In the next decade, the world will produce an unfathomable amount of machine data — metrics, measurements, and telemetry data that is emitted from everything from servers to robots and satellites. And the pace of that data generation is increasing exponentially. I wrote in a paper published last year how this data is a virtually untapped source of extraordinary business insights — data so dense and rich it will dwarf traditional business intelligence in terms of its potential value.

Circonus CEO Bob Moul recently spoke with Amy Al-Katib, Editor-in-Chief of Mission Critical Magazine, about how organizations can begin to implement more sophisticated infrastructure monitoring analytics like predictive analytics and maintenance. This is the second time in the past few weeks they spoke about how the sudden surge in online services brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the state of monitoring within many organizations.

Times are changing fast and technology continues to advance at an unrelenting pace. An explosion of systems and devices, complex architectures, pressures to deploy faster, and demand for optimal performance have placed greater and greater strain on monitoring teams. For many, their current monitoring strategy and tools are just not enough.