering used observability solutions. 57% said that IT Ops did. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022) <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Observability Stats: Technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-d nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>72% noted having to toggle between at least two and 13% between ten different tools to monitor the health of their systems. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>35% of IT professionals said that innovation is needed in streaming data, sometimes known as observability data pipelines or observability data management. (<a href=\"https:\/\/go.era.co\/state-of-observability\">ERA<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>71% of companies believe their observability data (metrics, logs, traces) is growing at a concerning rate. (<a href=\"https:\/\/chronosphere.io\/learn\/esg-report-managing-the-exploding-volumes-of-observability-data\/\">Enterprise Strategy Group<\/a>, 2022) <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Logging data comes from a range of sources:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/0qTgxjbkpmkbu-GQGXcJzldD71oXh8jiVP1L4vXa-K-CvSaCb5GBCBPJVffSIuAw3WY5lQ_YWOmadKQWt-BwiJoelhFwvoN5vZ6ak71rnaraTummx7ZDup5_2mw1jkQ6W9xWZtwxDifh-hFjv_bOSI1JDhfzRdjfkbSqD3Le-yXdCTgEYAmuhC_I6cMVHA\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/era.co\/blog\/2022-state-of-observability-blog\">Image Source<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-d nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>43% of organizations align observability with an ability to collect and analyze just four types of telemetry [(metrics, events, logs, traces), and 41% of organizations align observability with DevOps tools and practices for only application performance management IDC (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"nv-cv-d nv-cv-m wp-block-list\">\n<li>60% of IT and software engineers agree that most monitoring tools serve narrow<br>requirements and fail to enable a unified and complete view into current operating conditions (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.riverbed.com\/sites\/default\/files\/file\/2022-07\/idc-survey-unified-observability.pdf\">IDC<\/a>, 2022)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>55% of organizations are using AIOps for observability for both network and security (<a href=\"https:\/\/zkresearch.com\/research\/2021-state-of-aiops-study\/\">ZK Research<\/a>, 2021)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Learn more in our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clouddatainsights.com\/?s=observability\">Observability section<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we try to understand observability and see what it means for our own organizations, taking a look 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