Increased costs and wasted resources are on the rise as software systems have moved from monolithic applications to distributed, service-oriented architectures. As a result, over the past few years, interest in observability has seen a marked rise. Observability, borrowed from its control theory context, has found a real sweet spot for organizations looking to answer the question “why,” that monitoring alone is unable to answer.

Riding the wave of the generative AI revolution, third party large language model (LLM) services like ChatGPT and Bard have swiftly emerged as the talk of the town, converting AI skeptics to evangelists and transforming the way we interact with technology. For proof of this megatrend look no further than the instant success of ChatGPT, where it set the record for the fastest-growing user base, reaching 100 million users in just 2 months after its launch.

Data asset standardization is the purposeful and carefully planned consolidation of redundant, contradictory reports, processes, and databases into enterprise standards.