Large and monolithic monitoring platforms embrace the term “observability” and add new features, making them even larger and more monolithic. These monolithic platforms represent a failed choice-based strategy. They assume all observability data is collected, centralized, integrated, and only analyzed by a single tool. Enterprises following a choice-based observability strategy find themselves locked into multi-year investments without the flexibility to react to evolving technologies.

Read more about how rushing into a monolithic observability product limits your future options by locking you into a single vendor.