The Everything Feed - All Packet Pushers Pods Tech Bytes: How IBM SevOne Delivers App-Centric Network Observability (Sponsored)
Nov 24, 2025
Brandon Hale, CTO at IBM SevOne, dives into the intricate world of app-centric network observability. He discusses the SEV1 architecture's unique telemetry capabilities and its focus on device metrics, flows, and synthetic insights. Listeners will learn about dynamic baselining for alerts, cloud visibility to streamline costs, and the role of Kubernetes observability using eBPF. Hale also shares how SEV1 maps application flows to diagnose congestion issues effectively, making network monitoring smarter and more intuitive.
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Application-Centric Observability
- SEV1 emphasizes delivering application performance rather than focusing on routers and switches.
- It collects metrics, flows, and synthetic tests to give an application-aware view of network performance.
Peer‑To‑Peer Scalable Architecture
- SEV1 uses a peer-to-peer architecture where each server adds web, DB, and API capacity.
- This design lets customers scale without managing a central SQL database or complex DBA tasks.
Use Built-In SaaS Fingerprinting
- Use SEV1's prebuilt SaaS fingerprint database to auto-identify thousands of apps like Zoom and Office.
- Leverage that identification to avoid manual IP lookups and speed root-cause work.