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Learn how to bridge the observability gap between mainframe systems and modern enterprise monitoring platforms in this 19-minute conference presentation. Discover how traditional siloing of mainframe systems creates challenges for unified observability, particularly as DevOps and SRE teams rely on platforms like New Relic, Datadog, and Grafana that often lack native mainframe support. Explore Broadcom's WatchTower solution, which streams mainframe telemetry including traces, metrics, and logs in open telemetry format to enable seamless integration with mainstream observability tools. Understand how this approach allows SREs without deep mainframe expertise to access actionable data insights, correlate performance metrics across distributed and mainframe systems, and analyze trace-level data to identify latency issues in applications such as KIX transactions. Examine the implementation of service level objectives (SLOs) for dynamic measurement of user experiences rather than relying on static thresholds, and see how contextualized insights including detailed trace information, correlated logs, and relevant error documentation become accessible within familiar monitoring platforms. Gain insights into how this unified observability framework enables faster root cause analysis, allows mainframe SMEs to focus on platform innovation rather than data interpretation, and creates a modern integrated approach to mainframe observability that democratizes access to critical insights across the entire enterprise.
