Ian Thompson

Ian has worked in the Observability space for the best part of 20 years and has helped many organisations on their O11y journeys to provide better visibility into their critical apps and services. Ian has been at Splunk for over four years and is part of the O11y strategist team which focuses on helping Splunk's customers achieve their O11y goals.

Observability 5 Min Read

Why Does Observability Need OTel?

In this blog, we will take a look into why modern digital platforms drove this need for OTel and how combining this with Splunk’s o11y platform solves the key challenges of managing these platforms today.