Embrace news roundup: Mobile observability, RUM, and your business KPIs

Fredric Newberg is the CTO and co-founder of Embrace, a platform that helps developers build great mobile experiences with better data. In his post for the CNCF, Fredric explains how data delays in many observability solutions create visibility gaps and can ultimately lead to discarded data. To learn why observability solutions built for the backend aren’t a one-size-fits-all solution for mobile orgs, read Fredrics full post on the CNCF website.

In this post for APMdigest, Embrace CEO and co-founder Eric Futoran argues traditional agent-based approaches to mobile RUM are outdated in the world of observability. Rather, a better approach is to collect all data from every user session, including good sessions, in order to get a more holistic view of how the app is performing for users. Read Eric’s post in APMdigest to learn more.

If the extent of your observability efforts center around metrics, logs, and traces, then you’re likely missing the bigger picture of business impact. In this post for The New Stack, Eric explains how past monitoring tools offered limited data and, while newer tools provide more data, they often make it difficult to understand user experience. Learn how providing a fuller picture of the user experience helps tie mobile insights to business impact by reading Eric’s full post on The New Stack.

Backend observability is nothing new; but established backend observability tools and processes can’t just be rinsed and reused for mobile. For example, backend applications typically involve short user interactions, milliseconds-long requests, and independent requests. In contrast, mobile apps involve user sessions that can last for minutes or even hours, and issues can arise due to a combination of factors like application behavior and/or device characteristics. In this post for DZone, Fredric Newberg outlines more nuances and highlights a path forward for observability for mobile orgs. Read more here.