In the inaugural episode of the MonitoringScape Live podcast, our co-hosts Dan Turchin and Adrian Cockcroft sit down with James Turnbull, author of “The Art of Monitoring” and technology leader at organizations like Kickstarter and Docker.

Over the course of 40 minutes, the crew delves into a wide range of topics relevant to the latest trends in IT monitoring, including:

-  Why so many organizations struggle to effectively adopt a proactive monitoring model
-  The challenge to find cost-effective monitoring solutions in the age of the cloud
-  Architecting systems intended to scale: ways to future-proof your apps and infrastructure
-  The structure of modern monitoring organizations: implementing a DevOps model vs. a traditional NOC
-  The future of automation in the ops world

Episode #1 - James Turnbull

In the second episode of our MonitoringScape Live podcast series, we sit down with Jason Dixon, VP Product Strategy at Raintank and author of "Monitoring with Graphite: Tracking Dynamic Host and Application Metrics at Scale".

Along with hosts Dan Turchin and Adrian Cockcroft, the crew discusses a wide range of topics relevant to the latest trends in IT monitoring, including:

- The evolution of Monitorama and how it become the event it is today
- A look back at some of the best talks of Monitorama past
- The inspiration behind Jason's latest book, "Monitoring with Graphite", and his predictions for the future of Graphite and Grafana
- How to best "monitor the monitoring tools", ensuring high availability for the systems that keep a pulse on the health of applications and infrastructure
- Predictions for the future of automation in IT operations

Episode #2 - Jason Dixon

MonitoringScape Live is designed to help IT professionals navigate the ever-growing and evolving world of modern monitoring. It focuses on what you need to know to manage complex apps in high-velocity environments at scale. Relevant discussions, practical advice, good stories, no spin – all from the leading experts making waves in the industry today.