Unified Observability at DraftKings Inc - Reducing Costs and Complexity

Explore DraftKings' strategic approach to unified observability in this 13-minute conference talk that addresses the critical challenges of fragmented monitoring systems in enterprise environments. Learn how DraftKings tackled complex troubleshooting workflows, manual correlation efforts, and high mean time to recovery (MTTR) and mean time to detect (MTTD) across multiple observability tools including Grafana, InfluxDB, ELK, Prometheus, Tempo, New Relic, and DataDog. Discover the company's consolidation strategy using DataDog for backend monitoring and New Relic for frontend visibility, which successfully reduced operational overhead from observability systems that previously consumed 15% of compute costs. Gain insights into creating a single pane of glass for streamlined alerting and automation, while understanding best practices for optimizing observability in complex, multi-tool environments. Understand how to overcome observability challenges introduced by mergers and acquisitions, with practical guidance that focuses on implementation strategies rather than product pitches.