What are the top trends in IT infrastructure monitoring tools?

Embracing AI-powered analytics in IT infrastructure monitoring tools marks a paradigm shift. Beyond mere automation, it empowers IT teams to predict and preempt issues, transforming reactive practices into proactive strategies. The integration of AI and machine learning heralds a new era of insightful, efficient, and anticipatory IT operations.

Trends are like fast fashion. They are good for startups but never sustainable due to their fast paced changes and in some cases not even an option for bigger companies. The bigger your company is, the more restrictions and hard wired structures you have. AI and ML are only effective if you can connect it to most of your data sets. Direct 3rd party access might be limited by GDPR, contracts or any other structural separation based on what you are doing. Of course, these can be highly effective in an ideal scenario. Instead of trends, look on the inside and focus on becoming future proof by becoming able to implement the unknown. I would start with the question, how do I enable a tool to access all my data?

This is a great trend, specifically because it’s easy to justify to Senior and Executive Management. From a business perspective, the adoption of cloud-native monitoring not only enhances IT operations, but also aligns with cost-efficiency goals. By monitoring cloud resources and their interactions comprehensively, organizations can optimize resource allocation, reduce unnecessary spend, and ensure that their cloud investments are delivering the maximum value. Shifting to cloud-native monitoring reflects a strategic move towards a more cost-effective and agile IT infrastructure management approach.

The term user experience is a bit old. I would rather focus on user behavior. Focus on what clients are doing, why do they choose your solution and how well are they utilizing it. Instead of looking at technical aspects, understand the intention and context of the whole engagement. Nobody wants another app or tool. Everyone needs to keep up with the fast changing world and do more with less. The question you must ask yourself is: Do I make the extremely complex life of my clients easier and better or not? Focus on the holistic approach and digest facts like that the most popular cross platform game "Fortnite" was free and made their profit by selling virtual appearance items which did not provide any advantage to the gamers at all.

As I said several times before, sounds good but it matters only if you are able to implement it by changing your own playground. This is not a magic tool or a solution to anything, unless you are willing to leverage the full potential and unleashing it upon everything you do. For example no automation will know better on its own Microsoft products then Microsoft. Your departments functioning in their ivory towers will not want to move out from their comfort zone. The bigger you are the bigger the potential and the human resistance will be. This will put your governance to the test.

Here we go. GDPR, Privacy shield, restrictions to infra from non EU / US support which is several time the case are going to be determining your growth and utilization potential. Compliance with individual contracts will block and strongly limit everything your product could be offering. You might end up with creating local support teams, isolated and limited solutions which completely contradict the paradigm shift of automation and AI. No wonder that China is leading medical AI or surveillance AI as they simply ignore these rules and do what their government tells them to do. I don´t suggest to drop democracy, but we must find a way to keep up while humanity stays in focus.

AI and quantum computing has already a bigger impact than the atomic bomb. We speak of 4th industrial revolution, but what it is, is far bigger than that. Its about the redistribution of wealth. Who ever develops GAI first, will win the game. Who ever develops a fully functional quantum computer will be able to hack everything we are protecting. Unlike with atomic bombs AI can be developed without strongly limited resources like Uranium, which means, that we have zero control on who can use it and for what they will. This is why the biggest minds of the world including Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai advocate for AI regulations.

Breath taking advances in AI , quantum computing , 5G, cloud computing are all accelerating the adoption of agile technologies and IT tools . COS (Commercial of the shelf solutions ) used to be a competitive advantage The safety of AI technology needs to be part of the global development and innovation. In addition ,fast connectivity and cheap mobile devices means those tools are now accessible on handhelds 24/7.