--- title: "Pondering dogs and observability" page_name: "Pondering Dogs and Observability" type: "blog" slug: "origins-of-observability" published_at: "2020-12-07" modified_at: "2025-05-09" url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/origins-of-observability" canonical: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/origins-of-observability" markdown_url: "https://www.sumologic.com/blog/origins-of-observability.md" lang: "en" excerpt: "Take a closer look at why observability provides the best chance to understand today’s complex systems and more." taxonomy_blog_category: - "DevOps & IT Operations" --- [ All blogs ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog "blog")[DevOps & IT Operations](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/devops-it-operations) # Pondering Dogs and Observability [Sumo Logic](#blog-author-block-300) December 7, 2020 1 min read [DevOps & IT Operations](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/devops-it-operations) ##### Table of contents Observability is arguably the tech buzzword of the year. Whether or not you believe the hype, observability is all about how to ensure overall system health and deliver reliable customer experiences. This is done by observing the system, and when a problem arises, using real-time analytics to quickly help identify the what, where, and why of the problem. In this video, Sumo Logic co-founder and CTO Christian Beedgen takes a closer look at: - Why observability provides the best chance to understand today’s complex systems - The creation myth and magic three pillars – logs, metrics and tracing - Why fundamentally observability is about reliability In addition, the video features a live demo of Sumo Logic’s end-to-end observability solution. Check out the full video below. ### Article Tags - [DevOps & IT Operations](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/devops-it-operations) Sumo Logic [](https://www.sumologic.com/feed "RSS Feed")[](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Pondering%20Dogs%20and%20Observability&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Forigins-of-observability "X")[](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Forigins-of-observability "Facebook")[](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sumologic.com%2Fblog%2Forigins-of-observability "Linkedin") [Previous blog Monitoring Microsoft SQL Best Practices](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/microsoft-sql-monitoring-best-practices)[Next blog Building your modern cloud SIEM](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/building-your-modern-cloud-siem) People who read this also enjoyed [ Sumo Logic AWS Region European Sovereign Cloud is now generally available June 2, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/sumo-logic-aws-region-european-sovereign-cloud-generally-available)[ How to secure cloud workloads without building a full-scale SOC April 30, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/secure-cloud-workloads-with-limited-resources)[ Join operator and Query Agent for smarter log analysis April 22, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/using-the-join-operator)[ 92% of security leaders say their SIEM is effective. 51% say it’s exceptional. What’s living in that gap? April 16, 2026 ](https://www.sumologic.com/blog/from-effective-to-exceptional-siem) [AI Instructions](https://www.sumologic.com/ai-instructions.md)