A guide to IBM observability solutions

Choose the right AI-powered observability solutions to proactively and predictively manage IT and applications

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Why full-stack observability?

By 2028, nearly one billion cloud-native applications will be created—spanning multiple clouds and thousands of physical assets1. If your IT environment feels complex now, the rise of generative AI (gen AI) will just amplify that complexity.

IBM’s observability solutions deliver the real-time insights that you need to stay ahead. End-to-end visibility across applications and networks helps your teams shift left, detect issues faster and resolve them before they impact users. Our guide helps you identify the most suitable solutions for your needs, empowering you to support resilient, scalable operations.

What IBM observability products let you do

IBM Instana: Full-stack observability software

IBM® Instana® software uses AI-powered, full-stack observability to automatically discover, map and monitor all services and infrastructure components—giving DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams complete, contextualized visibility across the application stack. These capabilities help simplify cloud complexity and proactively resolve issues to maximize uptime.
Application resource management software

IBM Turbonomic® software empowers ITOps, CloudOps and SRE teams to continuously and automatically allocate resources—helping ensure application performance, availability and efficiency. By taking near real-time, automated actions, such as rightsizing, scaling and workload placement, Turbonomic helps reduce infrastructure and cloud costs while maintaining service levels across hybrid multicloud environments.
Application management software

IBM Concert® software leverages AI-driven insights to demonstrate continuous compliance across hybrid and multicloud environments. Designed for SREs and application owners, Concert aggregates siloed data, transforms best practices into automated workflows and maps controls to regulatory standards—delivering near real-time auditing information and smarter, more efficient operations.
IBM Instana: Full-stack observability software

IBM® Instana® software uses AI-powered, full-stack observability to automatically discover, map and monitor all services and infrastructure components—giving DevOps and site reliability engineering (SRE) teams complete, contextualized visibility across the application stack. These capabilities help simplify cloud complexity and proactively resolve issues to maximize uptime.
Application resource management software

IBM Turbonomic® software empowers ITOps, CloudOps and SRE teams to continuously and automatically allocate resources—helping ensure application performance, availability and efficiency. By taking near real-time, automated actions, such as rightsizing, scaling and workload placement, Turbonomic helps reduce infrastructure and cloud costs while maintaining service levels across hybrid multicloud environments.
Application management software

IBM Concert® software leverages AI-driven insights to demonstrate continuous compliance across hybrid and multicloud environments. Designed for SREs and application owners, Concert aggregates siloed data, transforms best practices into automated workflows and maps controls to regulatory standards—delivering near real-time auditing information and smarter, more efficient operations.

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Proven results 70%

decrease in problem detection and resolution time, and 50% faster detection of anomalies with IBM Instana.

 Read the Sixt story 15%

saved in computing costs across data centers by automating over 2,000 resourcing actions with IBM Turbonomic.

 Learn the Hyland Software story 70%

faster common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) mitigation achieved with IBM Concert.

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Footnotes

11 Billion New Logical Applications: More Background, IDC Research, April 2024